Despite his unique and virtuosic left-handed, chordal approach to the bass, Colin Hodgkinson isn’t really even a household name within our own humble little community. Like Bobby Vega in America, or Canadian-based Hansford Rowe, Hodgkinson belongs to a subset of highly influential players who seem to fly perennially under the radar. But when someone as revered and well known as Jonas Hellborg lists someone like Hodgkinson among their influences, you know you best prick up your ears. Colin Hodgkinson was born on October 14, 1945, in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. He played in his first band, the Dynatones, from 1959 to 1964. From there, his resumé goes on to include rock, jazz, and blues stalwarts like Alexis Korner, Jon Lord (Deep Purple), Jan Hammer and Neal Schon, Cozy Powell (Rainbow), Peter York, and the Spencer Davis Group. He’s co-led his own ensembles, including the cult jazz–rock trio Back Door, which is where his unique, chord-oriented approach to bass playing