ROGER HODGSON
''CLASSICS LIVE''
2010
47:08
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01 - School 05:42
02 - Dreamer 05:11
03 - Two Of Us 02:39
04 - It's Raining Again 04:44
05 - Take The Long Way Home 04:55
06 - Giva A Little Bit 04:17
07 - Hide In Your Shell 06:54
08 - Breakfast In America 02:42
09 - Only Because Of You (Roger Hodgson); Lord Is It Mine 05:55
10 - The Logical Song 04:07
Tracks By Rick Davies & Roger Hodgson, Except As Indicated
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Recorded On 2010 World Tour
Tracks 01, 04, 06, 10: Belo Horizonte, Brazil With Band
Tracks 03, 08: Valencia, Venezuela With Band
Track 02: Oslo, Norway With Band
Track 05: Solo In Paris, France
Track 07: Babelsberg, Germany With Orchestra
Track 09: Solo In Bremen, Germany
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Roger Hodgson: vocals, 12 string guitar, piano, keyboards
Aaron MacDonald: saxophones, keyboards, melodica, backing vocals
Bryan Head: drums
Ian Stewart: bass
Kevin Adamson: keyboards, backing vocals
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Jason Ankeny
Best known for his stint fronting art pop hitmakers Supertramp, Roger Hodgson was born in Portsmouth, England, on March 21, 1950. While growing up in Oxford, Hodgson started playing guitar before he was a teenager, and was soon writing songs while at boarding school. He began recording during the late '60s, issuing a single in 1969 as part of the session band Argosy with Elton John (then known as Reg Dwight).
Crime of the Century
Also in 1969, he co-founded Supertramp, serving with Rick Davies as songwriter and vocalist for 14 years. Originally funded by Dutch millionaire Stanley August Mieseages, the group lost his patronage after their first two albums failed to generate much interest. However, 1974's Crime of the Century was a major hit, launching the radio favorites "Dreamer" and "Bloody Well Right." After scoring an international hit in 1977 with "Give a Little Bit" from the album Even in the Quietest Moments..., Supertramp reached their commercial peak with 1979's chart-topping Breakfast in America, which yielded the smashes "Take the Long Way Home," "The Logical Song," and "Goodbye, Stranger" on its way to selling 20 million copies.
Famous Last Words
In the wake of 1982's ...Famous Last Words..., Hodgson left Supertramp and relocated to Northern California to focus on his family, eventually issuing his solo debut, In the Eye of the Storm, in 1984. Within days of issuing the follow-up, 1987's Hai Hai, Hodgson fell and broke both of his wrists; the accident kept him out of action for several years, and he did not resurface until he co-wrote several songs on Yes' 1994 album, Talk. A live solo album, Rites of Passage, followed three years later and featured Hodgson collaborating with son Andrew.
Open the Door
Open the Door, his first new studio effort in 13 years, appeared in the spring of 2000. The album received positive responses from critics and fans alike, and Hodgson was subsequently recruited to tour with Ringo Starr as a member of the All-Starr Band. He continued to play solo shows as well, releasing a DVD of one such performance, Take the Long Way Home: Live in Montreal, in summer 2006. (The DVD would go multi-platinum in Canada and gold in France and Germany.) Classics Live, a collection of tracks from a solo tour of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Europe, and Canada, arrived in 2010. Hodgson continued to tour worldwide in many formats including in a duo, with a band, and with a symphony orchestra. In 2012, he received a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French Ministry of Culture.
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''CLASSICS LIVE''
2010
47:08
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01 - School 05:42
02 - Dreamer 05:11
03 - Two Of Us 02:39
04 - It's Raining Again 04:44
05 - Take The Long Way Home 04:55
06 - Giva A Little Bit 04:17
07 - Hide In Your Shell 06:54
08 - Breakfast In America 02:42
09 - Only Because Of You (Roger Hodgson); Lord Is It Mine 05:55
10 - The Logical Song 04:07
Tracks By Rick Davies & Roger Hodgson, Except As Indicated
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Recorded On 2010 World Tour
Tracks 01, 04, 06, 10: Belo Horizonte, Brazil With Band
Tracks 03, 08: Valencia, Venezuela With Band
Track 02: Oslo, Norway With Band
Track 05: Solo In Paris, France
Track 07: Babelsberg, Germany With Orchestra
Track 09: Solo In Bremen, Germany
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Roger Hodgson: vocals, 12 string guitar, piano, keyboards
Aaron MacDonald: saxophones, keyboards, melodica, backing vocals
Bryan Head: drums
Ian Stewart: bass
Kevin Adamson: keyboards, backing vocals
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Jason Ankeny
Best known for his stint fronting art pop hitmakers Supertramp, Roger Hodgson was born in Portsmouth, England, on March 21, 1950. While growing up in Oxford, Hodgson started playing guitar before he was a teenager, and was soon writing songs while at boarding school. He began recording during the late '60s, issuing a single in 1969 as part of the session band Argosy with Elton John (then known as Reg Dwight).
Crime of the Century
Also in 1969, he co-founded Supertramp, serving with Rick Davies as songwriter and vocalist for 14 years. Originally funded by Dutch millionaire Stanley August Mieseages, the group lost his patronage after their first two albums failed to generate much interest. However, 1974's Crime of the Century was a major hit, launching the radio favorites "Dreamer" and "Bloody Well Right." After scoring an international hit in 1977 with "Give a Little Bit" from the album Even in the Quietest Moments..., Supertramp reached their commercial peak with 1979's chart-topping Breakfast in America, which yielded the smashes "Take the Long Way Home," "The Logical Song," and "Goodbye, Stranger" on its way to selling 20 million copies.
Famous Last Words
In the wake of 1982's ...Famous Last Words..., Hodgson left Supertramp and relocated to Northern California to focus on his family, eventually issuing his solo debut, In the Eye of the Storm, in 1984. Within days of issuing the follow-up, 1987's Hai Hai, Hodgson fell and broke both of his wrists; the accident kept him out of action for several years, and he did not resurface until he co-wrote several songs on Yes' 1994 album, Talk. A live solo album, Rites of Passage, followed three years later and featured Hodgson collaborating with son Andrew.
Open the Door
Open the Door, his first new studio effort in 13 years, appeared in the spring of 2000. The album received positive responses from critics and fans alike, and Hodgson was subsequently recruited to tour with Ringo Starr as a member of the All-Starr Band. He continued to play solo shows as well, releasing a DVD of one such performance, Take the Long Way Home: Live in Montreal, in summer 2006. (The DVD would go multi-platinum in Canada and gold in France and Germany.) Classics Live, a collection of tracks from a solo tour of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Europe, and Canada, arrived in 2010. Hodgson continued to tour worldwide in many formats including in a duo, with a band, and with a symphony orchestra. In 2012, he received a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French Ministry of Culture.
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WIKIPEDIA
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WEBSITE
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TO THE TOP
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