Like Soft Machine, so Caravan arose out of the ashes from The WILD FLOWERS who
started the Canterbury Scene.
Band was formed in 1968 and is with some stops active till today. Best years 1968 - 1973


Style : Progressive-Rock with Jazzinfluences.(..light floating music)

see :
Wild Flowers ; Coxhill & Miller ; Carol Grimes & Delivery ; Hatfield & The North ;  Matching Mole ;
Egg ; Gringo; Rupert Hine ; Spreadeagle ; Quantum Jump ; Curved Air ; Wolf ; Camel ; Khan ;
Soft Machine ; Mike Cotton Sound - Satisfaction ; National Health ;

Musicians:
Richard Sinclair - vocals, bass ; Pye Hastings - guitar, vocals; Richard Coughlan - drums, perc.;
Dave Sinclair - keyboards, voc.;
1971-1976:
Steve Miller. Derek Austin, Jan Schelhaas (76-) - keyboards; Geoffrey Richardson (73-) - viola ;
Stuart Evans, John G.Perry (73-), Mike Wedgwood (75-), Dek Messecar - bass;

Guests:   (1971-80)
Jimmy Hastings - flute, sax,  arrangements; Brian Hopper - sax; Phil Miller - guitar ;
Lol Coxhill, Mel Collins - sax ; Mike Cotton - trumpet; Barry Robinson - oboe;
Colin Frechter - string arranger;

Side One :
Here Am I
Chiefs and Indians
A very smelly, grubby little Oik
Bopping Wide
Come on back
Oik (Reprise)

Side Two :
Jack and Jill
Can you hear me ?
All the Way  (with John Wayne's Single handed Liberation..)

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