It was a early day yesterday I am not kidding

Supertramp is so good at making people feel better and they don’t know what they’re talking about well he makes people happy you know

my song in tribute to my late great friend, poet Linda Dyer

Heidi Rodewald: Vox, Backing Vox
Danny McGough: Guitars, Bass, Keys, Backing Vox
Greg Antoniono: Acoustic Guitar, Lead Guitar solo (end)
Nick Vincent: Drums, Percussion

SONG FOR LINDA DYER / gregory antoniono © 2023 libbyworld songs

VERSE 1
"I come from a long line of drunkards and cheats"
was the first line of a poem by Linda Dyer
She lived just off Mission Street
Behind an Irish bar called the Harp & Lyre
	
CHORUS
She knew music better than me
She wrote piercing poetry
About her fractured family
that made my own seem mild
	
VERSE 2
We walked to the Contemporary
Past a homeless kid who held a gold sun dial
They had a piece that she wanted to see
Concentric poodle rings 'round a newborn child
	
CHORUS
She knew pop art better than me
An intellect of first degree
Who dressed like the girl in the Addams Family
Long before it was in style
	
VERSE 3
Late last night I was searching for her
and the news I found burned through me like a fire
Gone too soon, what would she say
"Well, I finally lived up to my last name 'Dyer'"

Song for Linda Dyer (rough mix)

Burning Down the House / I Get Wild / Wild Gravity

Burning Down the House

Greatest Hits

Don't Stand So Close To Me

King Of Pain

Outlandos D'Amour

Can't Stand Losing You

The Very Best Of Supertramp

Goodbye Stranger

Greatest

Go All The Way (Remastered)

Let It Bleed

You Can't Always Get What You Want

Odessey and Oracle

Time of the Season (Mono Version)

The Wonderful World of the 60's - 100 Hit Songs

She's Not There (Rerecorded)

Labour of Lust

Cruel to Be Kind

Supertramp are a progressive rock British band established in 1969 by co-founders Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies.  Hodgson, writer and composer of the great majority of the band’s greatest hits, has the distinctive voice that people think of when they reminisce about the band.    Many people are not aware that although Hodgson and Davies shared writing credit, they actually wrote and composed separately with each singing their own songs.

The 1974 album release, Crime of the Century, contained Hodgson’s song Dreamer, which was the band’s first commercial hit.   The next album, 1977’s Even in the Quietest Moments, saw Hodgson’s Give a Little Bit win international acclaim.  In 1979, the band released their most commercially successful album, Breakfast in America, which went on to sell over 20 million copies.  Hodgson’s title track, Breakfast in America, plus The Logical Song, and Take the Long Way Home, along with Davies’ Goodbye Stranger were the standout singles from this album with the tracks still being played on the radio today. 
 
Hodgson left the band in 1983 to raise his small children and pursue his spiritual beliefs.  Davies continued recording under the name Supertramp.  However, the band did not reach the level of commercial success they had attained when Hodgson was with them. 
  
Hodgson tours extensively worldwide every year and performs solo, with band, and with orchestra.   After not touring for eight years, Davies toured as Supertramp in 2011.

Goodbye Stranger

Supertramp - Founders Roger Hodgson & Rick Davies

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