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FILE - Howard Leese, from left, Paul Rodgers, and Mick Ralphs, of the classic rock band Bad Company, perform in Bethlehem, Pa., on July 29, 2013. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

NEW YORK – Bad Company singer-songwriter Paul Rodgers treasures one of his last phone calls with guitarist Mick Ralphs. It was to deliver the news that, at long last, they'd been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

“I said to him, ‘Do you remember when we were looking for a band name and we called each other with silly names?' And then I just called him up one day and I said, ’Bad Company' and he dropped the phone and he said, ‘Oh yeah, that’s it. That's the name,’” says Rodgers.

“I said, ‘From then, it’s a long way, but it seems like we just blinked our eyes a couple of times and he

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