Delivery (band)
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Delivery was a British blues/progressive rock musical group, formed in the late 1960s. The band was one of the wellsprings of the progressive rock Canterbury scene.
Founded as Bruno's Blues Band by guitarist Phil Miller, his elder brother, pianist Steve Miller, drummer Pip Pyle and bassist Jack Monck, the band gigged around London for a few years. In 1968, saxophonist Lol Coxhill joined them, and the band's name was changed to Steve Miller's Delivery. In 1969, the band teamed up with blues singer Carol Grimes and bassist Roy Babbington replaced Monck. The resulting line-up recorded and released one album: Fools Meeting. Although Grimes wanted to appear as a band member, the record company released the album under "Carol Grimes and Delivery". In 1971, Pyle left the band to join Gong and was replaced by Laurie Allan (who also later joined Gong). Soon after that, the band broke up.
Phil Miller went on to found Matching Mole with Robert Wyatt and Dave Sinclair, but a new Delivery line-up was assembled in early 1972 consisting of the Miller brothers, Pyle and Richard Sinclair (bass and vocals, from Caravan). The band played a few live shows in August/September that year, but with Steve Miller being replaced by Dave Sinclair (from Matching Mole and Caravan), the band changed its name to Hatfield and the North. Steve Miller went on to briefly re-form the band in 1973 with Coxhill, Babbington and Allan. Steve Miller also went on to replace Dave Sinclair in Caravan.
Roy Babbington also joined the Keith Tippett Group, later Nucleus and Soft Machine. Laurie Allan later joined Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia.
[edit] Discography
- Fools Meeting (album, as "Carol Grimes and Delivery"), 1970
- Harry Lucky/Home Made Ruin (single), 1970
