Died On This Date (June 18, 2007) Mick Hodgkinson aka Johnny Average
themusicsover Mick Hodgkinson
1946 – June 18, 2007
Mick Hodgkinson was an English singer, guitarist and cult hero who, during the late ’70s, settled in Woodstock, New York, and immersed himself in the local music scene. Within no time, he formed his first band, Johnny Average and the Falcons that was made up of musicians that were in town working at the legendary Bearsville Studios. The list of artists that played with the falcons included John Sebastian and Shane Fontayne. The group would eventually become the nucleus of Mick Ronson’s The New York Yanquis after which, Hodgkinson founded the Johnny Average Band and signed with management legend, Albert Grossman. Over the years, Hodkinson/Average also collaborated with the likes of Meat Loaf and Billy J. Kramer. Mick Hodgkinson died of cancer on June 18, 2007.
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