![]() ![]() 1969: Argosy Īfter People Like Us disbanded, Hodgson auditioned for Island Records, with Traffic's road manager providing him a foot in the door with the label. : 26–28 The group recorded a single, "Duck Pond" and "Send Me No Flowers"(B-side), which was never released. When aged 19, Hodgson made his first appearance in a recording studio as guitarist for People Like Us, a band he joined shortly after leaving boarding school. They were dubbed the "H-bombs" because of their last names. ![]() Hodgson's first band at school consisted of him on guitar and his friend Roy Hovey playing snare drums. He began composing his own music and lyrics and within a year gave his first concert at school with nine original songs at the age of 13. : 26–28 He took it to boarding school with him, where his teacher taught him three chords. Hodgson's first guitar, given to him when he was 12, was a parting gift from his father when his parents divorced. He attended boarding schools Woodcote House near Windlesham, Surrey, where he was the first boy to learn electric guitar, and Stowe School near Buckingham, Buckinghamshire. ![]() Hodgson was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, on 21 March 1950, the son of Charles and Jill Hodgson (née Pomfret), and grew up in Oxford.
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