As a co-writer with partner Roger Hodgson, Davies was the voice and the pianist of Supertramp’s most iconic songs. Wanting to build an exciting and progressive band, Davies placed an ad in Melody Maker magazine in August 1969 and met Roger Hodgson, his partner in crime. The name of the band came from a 1908 book called The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp by Welsh author William Henry Davies. They didn’t produce the kind of music that incited riots or got stadiums ripped apart, but in their quiet way, Supertramp made their mark. Supertramp didn’t seem remotely like a rock band.