{"artistName":"Roger Hodgson","artistId":135862,"artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f02/f025651486822b1c51b03e0514ed7e22_xl.jpg","srcset":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f02/f025651486822b1c51b03e0514ed7e22_sm.jpg 50w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/f02/f025651486822b1c51b03e0514ed7e22_md.jpg 80w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/f02/f025651486822b1c51b03e0514ed7e22_lg.jpg 200w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/f02/f025651486822b1c51b03e0514ed7e22_xl.jpg 340w","artistBio":"\u003cp\u003eCharles Roger Pomfret Hodgson (born 21 March 1950) is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the former co-frontman and founding member of progressive rock band Supertramp. Hodgson composed and sang the majority of the band’s hits such as \"Dreamer\", \"Give a Little Bit\", \"Take the Long Way Home\", \"The Logical Song\", \"It's Raining Again\", and \"Breakfast in America\".\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHodgson left Supertramp in 1983 and moved his family away from the Los Angeles music scene to live a simpler lifestyle close to nature and be home with his children as they were growing up. Hodgson returned to touring in 2001. He often writes about spiritual and philosophical topics, and his lyrics have been described as personal and meaningful.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHodgson was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, on 21 March 1950, the son of Charles and Jill Hodgson (née Pomfret), and grew up in Oxford. 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's first guitar, given to him when he was 12, was a parting gift from his father when his parents divorced. :26–28 He took it to boarding school with him, where his teacher taught him three chords. 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. Hodgson's first band at school consisted of him on guitar and his friend Roy Hovey playing snare drums. 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