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I've known and followed Supertramp from the first album, clearly everything changed after songwriter Roger Hodgson left the band in 1983. The dynamics of the band completely changed; Supertramp in their prime had 5 members... now 10 members this year. Not the Supertramp I saw in the 70s, there just isn't the same chemistry and it is difficult and uncomfortable sitting through other musicians performing Roger's songs just to hear a handful of Rick's songs. Then seeing Roger at the Royal Albert Hall in 2013 re-ignited the feelings and immersive aural experience I once had seeing Tramp in '75 & '79. Roger was a tour de force, nailed the harmonies and a set filled with both classic faves and deep track highlights, it had more depth and authenticity of the Supertramp I once knew. Didn't hesitate to book when I discovered Roger's returning to Albert Hall, I know from the start it will be a more fulfilling show and wouldn't chance another disappointment seeing "Supertramp".

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Supertramp, the iconic London rock group who achieved great success in the 70's and 80's are still touring to their legions of devoted fans globally. Packed into the spanning O2 Arena, the audience is a combination of those original fans who are well into their 70s along with those who simply enjoy the band's legacy and style.

As the bombastic guitar riffs begin and the flared lighting illuminates the entire arena the crowd roar in excitement. The veteran rockers launch themselves onto the stage like a band half their age, the singalongs to 'Breakfast in America' and 'Gone Hollywood' are deafening as Roger Hodgson evokes even louder cheers from the baying crowds.

The band were such an important influence on progressive rock and so many of their albums have affected modern music. Therefore the choice in setlist is questionable, yet all the hits are there and the audience cheer for 'Goodbye Stranger' and 'It's Raining Again'. The band leaves their fans with sore throats, tired legs and happy hearts.

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I saw both Supertramp and the band's co-founder, Roger Hodgson, on their respective tours in 2010. I can honestly say there is no comparison and I have made it a point to see Roger live several times since. While Rick has some great songs of his own, there is nothing better than seeing Roger singing the songs he wrote - Give a Little Bit, Breakfast in America, The Logical Song, Take the Long Way Home, Dreamer, Fool's Overture, It's Raining Again, School, and so many more. His voice is so unique that absolutely no one else can do his songs justice. It is Roger Hodgson who truly gives me the essence and spirit of Supertramp. I can't wait to see him again this year on his Breakfast in America World Tour.

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Supertramp’s Roger Hodgson Starts First U.S. Band Tour in 30 Years

By Steve Baltin

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By 1979, Supertramp was one of the biggest rock bands in the world, with Breakfast In America spending 15 weeks at Number One on the U.S. album charts. Four years later, Roger Hodgson left the band he helped make famous. Now, after 29 years, a smiling Hodgson is kicking off his first U.S. band tour since ’83 at Pechanga Casino & Resort in Temecula, California.

Yes, it’s a world away from the stardom he would totally turn his back on when he left music in ’87 to concentrate on being a parent. But to the adoring fans who rise to their feet as Hodgson and his four-piece backing band take the stage just after 8:00 with the FM radio staple “Take The Long Way Home,” it might as well be 1979 all over again.

“You the man, Roger,” one very boisterous fan yells out throughout the whole two-hour show as Hodgson mixes Supertramp classics like “Dreamer,” “It’s Raining Again,” “School,” “Give A Little Bit” and the title cut to Breakfast In America with less familiar tracks such as “Hide In The Shell,” “Lovers In The Wind,” “Child Of Vision,” “Along Came Mary” and the closing “Fool’s Overture.”

It’s a career-spanning set, one that – most importantly – Hodgson clearly thoroughly enjoys and can do on his terms. That, to him, is the most important thing, he tells us. And in a wide-ranging backstage interview after the show, Hodgson also spoke with Rolling Stone about the possibility of new studio material, how the Beatles changed his life, his decision to leave Supertramp in 1983 and why, after Supertramp’s Rick Davies rebuffed Hodgson’s last attempt to join the band for a few shows, the time for a reunion has passed.  

It’s mind boggling this is your first U.S. band tour in 30 years.

Yeah, the last eight years I’ve been everywhere else but America really, except for Pechanga. I did a solo show here three years ago, came back and did two band shows last year and then two again this year. But the whole thing for me has been connecting the dots. Everyone pretty much knows my voice, they know my songs, but they don’t know my name. And I didn’t think about that when I left Supertramp. Supertramp was a kind of faceless band. Supertramp was my baby in a way and I was quite happy to be invisible in it because I put 14 years of my life in there and that’s what I believed in, never thought I’d leave it. It was a surprise for me in a way when suddenly my heart was telling me that it’s over and I need to stop and take care of my family and learn how to be a father.

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It’s interesting you say that because I only recently noticed the lyrics to “Take The Long Way Home” and it does seem like in the song there is a disconnect between being on stage and the family life.

Unlike most of my songs, that one wasn’t autobiographical. [Laughs.] That one was kind of a two-level song. And when I said it’s hard going home to the wife because she treats you like part of the furniture, that wasn’t my reality then anyway. I actually wrote it just as I was getting together with my future wife, so family hadn’t really hit me then – it came later, it became truer. But it was kind of a play on words that suddenly took on a depth, too, about reaching later in life and having regrets that you didn’t do what you wanted to do.

I had a chance to interview Jackson Browne, who also started writing in his teens and one thing he said that always struck me was how many of his songs turned out to be prophetic. Did you find that to be the case for you as well?

