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He played guitar (and occasionally sang) in the root Canterbury band Wilde Flowers before going on to be a founding member of Caravan, switching to bass guitar and sharing lead vocals with Pye Hastings. His compositional output came to the fore on the band's third album, the classic In The Land Of Grey And Pink, on which he wrote and sang "Golf Girl", the title track and the epic "Winter Wine". Sinclair left Caravan in 1972 to form Hatfield and the North with ex-Delivery members Phil Miller and Pip Pyle, lending his distinctive, quintessentially English voice and increasingly impressive bass playing skills to their two albums, and writing some of their best-loved songs, "Share It", "Let's Eat (Real Soon)" (both with lyrics by Pip Pyle) and "Halfway Between Heaven And Earth". After Hatfield broke up in 1975, Sinclair moved back to Canterbury, starting a carpentry/kitchen-fitting business while maintaining low-key musical activities, often under the humorous moniker Sinclair & The South. He came out of this semi-retirement in 1977 when he was asked by Camel to replace their departed bass player. This stint lasted for two studio albums and half of the live set A Live Record. His departure in 1979 marked the end of Sinclair's career in musical "first league". The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Caravan are an English rock/jazz band from the Canterbury area, founded by former Wilde Flowers members David Sinclair, Richard Sinclair, Pye Hastings and Richard Coughlan. ... Hatfield and the North is an experimental Canterbury scene rock band that lasted from October 1972 to June 1975, albeit with some reunions thereafter. ... Camel is an English progressive rock band formed in 1971. ...

In the 1980s, his activities were sporadic. He recorded a collaborative album with Phil Miller and Alan Gowen, Before A Word Is Said, in 1981, reunited with Caravan for the 1982 reunion effort Back To Front, sang on one track of National Health's swansong D.S. Al Coda (also 1982), and joined Phil Miller's In Cahoots, for a residency at the London jazz club the Bull & Gate and, in 1984, a European tour. Sadly, he left before the band undertook its first recordings. His voice or bass were barely heard until the end of the decade, save for a low-key Dutch tour in 1986 and a guest spot of Phil Miller's album Split Seconds (1989). In 1990, there was a one-off reformation of Hatfield and the North and a long-term one of the original Caravan line-up in 1990-91. Phil Miller (born 22 January 1949) is a UK progressive rock/jazz guitarist who was part of the Canterbury Scene. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Look up caravan and Caravan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... National Health was a progressive rock band associated with the Canterbury Scene. ... Phil Miller (born 22 January 1949) is a UK progressive rock/jazz guitarist who was part of the Canterbury Scene. ... Phil Miller (born 22 January 1949) is a UK progressive rock/jazz guitarist who was part of the Canterbury Scene. ... Hatfield and the North is an experimental Canterbury scene rock band that lasted from October 1972 to June 1975, albeit with some reunions thereafter. ... Look up caravan and Caravan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

At this point, Sinclair formed his own group Caravan Of Dreams, with ex-Camel drummer Andy Ward and former Hatfield roadie Rick Biddulph on bass (live gigs only), plus occasional participation from cousin Dave Sinclair and sax/flautist Jimmy Hastings. The project's eponymous album came out in 1992. Sinclair's next effort, R.S.V.P. (1994), was recorded with a fluctuating line-up including Pip Pyle, Tony Coe and former Happy The Man keyboardist Kit Watkins. Regular touring stopped in 1996 as Sinclair moved to the Netherlands for a few years. He reappeared in 2002 with occasional concerts and archival live releases, but the most exposure came with the reunion of Hatfield and the North in 2005-06, which sadly came to an abrupt end with Pip Pyle died in August 2006. Shortly after that, he left his longtime Canterbury home to move permanently to Italy. David Sinclair, better known as Dave Sinclair (born November 24, 1947 in Herne Bay, Kent, England), is a keyboardist (organ, pianos, synthesizer) who has been part of the progressive rock Canterbury Scene. ... Jimmy Hastings (born James Brian Gordon Hastings, 12 May 1938, in Aberdeen, Scotland), is a British professional musician associated with the Canterbury scene. ... Pip Pyle is a British-born drummer now residing in France. ... Anthony George Coe(born November 29, 1934 in Canterbury) is a jazz musician who is trained on clarinet, bass clarinet, and tenor saxophone. ... Happy The Man are an American progressive rock band primarily from the 1970s specializing in instrumental tracks with odd time signatures. ... Kit Watkins in 2001 Kit Watkins (born 1953 in Virginia) is a progressive-ambient-jazz recording artist based in Brattleboro, Vermont. ... Hatfield and the North is an experimental Canterbury scene rock band that lasted from October 1972 to June 1975, albeit with some reunions thereafter. ... Pip Pyle is a British-born drummer now residing in France. ...

Sinclair has always wanted to explore the boundaries in music rather than stay in one static form. This is a primary reason for him not staying in one particular band for a great length.

Short Biography

• 1964-1965 The Wilde Flowers (with Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Hugh Hopper et al.)
• 1968-1972 Caravan
• 1972-1975 Hatfield and the North
• 1976 Sinclair and the South
• 1977-1979 Camel
• 1982-1984 In Cahoots
• 1988 Skaboosh
• 1991-93 Caravan of Dreams
• 1994-1996 R.S.V.P. (with Pip Pyle, Didier Malherbe and Patrice Meyer)
• 1995-  ? Richard Sinclair Band with Tony Coe and David Rees Williams
• 2005-2006 Hatfield and the North reformed

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External links

• www.richardsinclair.net