Lee has toured with No. 1 chart act Odyssey and Top 10 chart acts Bobby Thurston and George McRae, and has jammed with Stevie Wonder's Wonderlove.

Lee Hodgson is a regularly featured columnist and transcriber in Guitar Techniques magazine and is an erstwhile columnist and transcriber for Guitarist magazine as well. He has authored a book, Hot Country, and written chapters for various modern titles including Guitar: A Complete Guide For The Player and Play Acoustic, plus grade pieces validated by Trinity College of Music.  

Lee has taught at London's prestigious Guitar Institute - which is now part of The Institute of Contemporary Music performance - since 1990. The ICMP is now associated with the University of East London (UEL) which means Lee will be teaching on a Degree course. Lee has also acted as Module Leader, course writer and assessor for the London College of Music and Media in association with Thames Valley University.  

Lee has, for several years now, been involved with Lick Library - voted 'Best in Show' at the 2007 NAMM event -having made several artist-based DVD tutorials including James Taylor, Hank Marvin Volumes I & II, Johnny Cash, Van Morrison and Simon & Garfunkel, plus style/technique-based products such as Rock'n'Roll Classics Volumes I & II, Country Classics and The Mechanics of Acoustic/Electric Guitar. Lee even has his own "channel" at Lick Library: there you'll find several mini-tutorials covering a variety of styles and techniques. There's also an insightful interview/playing session with country legend Albert Lee.              

Other teaching activities include occasional class teaching for the International Guitar Foundation (IGF).

Lee is a versatile studio musician and vastly experienced stage performer, having played thousands of gigs (including the Royal Albert Hall and Wembley Arena) and toured with No. 1 chart act Odyssey plus other chart acts. Since 2006, Lee has been gigging as a guitarist/vocalist with a popular rock'n'roll/60s band, Benny & The Jetts, and occasionally plays major UK country festivals with the Steve Cherelle Band. Lee is a confident lead/harmony vocalist. The ace up Lee's sleeve is his MIDI Guitar System ("guitar-synth"), with which he can variously conjure up piano/strings/brass etc. sounds!

Lee is an official Vox amplifier and Yamaha guitar demonstrator (international). Lee officially endorses Picato strings.

Above all, Lee loves music - and the guitar of course! - and is a confident and passionate communicator - his attention to detail is legendary!

Click here to see videos of Lee stepping through a variety of awesome licks!

Click here to hear Lee play Funkalicious