I think without knowing it, I had a degree of wisdom anyway in my late teens. There was a lot of confusion too, but I “Give A Little Bit” came from that era. It was the Sixties, so love and peace were definitely what was in the public consciousness, if you like. So that was maybe my contribution to that, but I also believed that and I still believe that and the song really has stood the test of time. It’s basically saying you don’t need to give a lot, give a little bit and show that you care. And if there’s ever a time we need to do that, it’s now. But there are other songs, like “The Logical Song.” I had a lot of questions going on. I don’t know if I can say it was wisdom, it was more the songs were true to who I was back then and I think that was why they kind of stand up. Maybe I’ve learned a bit more now and I’m a bit older and wiser, but the songs still feel very relevant, most of them. And that’s pretty amazing, considering how young I was at the time.

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When you introduced “The Logical Song” tonight, you mentioned it had struck a chord with people. When you think of the music scene in 1979, which was when disco dominated, a song that asked, “Won’t you please just tell me who I am” had no business being on the radio.

It’s a good song. I/we never really paid attention to what was happening in the world of music. I know different fashions came and went, but we just did our own thing and the critics and media didn’t really know what to do with us, some liked us, most kind of discarded us because we weren’t what was in vogue. But yeah, there was a huge disco thing happening when Breakfast In America came out and yet somehow we broke through it and found a place on radio. And the great thing is these songs are still played today, which is pretty amazing.

Leaving Supertramp was obviously the right decision for you at the time, you see that now from how at ease you are. But would you have done anything different in terms of building the name recognition for Roger Hodgson?

Back then I was Roger Hodgson with a lot of insecurities and unsure of myself, but I did have a passion for music, so it worked for me having a name, Supertramp, other than my name to just plow every ounce of my energy, passion and excitement into. I grew up on the Beatles and the Beatles profoundly changed my life, so, for me, they were the role models. I wanted Supertramp to affect other people like the Beatles affected me. I couldn’t get behind Roger Hodgson being that name, I didn’t have the kind of ego that wanted to be a solo artist back then. So I put all my passion into [Supertramp] and it was only really when I realized it was over and my heart was telling me I had to do something else and it was time to take a break from the music industry and learn how to be a parent that it dawned on me suddenly, I didn’t have a name to continue a career. I was giving that name to Rick Davies. It was probably the most foolish business move I’ve ever done (laughs), but business was never my forte. My blessing and curse was I was an artist first, I just had to follow my heart. So with Supertramp, two things were happening. It was very hard for me to function, even as an artist, towards the end, it was falling apart. It was frustrating because I wanted to continue putting out excellent music for people and I didn’t feel like I could do it anymore through Supertramp. So that was happening at the same time two little babies were looking at me and I was saying, “Oh my god, I’ve got to stop and learn how to be a parent.” That was what my heart was telling me and I don’t have any regrets today because I learned a lot from that, I stepped back from the music industry, I got a lot of things in perspective in my personal life and I’m coming back now a lot older, a lot wiser, and I feel with a lot more to give. And ironically with a lot of the same songs that haven’t aged. It’s funny, I sing these songs on stage, this is the first time I’ve sung them really for three months, and it’s like, “Wow, these songs are great.”

When did you discover that you were secure enough to step out from the faceless band and be Roger Hodgson, artist?

It took a long while. Really I’m Roger Hodgson now not because I have a huge desire to have a huge career and be a huge name. I like being just under the radar, famous enough to do shows like this, have an intimate connection with an audience, play my songs and connect with people in a real kind of pure way. I don’t want to do dive into the whole star machine. When you come and see the show, it’s a man and his music.

Will we hear new studio music at any point?

Yeah, I would like to because I’ve got some really good songs burning a hole in my pocket for many years. I’ve always got a huge backlog, so I’ve got songs from even 19, 20 years onwards and I’m still writing today. I can’t say when that’ll happen. Right now I’m feeling like the connection I’m making in concert is more important, so that’s kind of taking the priority.

You’ve been steadfast for many years about not doing a reunion with Supertramp. One of the reasons I’m a solo artist really is because I can control what happens between me and the audience. To me, it’s a very magical, chemical, energetic connection that happens on stage every night I can control. And I can’t control that in a band situation; it becomes something else. And I think Supertramp, for me, was a very good combination of musicians in the golden years. And Rick and I, that was a very interesting yin and yang polarity that really made for an interesting dynamic and often does. But that was at least 30 years ago now. Rick and I did talk, but it’s hard to reinvent what people want to see, it wouldn’t be real. It would be more imaginary, but I’m aware that there’s a real desire for a lot of fans around the world to want to see it happen. The last thing that happened was I did put out an offer when Rick went out as Supertramp to maybe join him for a few shows. And there was a negative answer, I got rebuffed, so I think that was the last opportunity really. And to tell you the truth, I’m more interested in just being true to myself and giving people something I can stand behind and be sincere about. I’d have to compromise that if it was a whole Supertramp hoopla thing. As magic as that might be, I can understand why other bands don’t do that.

As a fan, I admire the conviction because I’ve seen awful shows of bands who didn’t want to be on stage together and it was clear. Are there other artists who’ve been examples of how to hold that ground in the face of demand and money?

Anyone to me who is a true artist, you can tell. Peter Gabriel, to me, is an artist and there are others, there are a lot of great artists. It’s hard not to compromise. Sometimes you piss away a career if you don’t compromise, but at least you can sleep good at night as an artist. And, to me, with the music industry going more and more into star making and fashion, it’s been trivialized. I grew up on the Beatles and there was a lot of depth to them, they were the most progressive band ever. They broke the doors down and it feels like there aren’t that many artists doing that now. I’m certainly not breaking the doors down, but I’m trying to give something that’s real and genuine. This is my music and if I can make you feel wonderful for two hours and go home with a smile on your face, then come and see the show.

