Al Hodge

For the actor Al Hodge of Captain Video and Green Hornet fame, see Al Hodge).

Al Hodge (1951? - 6 July 2006) was a guitarist and songwriter, who has had success with "Rock N Roll Mercenaries", a song that was recorded by Meat Loaf and John Parr in 1986. Hodge co-wrote the song with the American, Michael Ehmig.

Hodge was one of the most successful singer-songwriters to come out of Cornwall in recent years. For forty years Hodge, who was born in Bodmin, performed mostly in pubs and clubs. During the 1960s he was guitarist for the band The Onyx. He also did session work with some well known acts such as Toyah Willcox, Sad Café, Randy Crawford, Linda Ronstadt and Suzi Quatro.^[1]

Hodge was a guitarist for Leo Sayer from 1981 to 1985. He was also a guitarist for Elkie Brooks in 1999 and 2000. He wrote music for numerous TV programmes and appeared on many TV shows throughout Europe.

In the years before he died he taught many young guitarists in Cornwall. He died after a two-year battle with cancer on 6 July 2006.

In July 2007 the Alstock Festival was held in memory of him. One of the bands was made up of Hodge's students.^{[citation needed]} In June 2008 the second Alstock took place in Bodmin, Cornwall, with a much larger line-up of local bands.

References

External links

• Cornish rock musician Hodge dies BBC news 7 July 2006.
• http://www.alhodge.com/
• BBC video clip from the 2003 Cropredy concert at Oxford

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