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Main personnel

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• John Fiddler (born on 25 September 1947) - (vocalist, guitarist, piano player, drummer).
• Peter Hope-Evans (born on 28 September 1947) - (harmonica, jew's harp, and mouthbow player).

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Career

Medicine Head formed in Stafford in 1968, and came to prominence when championed by influential DJ John Peel, who signed them to his Dandelion record label. Map sources for Stafford at grid reference SJ9223 Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire in England. ... See also: 1967 in music, other events of 1968, 1969 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... Autobiography John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was a British disc jockey, radio presenter, and journalist. ... Dandelion Records was a British record label started in 1969 by the British DJ John Peel as a way to get the music he liked onto record. ...

The group recorded six original albums, the opening trio of which were on 'Dandelion'. That label enjoyed its only UK singles chart hit when "(And The) Pictures in the Sky" reached number 22 in 1971. Despite consistent touring, often as support to acts with larger commercial appeal, Medicine Head failed to place an album on the UK album chart. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... The UK Albums Chart is a chart of the sales positions of albums in the United Kingdom. ...

They went through line-up changes with their largely backing personnel, but did achieve a total of four hit singles, the best-known of which ars "One and One is One" (No. 3, 1973) and "Rising Sun" (No. 11, 1973). At various times the line-up also included Tony Ashton, formerly of Ashton, Gardner & Dyke, and Keith Relf, former Yardbirds vocalist. Their later recordings were released on the Polydor record label. Two Man Band (1976) was their last album, and Medicine Head finally folded in 1977. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Yardbirds album cover The Yardbirds were an early British rock band, noted for spawning the careers of several of rock musics most famous guitarists, including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. ... Polydor Records is a record label once headquartered in Germany. ...

Post break-up careers

Since the band's break-up, both members have continued to work in music: Hope-Evans appears on many albums, most prominently with Pete Townshend, and Fiddler was a member of British Lions and Box of Frogs. Fiddler has occasionally revived the Medicine Head name, to tour a show of their hits and release further low-key recordings. Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born May 19, 1945 in Chiswick, London) is an influential English rock guitarist and songwriter who is best known as the guitarist for the rock band The Who. ... Two rugby teams may be known as the British Lions, though it is not the correct title for either: The British and Irish Lions are a touring side playing rugby union. ... Box of Frogs were a blues-based hard rock band featuring former members of the 1960s group, The Yardbirds. ...

UK Singles Chart discography

The following Medicine Head singles appeared on the UK Singles Chart: To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

• "(And The) Pictures in the Sky" - Number 22 - 1971
• "One and One is One" - Number 3 - 1973
• "Rising Sun" - Number 11 - 1973
• "Slip and Slide" - Number 22 - 1974

Reference

• British Hit Singles - 16th Edition - ISBN 085112-190-X

External links

• Medicine Head biography
• Peter Hope-Evans official site
• John Fiddler official site