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The crime of the century? Why a 1979 Halifax Supertramp concert was cancelled

'this was just devastating. you know, my heroes were supposed to be coming,' fan rick tarkka says.

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Rick Tarkka was at his home in Lawrencetown, N.S., on the morning of July 31, 1979, when he heard some crushing news on the radio.

The dial was tuned to Halifax station C100 and it was revealed that rock group Supertramp's sold-out show scheduled for that evening at Halifax Metro Centre was cancelled due to threats against the band.

"This was just devastating," said Tarkka, who was 15 at the time. "You know, my heroes were supposed to be coming."

The cancellation even managed to attract the attention of The New York Daily News.

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At the time, Supertramp was one of the hottest bands on the planet.

Their  Breakfast in America  album had come out just months before and they toured across North America and Europe in support of it. Tracks from that album such as  The Logical Song ,  Goodbye Stranger  and  Breakfast in America  became classic rock staples.

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Too young to work, Tarkka had spent the summer looking forward to the show, counting down the days until it happened. His dad had bought two tickets and Tarkka was going to attend the show with a friend.

"We didn't have the internet in those days, so you would just speculate on, 'What's the show going to be like? Oh, I heard rumours that they play this, are they going to play that?'" he said.

Tarkka wasn't the only person disappointed.

Paul Taylor of New Glasgow, N.S., was supposed to work at the show as a roadie. Then 17, he left home at 6 a.m. and arrived in Halifax around 8 a.m.

When he showed up at the arena to report for work, he was told the concert had been cancelled.

"I said, 'Gee, I just came from New Glasgow to work for the show,'" said Taylor, who later spent part of his career in the music business as a lighting designer and director.

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He recalls seeing a distraught concert promoter in the background. "Ten-thousand ticket sales just went out the door," said Taylor.

Annapolis Valley resident Phil Vogler planned to drive to Halifax for the show, but heard the news before departing.

"I can't use the words I want to use, but I was mad," said Vogler. "I was disappointed."

At the time, rumours swirled about the reason for the cancellation. Vogler remembers hearing there was a threat from the IRA, while Tarkka remembers it being described as a bomb threat.

"Not that people don't have conspiracy theories now, but there was people who were making all kinds of stuff up there thinking, 'The album broke bigger than they thought, I think they're probably going to be playing in Philadelphia,'" said Tarkka.

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Rock and roll mystery: Here's why Supertramp didn't play in Halifax in 1979

Why the concert was cancelled.

The truth is someone called A&M Records in Toronto, which was Supertramp's record company in Canada, and made death threats.

Group manager David Margeson told the Canadian Press that "a guy from Halifax" called in a threat, saying things like "we'll blow you away" and "the only true artists are dead."

"It was the first time we've ever run into threats," said Margeson. "It freaked us out somewhat."

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The decision to cancel the show was made by the band members on the day of the show, saxophonist John Helliwell told CBC News in an email.

"We took a vote when we were in Moncton N.B., and the consensus was to cancel, due to the dramatic nature of the threats, which were only made known to the musicians on that day," he said.

For fans who missed the Halifax show, the band put out a live album in 1980 that was recorded on the Breakfast in America tour.

Supertramp returned to play a show in Halifax in 1985. By then, Roger Hodgson, who sang on hits such as  Dreamer ,  Breakfast in America  and Give a Little Bit , had departed the band.

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SUPERTRAMP: Whatever happened to them?

No longer active nowadays I’m afraid - they last toured in 2010, but with only three-fifths of the classic line-up on board. Co-founder and primary songwriter Roger Hodgson left the band in 1983 and bassist Dougie Thomson followed suit five years later. Keyboardist Rick Davies (the band’s other main songwriter) thereafter was the main creative driving force, drafting in additional full and/or touring members to work with him, saxophonist John Helliwell & drummer Bob Siebenberg. Davies had to take a break from the business to undergo emergency treatment for multiple myeloma in 2015 (causing a scheduled tour to be cancelled) and the band has been dormant from that point on to the present day. [1]

The only one still plying his trade is (ironically enough) Hodgson, who would have been out & about on tour this summer had it not been for the pandemic. He spent a decade out of the spotlight and away from music after the release of his second post-Supertramp solo album “Hai Hai” in 1987 (partly whilst recovering from injuries sustained in a fall at his home), but returned to recording & touring in 1997 and has been active ever since.

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How hit album ‘Breakfast In America’ proved Supertramp’s undoing

Having emerged thanks to funding from a dutch millionaire, the british group recorded classics that are still radio regulars today, but fell apart at their zenith amid clashes between their two lead members.

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In the annals of rock history , Supertramp tend to be relegated to secondary status. They were enormously successful, selling millions of records and playing before packed-out crowds at huge venues, even during the years when they released fewer albums. However, they’re rarely in the conversation when it comes to listing the very best; the music media certainly doesn’t afford them the same importance as contemporaries such as Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, and Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Supertramp are viewed as the ultimate guilty pleasure, a band people enjoy privately without admitting as much publicly. This appears somewhat unfair. Their 1979 album Breakfast In America was their greatest success, a collection of optimistic, stylish songs crafted amid an atmosphere of internal tension — one that descended into downright discord during the group’s subsequent, triumphant tour. “That tour had a damaging effect on relationships within the band, both as musicians and as people,” Dougie Thomson, the bassist in Supertramp’s classic line-up, says. “By the end of the tour, we’d only be together for the two hours that we were on stage.”

