I m probably the most open of the lot to the idea, he told me down the phone from a hotel in the Norwegian fjords, another stop on his far-reaching European tour. We tried it a while back, Rick and I got together in the early 90s and we got on better than ever but it wasn t our relationship that didn t work. There were other forces pulling at us that prevented it.
Mrs Davies perhaps? Rick s wife became his manager and then our manager and that was a problem and when I left the band I wasn t the only one, a lot of the crew left too. So you d only reunite on the condition that Rick left his wife at home?
It would have to be a condition, said the kindly Ivor Novello award-winner uneasily. It wouldn t work for me if she was the manager and he wouldn t accept it if my people managed it, so it has to be someone neutral. But I m happy where I am at the moment.
Portsmouth-born Hodgson is currently enjoying his first UK solo tour in more than a quarter of a century, having reconnected with his homeland after 33 years living near California s beautiful Lake Tahoe. I did a show in Shephard s Bush in 2005 and it was my first gig in England for, I think, 25 years, said Hodgson, who performed at the Concert for Diana earlier this year. The reception I got was amazing, it was quite emotional for me, because it told me that my home still remembered me.
Hodgson s current set-list is a mix of his own solo work as well as the hugely popular Supertramp hits, songs he has been singing for 30 years. Those songs were born of a love for songwriting and I think that spirit shines through which is why people still enjoy them, he said. I m amazed I don t get sick of singing them but I honestly don t.
The day I do get sick of them is when I will stop but I don t think that day will ever come. The day he doesn t have to sing them alone however, may be close at hand. Roger Hodgson performs at St David s Hall on Monday, October 1.
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