Al Hodge (21 December 1950 – 6 July 2006) was an English guitarist, singer and songwriter, who had success with "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries", a song that was recorded by Meat Loaf with John Parr in 1986.
[1] He also did session work with Toyah Willcox, Sad Café, Randy Crawford, Linda Ronstadt, Clifford T. Ward and Suzi Quatro.
[1] In July 2007, the first Alstock Festival was held in his memory, with one of the bands made up of Al Hodge's students.
[6] In June 2008, the second Alstock took place in Bodmin, Cornwall, with a much larger line-up of local bands and is now held every year on the last Saturday in July.
The Al Hodge Young Musician Award includes a £500 grant for outstanding dedication or achievements in the school year.