If you turn the radio to one of the hundreds of classic rock stations out there today, half an hour won’t go by before one of Supertramp’s songs comes on. It could be Give A Little Bit , The Logical Song , School , Dreamer , It’s Raining Again or any one of a number of others. “I don’t remember a single day in my life when I haven’t listened to Supertramp,” says Abel Fuentes, one of the major experts on the British band. Fuentes has written a comprehensive history of the group, Tramp’s Footprints , a 750-page tome featuring interviews with around 90 people. Everyone connected to Supertramp has their say in the book. “Many critics and musicians praised the three progressive albums they put out in the mid-1970s [ Crime of the Century , Crisis? What Crisis? and Even in the Quietest Moments ], but after their overwhelming success with Breakfast in America , the same people accused them of becoming a pop band that was only interested in commercial gain,” Fuentes says. “What’s more, the fact that they moved to the United States and were a group that kept such a low profile, avoiding the scandals that the period’s rock stars regularly became embroiled in, also led the media to completely forget about them in their home country.”

Supertramp receive the gold disc for 'Breakfast in America' in Paris on November 28, 1979.

Supertramp defy all the rock clichés. With no single, identifiable front man, they were anti-stars who didn’t fit the roguish profile of other groups. This was the 70s, when bands-behaving-badly became the norm. “We weren’t pop stars with bad habits who sought the spotlight,” says Bob Siebenberg, Supertramp’s drummer. “The journalists that followed us were after scandals, but we always disappointed them. They could only write about our music.” Going right back to the very start, the group’s story is a distinctive one. That we’re talking about them today is thanks to the money put up by a Dutch patron called Stanley August Miesegaes, a multimillionaire who fell in love with Rick Davies’ music and financed the group during the most difficult time — its beginnings. Sam, as he was known, turned off the tap in 1972, after the band had released two albums, 1970′s Supertramp and 1971′s Indelibly Stamped , which proved their least significant records. The group hit rock bottom when Sam dropped them. Neither of their discs had sold many copies, and now their patron had left, taking his checkbook with him. They were done for, it seemed.

However, it was a low ebb that spurred them on to show what they were made of. The band’s two driving forces, Davies and Roger Hodgson, focused on composition, and began to work magic. The release of the 1974 album Crime Of The Century — a disc many believe is their best — proved the turning point. “It had tracks that were simple and sophisticated at the same time,” Fuentes says. “In the face of the extravagant sounds that dominated the period, it was a breath of fresh air. What’s more, its production was so crystal clear that, five decades later, the record is still often used to test out all kinds of sound systems.”

The cover of the 1979 album 'Breakfast in America.'

Neither Davies nor Hodgson were anxious to take the lead in concerts: they would each perform at one end of the stage, leaving the humorous John Helliwell, the man responsible for the band’s characteristic saxophone sounds, to act as master of ceremonies. Internally, however, Davies and Hodgson were not on the same page. “They are two completely different people, polar opposites,” Thomson says. Davies is pragmatic, a realist, cynical, working class and a carnivore; Hodgson is spiritual, an idealist, romantic, middle-class and a vegetarian. Although the pair would sign their songs jointly as part of a Lennon/McCartney -style agreement, each composed on his own. Davies’ songs carried a clear rhythm and blues influence; Hodgson’s were more poppy and commercial, and were notable for his high-pitched tone of voice. Both sang and played the keyboard (Hodgson was also a guitarist).

And then came Breakfast In America , Supertramp’s seismically successful album. In 1979, no other disc could be heard more frequently; only The Wall , by Pink Floyd, and Off The Wall , by Michael Jackson, equaled the record in popularity. Some critics, however, took aim at the album as too commercial. “We had decided to record songs that were simple and could have a commercial impact,” Davies says in Tramp’s Footprints . “The pop side of things had always been a part of Supertramp, but perhaps it had been overlooked because of the comparisons that experts made between us and groups like Genesis and Pink Floyd . Sometimes we joked that if we needed to be more commercial, we wouldn’t find that very hard.” All the optimism with which the album filled its listeners was in stark contrast to the bad atmosphere that pervaded the studio during recording.

John Helliwell in October 1979, during Supertramp’s 'Breakfast in America' tour.

Davies opposed the inclusion of Hodgson’s song Lord Is It Mine , citing its “spiritual character.” He lost the battle. Hodgson had radicalized his way of life: conversations with him were dominated by talk of the soul, yoga, and communes. He began to get on the rest of the group’s nerves. The reasons for the break-up of Supertramp’s classic line-up were “Roger’s spiritualism and egocentricity,” Helliwell tells this newspaper, adding, “Roger did not appreciate the contributions of Bob, Dougie and me.” Davies wrote Casual Conversations as a criticism of Hodgson: “It talks about Roger and me unsuccessfully trying to communicate with each other — we had a lot of comings-together.” Hodgson responded with Child of Vision . “I wrote that song as a criticism of the materialistic way of life in America, but in truth it was directed at Rick,” he says in Fuentes’ book. “We were completely different. It was becoming difficult to work together.” The Breakfast In America album tour was a huge success, but when the fans left the arenas, the fault lines within the group were becoming more and more pronounced.

While the rest of the band travelled by air, Hodgson took to a caravan, accompanied by his partner. Davies even banned anyone from smoking weed in his presence, in a clear attack on Hodgson. In Tramp’s Footprints , Hodgson says “something died in the group” after the Breakfast In America tour: “I had the impression that Supertramp was disintegrating. In those concerts, I felt like an actor performing the same part night after night. We had become slaves to a huge production.”

