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\n\tThe Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony<\/a> is less than three weeks away, and there\u2019s still much we don\u2019t know<\/a> about the event: Is there a chance that OutKast will show up and perform for the first time in 11 years? Is there even a minuscule possibility that the White Stripes will appear together for the first time in 16 years? Who will sing with Soundgarden? How will Joe Cocker, Warren Zevon, Nicky Hopkins, and other deceased members of the new class be honored? And how exactly will Iggy Pop, Olivia Rodrigo, Elton John, David Letterman, Beck, and other special guests be utilized?<\/p>\n \n\tWhat we do know after chatting with Paul Rodgers<\/a> is that Bad Company<\/a> are almost certainly going to reunite for the event, marking their first live performance since 2019. It\u2019s even more remarkable considering the fact that Rodgers has suffered 11 minor strokes and two major strokes over the past decade. As a result, he had to learn how to walk and talk again. It looked unlikely he\u2019d ever sing again.<\/p>\n \n\tBut Rodgers made a remarkable recovery; there wasn\u2019t even a hint of a slur in his speaking voice throughout our Zoom interview. \u201cHe did Hyperbarics and MeRT [Magnetic Resonance Therapy] and we worked on his speech 18 hours a day,\u201d Rodgers\u2019 wife, Cynthia Kereluk, tells Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cIt is his brain delay and brain fog that if you don\u2019t know him, you wouldn\u2019t know. \u00a0But he is doing incredibly well. His older sister had a stroke a year ago while swimming. She\u2019s now in a wheelchair and cannot walk. His father and mother both died due to strokes and heart issues. Not great genetics.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHe\u2019s even returned to the recording studio to contribute vocal tracks to the new LP Can\u2019t Get Enough: A Tribute to Bad Company<\/em>, which features Slash, Def Leppard\u2019s Joe Elliott and Phil Collen, the Struts, Blackberry Smoke, Hardy, Halestorm<\/a>, and the Pretty Reckless.<\/p>\n \n\tWe spoke with Rodgers and Kereluk about Bad Company\u2019s Hall of Fame induction, the state of his health, the legacies of his departed Bad Company bandmates Mick Ralphs and Boz Burrell, his upcoming memoir, and his tenure as the frontman of Queen.<\/p>\n