''Take the Long Way Home—Live in Montreal'' is

Roger Hodgson Charles 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 first DVD. It was released in Canada on August 28, 2006 and went platinum in only seven weeks. The DVD hit #1 in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

for three months, went to #1 in all of Canada and reached double platinum status. The DVD includes a 75-minute solo concert filmed live at

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in Montreal, Quebec on June 6, 2006. In addition to the concert, it contains over 90 minutes of bonus features with previously unreleased solo and orchestra performance footage, exclusive interviews, behind the scenes footage, film from sound check, fan interviews, photo gallery, and various song clips from Hodgson's repertoire. The DVD was given a worldwide release in September 2007 on Eagle Vision with a new cover and additional material.

Track listing

#" Take the Long Way Home" #"

Give a Little Bit "Give a Little Bit" is the opening song on Supertramp's 1977 album '' Even in the Quietest Moments...'' The song was released as a single that same year and became an international hit for the band, peaking at number 15 on the ''Billboard'' Pop ...

" #"Lovers in the Wind" #"Hide in Your Shell" #"Oh Brother" #"

The Logical Song "The Logical Song" is a song by English rock group Supertramp that was released as the lead single from their album ''Breakfast in America'' in March 1979. It was written primarily by the band's Roger Hodgson, who based the lyrics on his experie ...

" #"Easy Does It" #"Sister Moonshine" #"Love Is a Thousand Times" #"

Breakfast in America ''Breakfast in America'' is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Supertramp, released by A&M Records on 29 March 1979. It was recorded in 1978 at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles. It spawned four US ''Billboard'' hit singles: "The ...

" #"Don't Leave me Now" #" Dreamer" #"

It's Raining Again "It's Raining Again" is a song recorded by the English progressive rock band Supertramp and released as a single from their 1982 album '' …Famous Last Words…'' with credits given to Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, although as indicated on the ...

" #"School" #"Two of Us" #"Give a Little Bit" #"Sister Moonshine(fade out)"

Bonus material

#"Even in the Quietest Moments" #"Dreamer w/Orchestra"

Extra sneak previews

#"The Logical Song w/Orchestra" #"Fool's Overture w/Orchestra"

Musicians

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acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

*Aaron MacDonald:

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

, keyboards,

melodica The melodica is a handheld free-reed instrument similar to a pump organ or harmonica. It features a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. The keyboard usual ...

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Trivia

*Reached #1 in Quebec and #5 in Canada on the DVD charts. *This was part of Hodgson's first Canadian tour in 23 years.

External links

DVD entry at www.rogerhodgson.comRoger's Official MySpace presenceDVD info

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