The group released a live album (the wildly successful Paris in 1980), followed that up with a studio disc, 1982′s Famous Last Words , and went on tour after that. However, Hodgson had already told his fellow band members of his intention to leave. He did so in 1983. For many, that was the moment Supertramp ended, even though the group, led by Davies, continued performing and recording albums. They didn’t attract the same success as the band’s earlier work. When Hodgson departed, a verbal agreement was reached: he would allow the group to carry on using the name Supertramp, as long as they didn’t play any of his songs. That meant doing away with some of their most popular tracks: the likes of School , Breakfast In America , The Logical Song and Give a Little Bit . Hodgson would perform them on his own, and Supertramp would focus on Davies’ work. The pact held for a few years, until Davies grew tired of fans calling for the group to play Hodgson’s songs during concerts.

Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson

Describing his reaction to hearing Supertramp play his songs as a member of the crowd, Hodgson has said: “I was devastated — I felt sick. Even my son Andrew, who was with me, started to cry. I couldn’t understand how Rick could use all these songs of mine when he had so many good songs.” Over the years, there have been as many as three attempts to bring the band’s classic line-up back together again, but they have always been scuppered by age-old frictions. Fuentes points the finger at the group’s “deplorable” management. “Rick Davies’ wife took over in 1983,” he says. “At no point has she ever tried to keep the band’s name alive. While other legendary groups from the 70s have brought out all types of old recordings despite being inactive, that kind of material is conspicuous by its absence when it comes to Supertramp.”

In 2005, Thomson, Siebenberg and Helliwell took Davies to court in a bid to force him to share control over the rights to the band’s catalogue from their heyday, 1974 to 1983. They won. Despite clashing with them in the courtroom, Davies then unexpectedly got together with Siebenberg and Helliwell years later, and they went on tour as Supertramp. Hodgson, meanwhile, carried on recording discs and touring without his former band-mates. Asked by this newspaper whether he believes Supertramp’s classic line-up will ever reform, Thomson says he doesn’t think it’s likely. “The first 10 years were really great, but I think too many negative things happened after that which would have made it very difficult to go back,” he explains. “Better to stay with the memories of the good times.”

Today, Supertramp’s two most prominent members are in retirement as major live performers. Hodgson, 73, canceled a planned 2020 tour because of the pandemic and hasn’t been seen on stage since. After recovering from a cancer diagnosis in 2015, Davies, 78, performs two or three times a year in a bar in Long Island, New York, where he lives. He plays old-style blues and the odd Supertramp song. Now, though, he avoids any tracks written by Hodgson, the frenemy with whom he started a band that has never stopped having an audience.

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Supertramp were preparing to strike gold on September 25, 1974, so it was appropriate that their new album release that day was titled Crime Of The Century. It was the band’s third LP and the one that provided a commercial breakthrough, hit singles in both the UK and US and ultimately gold certification in both countries.

Crime saw the English band perfecting an ever more successful blend of their progressive rock influences and the pop-friendly style that they continued on the subsequent Crisis? What Crisis?, Even In The Quietest Moments , the multi-platinum Breakfast In America and on into the 1980s.

Breakthrough record? Bloody well right

The album featured such key songs by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson as their first UK hit single “Dreamer,” which reached No.13 early in 1975, as well as the title number and “Bloody Well Right.” That was the track that crossed Supertramp over from FM to AM radio in America when it made the pop Top 40.

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The album, which had a deluxe, multi-format reissue in 2014 to mark its 40 th anniversary, was their first to make the UK charts, but it needed the success of their singles to make a real mark. Crime initially spent just two weeks on the countdown in November 1974, reaching No.40.

But when “Dreamer” became a hit in the new year, the album bounced back and climbed to No.4 in March. It was also their debut appearance on the Billboard 200, peaking at No.38 in a run that eventually stretched to 76 weeks.

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October 18, 2014 at 4:04 pm

Definitely Crime of the Century is one of the best albums in history. So, great news to release it again because of its 40th anniversary. So long time but that songs sound so fresh today. I’d like to focus my comment here in the astonishing experience is to attend a Roger Hodgson show, where you can enjoy some of the gems from this album, such “School”, “If Everyone Was Listening”, “Hide in Your Shell” or “Dreamer”. Roger Hodgson is one of the most gifted songwriters nowadays. No one like him has written and composed so many anthems that are part of the lives of many around the world, our soundtrack. But, not only he is a wonderful musician, he is an amazing performer. His shows are a must for all who loves good music, good shows, and, of course, if you are a Supertramp fan, is at Roger’s show when you’ll find all the hits played by his authentic creator, with an impeccable sound and staging. He is accompanied for a fine four pieces band, that sounds terrific. All together conforms a perfect show to suit a perfect evening. If you are interested, visit his website, http://www.rogerhodgson.com or his FB page, https://www.facebook.com/rogerhodgson?fref=ts to get more info about him. Take a look at this video, and after, go to get your tickets to enjoy the whole show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMLNeSbtVN0

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October 19, 2014 at 1:43 am

All-time great album (Ana – i know *exactly* what you mean! …. i’ve been to Roger Hodgson’s concert too and when the harmonica opening of School starts, I know the great night of music that i’m in for. Roger and his band really do take you on a journey, when Roger plays Hide in Your Shell it touches and moves the heart and soul, his songs you feel, not just listen. They evoke such wonder and awe. Actually I think I’m due to catch another show of his before the year comes to a close…

