Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson’s writing patrtnership – like that of many others – walked a fine line between inspired and volatile. But their collaborations in Supertramp created some of the best-loved songs in prog history. We look back on the best work left by the late Davies, including the song that Hodgson regarded as his former colleague’s best.
Working-class Swindon native Rick Davies and Portsmouth public schoolboy Roger Hodgson were not, on paper, an ideal match. Additionally, Davies grew up on blues and jazz while Hodgson leaned towards an artier strain of pop. But the yin and yang chemistry of their writing defined Supertramp at the band’s most potent.
