Who is this guy.

[nofi]

saw a partial clip on tv of a guy playing blues guitar stuff on electric bass and singing. he is a solo act and i think he is british. any help? thanks.

[Barklessdog]

Clip or link?

[nofi]

any info would be great. he was on a blues history show on wpba boston. this is twice i have missed this guy's name and i find it impossible to google this.

[Dave W]

Are you talking about "The Blues" documentary from a few years back? If that's it, see http://www.pbs.org/theblues/, each episode guide has a list of performers, and some of them are still living.

[nofi]

thanks dave. he is not there but it reminded me to revisit otha turner's fife and drum music.

[PhilT]

Long shot, cos I don't think he's British ...

http://www.youtube.com/user/jjculpepper#p/a/u/2/WVa68TgveHo

Even more long shot would be Seasick Steve, but I'm just brainstorming now ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT2DWAxYq68&feature=related

[nofi]

it's not that guy either but thanks for the seasick steve clip. when i get the dvd of the show in a few weeks i'll try to post a clip as soon as i can. thanks.

[Sven]

I know it's an old thread, but I remembered it when I saw this clip on another forum today:



Is it this guy?

[nofi]

HOLY CRAP! that's the guy i've been searching for. much thanks for the clip!

[birdie]

Whitesnake guy?

[lowend1]

Whitesnake guy?

Yep. He's on the UK mix of Slide It In. (Neil Murray on the US version)
Sounds like he's been listening to Les Claypool... or vice versa.

[uwe]

Hodkinson's bluesy yet angular style was already entrenched with Back Door, his early seventies jazz rock outfit when Claypool was still a baby or perhaps not even born. He then went on to record and play with Jan Hammer, Neil Schon, Alexis Korner and Pete York. At the recommendation of Jon Lord, he joined Whitesnake in the early eighties, but after a comparatively short time he was asked to leave again. As he himself said, he did it for the money and never felt comfortable in the Whitesnake world. Used to jazzy players sympathetic to his bass playing, he couldn't lock in with Cozy Powell's powerhouse drumming which required powerful root note quarters and eighths and very little else. Hodkinson was at a loss what to play so he played very little and that rather unconvincingly - I saw him a couple of times with WS and it was akward everytime. He only lit up during his blues solo spot with Micky Moody. After WS he played with Peter Maffay (a German MOR singer/songwriter - ironically Colin was asked to leave that band as well for his rather angular playing when their drummer met Ken Taylor, a black German session bass payer with a much smoother style) as well as the Spencer Davis Group (in one of the more recent touring line ups) and various blues outfits with e.g. Miller Anderson (possibly a one time Back Door member IIRC).