October 19, 2014 at 11:15 pm

Crime of the Century saw Supertramp at its best. Ten years after the release of this album, one of the songwriters, the person who wrote most of the hits (and my favourite songs), Roger Hodgson had left the band. The remains of Supertramp are not touring any longer but Roger Hodgson is still going strong solo and he’s currently on a world tour. He creates the Supertramp magic all on his own. He sings his songs and his voice sounds so much better than way back when. His songs sound new and relevant – after 40 years! So, yes, this anniversary release is a must have but at the same time I know that it will only increase my desire of wanting to see Roger Hodgson in concert 40 years on. He has quite some U.S. dates coming up – check out the tour dates on his homepage. :o)

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October 20, 2014 at 5:30 pm

It doesn’t seem possible that “Crime of the Century” is 40 years old. It is proof that great music is timeless. I love all 8 songs on the album but to me the ones that stand out are the 4 that were written by Roger Hodgson. My personal favorite, which contains a very powerful message that has help get me through some rough times over the years, is “ Hide in your Shell “ . Even though the original Supertramp hasn’t toured in over 30 years I was thrilled to learn that Roger Hodgson is still touring actively. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing him several times over the last 3 years during his tour through the NJ/NY/PA area and I can honestly say that I have never seen a concert as great as one of Roger’s. He is a consummate artist who obviously loves performing for his audience and he, as well as a very good 4 member band, sounds great. I’m psyched to see him when he plays in Bethlehem, PA and Huntington, NY in November. I also hear that he’ll be touring extensively in 2015 so do yourself a favor and see him if you have the opportunity.

December 12, 2014 at 3:16 am

Amazing how the songs sound so fresh today – 40 years later. It’s Roger Hodgson’s songs from the album that are my favorites – Hide in Your Shell, Dreamer, School, and If Everyone Was Listening. All the songs on the LP are terrific but I have always preferred Roger’s over Rick’s. I am so happy to see on Roger’s site that he will be touring again next year. I saw him in May and can’t wait to see him again. Fantastic show and what a voice! He did all of his classics plus more – The Logical Song, Breakfast in America, Give a Little Bit, Take the Long Way Home, It’s Raining Again, Fool’s Overture…Don’t miss Roger Hodgson’s show if given the opportunity. Check out Roger’s channel for a glimpse of what you’ll see – https://www.YouTube.com/RogerHodgson .

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September 25, 2015 at 6:59 pm

I didn’t know anything about Supertramp until I went along to see their gig at the CCB Theatre in Bloomsbury in about October 1974. They performed the album in its entirety I believe. Of course I went out and bought it. It has stood the test of time and in my opinion the (closing) title track is one of the greatest songs ever.

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How Supertramp made the classic Breakfast In America

The story of Supertramp's mega-selling 1979 album Breakfast In America

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With anywhere between 18 and 20 million copies sold worldwide, Breakfast In America is arguably the biggest-selling prog album of all time after Dark Side Of The Moon . 

Not that it was very prog – the sleeve featured a waitress pretending to be the Statue Of Liberty against a backdrop of crockery pretending to be the New York skyline; it was released well after prog’s original golden age; and it wasn’t what might be regarded as a quintessentially prog package: it only comprised a single disc and contained 10 tracks – lengthy tripartite song suites were notable by their absence. 

The total running time was a meagre 46 minutes, two of the songs coming in at under three minutes long, the rest being around the three, four and five-minute mark, with only one clocking in at over seven minutes. Four of the tracks were lifted for single release, which wasn’t something you could say about, for example, Brain Salad Surgery , while the remaining numbers became daytime radio staples throughout 1979 and beyond, in Britain, across Europe, America and Canada, Australia, Scandinavia – most of the known world. 

In fact, it is rumoured that by the end of that year even tribespeople in the furthest-flung villages of deepest Africa were able to hum the refrain to The Logical Song and knew every word to the title track, taking special delight in the opening line, ‘Take a look at my girlfriend, she’s the only one I got’ , much to the chagrin of their other halves in their huts.

That the album did so well was particularly impressive considering that it was Supertramp ’s sixth long player, and its release came at the height of new wave and disco. Its domination of the single and album charts, and the airwaves, was quite unexpected by all concerned – by all, that is, except the band’s label boss, Jerry Moss.

“Jerry came down to the studio and said something about Peter Frampton – who was also on A&M – and us being likely to repeat his success,” recalls Peter Henderson, credited as co-producer alongside the band. “Basically, he said, ‘I think you guys are going to be next.’”

Supertramp had already been around for a decade by the release of their most popular record, having formed in 1969 around core members and songwriters Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson . 

After two albums – 1970’s self-titled debut and 1971’s Indelibly Stamped – and several line-up changes, the group solidified around vocalists/keyboardists Davies and Hodgson, saxophonist John Helliwell, bassist Dougie Thomson and drummer Bob Siebenberg. This, the “classic” version of the band, established themselves as a cult attraction. 

The first album by the five-piece, 1974’s Crime Of The Century , was hailed as a minor masterpiece of acerbic songcraft and dexterous musicianship, and it featured many of Supertramp’s finest songs, including School and Bloody Well Right as well as Dreamer , their first UK Top 20 hit. And although the follow-up, 1975’s Crisis? What Crisis? , wasn’t quite so well received, it did posit Supertramp as premier purveyors of polished, prog-ish studio pop-rock with thoughtful lyrics, joining the select pantheon that also included 10cc and Queen. 

By the release of Even In The Quietest Moments… (1977), many of the bleak visions and dark portents about society expressed on the previous two records had come to pass in the form of punk, but Supertramp were able to weather the storm, and one of the songs, Give A Little Bit , became another huge and enduring hit.

But Breakfast In America eclipsed anything they had done before and skyrocketed the band into the commercial stratosphere. Supertramp were never a typical chart proposition or obvious stadium behemoths, with little of Gabriel-era Genesis’ live charisma, and none of the virtuoso pyrotechnics of Yes/ELP. 

If they resembled anyone it was Pink Floyd in that they were anonymous musicians whose focus was the song, but they didn’t have the Floyd’s mythic allure. Instead, they were a motley crew – the bluff, working class Davies (from Swindon) and the public school-educated Hodgson (from Portsmouth), plus a Scot (Thomson), a Yorkshireman (Helliwell) and a Californian (Siebenberg) – who had been assembled for solely pragmatic reasons. They weren’t a gang of mates who had known each other since school days, and there was none of that sense of shared history.

And yet, by Breakfast In America , they had built up a certain rapport, having spent much of 1973-4 living together in the wilds of Somerset, in a cottage called Southcombe where they were joined by family, friends, crew and pets, as well as unofficial sixth member Russel Pope, whom John Helliwell considers to be “underappreciated nowadays – he helped Roger and Rick with lyrics, and he was good in the studio, too”. 

In his sleevenotes to the reissued Breakfast In America – a two-disc affair containing the remastered album and a CD of live performances from 1979, available for the first time – MOJO’s Phil Alexander describes it as a “creative and supportive atmosphere”. Indeed, they had such fond memories of this period of enforced cohabitation that they tried to replicate the circumstances in America in 1978.

Supertramp’s music, the adroit performances and immaculate surfaces – what Helliwell has termed their “sophisto-rock” – was embraced even more readily by American audiences than British ones, and the band found themselves spending more and more time in the States, to the extent that Crisis? What Crisis? and Even In The Quietest Moments… were recorded there, in Los Angeles and Colorado respectively. 

When they came to record Breakfast... , all five members had relocated full-time to the West Coast and bought apartments or houses there, but it was decided that the Colorado studio had been too sterile and so a new headquarters was found for Supertramp and co in Burbank, a home-from-home that was promptly given the name Southcombe. There, throughout 1978, they rehearsed the material and prepared the demos that would eventually be recorded at the Village Recorder studio in LA.

All very cosy, except that, according to some, they weren’t quite the unified, cohesive unit they had been back in Blighty four years before. Principal songwriters Hodgson and Davies had begun to pull in different directions, the former’s increasingly spiritual bent causing raised eyebrows in some quarters. The song Babaji from Even In The Quietest Moments… had alluded to Hodgson’s latest penchant, and there was no stopping him now.

“Rick was pretty down to earth whereas Roger was a bit more mentally… not a higher plane, but spacey – he had spiritual yearnings,” says Helliwell, whose swirling sax provided Breakfast... with one of its signature sounds, along with those staccato Wurlitzer electric piano chords and Hodgson’s inimitable falsetto. It was in the build-up to Breakfast... that Hodgson fell in with a religious group who ran a commune in northern California. 

“It was an organisation of spiritually-minded people run by this guy called Swami Kriyananda,” recalls Helliwell, “although his real name was Donald Walters. They were all very sycophantic towards him. It was weird. Eventually Roger bought a place nearby and Swami found him a wife and they got married.”

Some reports have it that there was tension between Hodgson and Davies over a variety of creative issues, including the naming of the album (Davies apparently wanted to call it Working Title or Hello Stranger , the latter after a track that he had written) and the title song itself, which he allegedly didn’t want on the album.

Helliwell, however, maintains that, despite these rumours, the band were too intent on coming up with their greatest collection of material to allow personal or musical differences to get in the way. They even indulged in extracurricular activities together, such as playing football matches with local superstar and new best mate Rod Stewart, during which Helliwell acted as referee.

“There had started to be something slight, not a rift, but it was becoming apparent that Rick and Roger were quite different,” he admits, “but we managed to work well together. I don’t remember any animosity at all. We were just getting on with it, finding tunes that fitted together.”

They knew they were onto something special as soon as rehearsals began. “Even before we started recording we knew it was very strong musically,” says Helliwell of the early Breakfast In America sessions. Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick and his young assistant Peter Henderson had worked on Even In The Quietest Moments… , but it was with the latter that the band had hit it off best, so he was invited back, this time to co-produce (see panel). Supertramp had always had a reputation for meticulousness, and this was no exception. 

“The sessions were even longer and more tedious than usual,” laughs Helliwell. “We spent hours and hours in the studio; it would take a week getting the right drum sounds.” He was particularly peeved at the presence of Hodgson’s device for producing the optimum air quality. 

“Roger had this ionizer that he thought helped the air. I was convinced the fucking thing was giving me headaches so I kept turning it off, and he’d turn it back on. There were a few funny things like that.” But there were never, he insists, any punch-ups. “There have never been fisticuffs in this band,” he asserts. “Just tense silences...”

They may have been a quietly combustible mix, but the chemistry worked, with spectacular results. Virtually every song on Breakfast… was a melodic treat, at least half the tracks – Gone Hollywood , The Logical Song , Goodbye Stranger , Breakfast In America and Take The Long Way Home – being either singles or TV and/or movie soundtrack staples, while the remaining five ranged from the mellow concision of Casual Conversations to the more prog-ish and expansive Child Of Vision . 

The beauty of Breakfast... was that it gelled as a whole, while it was to Hodgson and Davies’ eternal credit that they managed to make songs as quietly critical (of the US, and each other) as these so infectious and easy on the ear. Supertramp’s triumph, meanwhile, was the utter musicality and economical elegance of it all.

“We definitely didn’t want to go overboard, because we were conscious of some groups going on and on with long, long solos and complicated arrangements,” explains Helliwell. “We wanted everything to be tuneful and succinct. It was only when we finished it that we realised, ‘Wow, we’ve got something pretty strong here.’”

Breakfast… was an immediate success, reaching Number One in the US, Canada, Australia and Norway, while touring saw pandemonium down the front. Not backstage, though. “We still played darts before shows,” says Helliwell, who reveals that, at 34, he was simply too old to indulge in rock ’n’ roll excess. 

“We were quite sober about it all, to be honest. We were more likely to go out for an Italian meal than have groupies draped over us or drugged parties in hotels.” Like a sort of British Steely Dan, Supertramp used the medium of “sophisto-rock” to comment on the culture with a detached, resigned air.

“That’s a good observation – we were looking from the outside,” says Helliwell. “I guess our songs are enigmatic and can be taken in many ways,” he concludes, “but they’re original and musical and have good tunes that don’t fit any particular category. People like them.”

Twenty million people, to be precise.

This feature originally appeared in Prog Issue 35, in April 2013 .

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February 1974 after three months living in a farm, the band leaves Southcombe to move to London to begin recording. First sessions at Trident Studios with Ken Scott producing.

March The single "Land Ho"/"Summer Romance" released in U.K. 31- Concert in Westcliff

June Recording completed at Ramport Studios. Mixing begins at Scorpio Studios.

September "Crime Of The Century" released in U.K. (AMLS-68258). 22 - Concert in Chelsea

October "Crime Of The Century" released in US (SP-3647). Tour around UK (England, Scotland and Wales) 18 - Swansea 19 - Liverpool 21 - Plymouth 22 - Torquay 23 - Guildford 24 - London 25 - Birmingham 26 - Manchester 27 - London 31 - Saint Andrews

November 1 - Aberdeen 2 - Dundee 5 - Bradford 6 - Manchester 8 - Lampeter 9 - Bangor 12 - Stoke 15 - Stoke

December 1 - Preston 2 - Birmingham 9 - Bournemouth 12 - Preston 15 - London

January 1975 23- City Hall, Sheffield, S. Yorks 24- Leeds Town Hall 26- Birmingham Town Hall 27- De Montfort Hall, Leichester 29- Manchester Free Trade Hall 30- Newcastle City Hall

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April Milwaukee, Wisconsin. April 4. American Tour begins. Three and half week, 25-city tour of the US and Canada. Supertramp toured the United States for the first time, visiting 25 cities and filling 2000-seat venues.

4 - Milwaukee 6 - Montreal (Canada) 7 - Quebec City (Canada) 9 - Ottawa (Canada) 11 - New York 12 - Boston 13 - Washington 14 - Philadelphia 15 - Detroit 17 - Toronto (Canada) 18 - Buffalo 19 - Cleveland 20 - Chicago 21 - St. Luis 22 - Kansas City 24 - Santa Monica 25 - Santa Monica 26 - Santa Monica

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The Cognizant Classic's final round was suspended Sunday due to severe weather that soaked PGA National with heavy rain. (Brennan Asplen/Getty Images)

The Cognizant Classic's final round was suspended Sunday due to severe weather that soaked PGA National with heavy rain. (Brennan Asplen/Getty Images)

Severe weather causes 3 hour, 28 minute delay Sunday at PGA National

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For the first time since 2015, the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches is headed to a Monday finish.

Sunday's final round of the Cognizant Classic was suspended for 3 hours, 28 minutes, due to dangerous weather in the Palm Beach Gardens, Florida vicinity. Play was halted at 12:49 p.m. ET Sunday at PGA National’s Champion course, and resumed at 4:17 p.m. ET. Play was halted for the evening at 6:23 p.m. due to darkness.

The final round's conclusion will be carried on Golf Channel, simulcast on Peacock, beginning at 8 a.m. ET Monday.

Austin Eckroat holds the overnight lead at 15 under (through seven holes of Round 4), one stroke clear of Erik van Rooyen, who carded a final-round 63 to post 14-under total. After finishing his final round, van Rooyen said he would return Monday if he remained within two strokes of the lead overnight, just in case.

Eckroat's next closest pursuer is Jake Knapp, last week's winner at the Mexico Open at Vidanta, who stands 13-under total with three holes to play.

Three players will return Monday at 12 under: Billy Horschel (through 17), Alex Noren (through 12) and Shane Lowry (through five). Keith Mitchell finished at 12-under total.

At the time of suspension, six pairings had yet to begin the final round. Sunday's final pairing of Lowry and David Skinns, originally scheduled to tee off at 1:40 p.m., eventually teed off at 5:10 p.m.

Players were removed from the golf course while the heavy weather system passed through, with casual water accumulating on some greens. The practice facility reopened at 3 p.m. as the maintenance and agronomy teams worked to prepare PGA National for play's resumption.

Van Rooyen led at the time of suspension, 14-under overall, on the strength of eight birdies in his first 11 holes Sunday. Van Rooyen, who began the day seven back of 54-hole co-leaders Skinns, Lowry and Eckroat, turned in 7-under 28 and added a birdie at No. 10. Van Rooyen previously shot a back-nine 28 in the final round of last fall's World Wide Technology Championship, en route to a two-stroke victory over Camilo Villegas and Matt Kuchar. That marked van Rooyen's second TOUR title.

Ireland's Padraig Harrington won the last Cognizant Classic that required a Monday finish, defeating Daniel Berger in a 2015 playoff.

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