Mike Wedgwood

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Mike Wedgwood is an English bass guitarist and singer.

Mike was born in Derby on 19th May 1950. He is related to the Wedgwood family of pottery fame. ^[1]

Mike joined the Overlanders in 1968 following their biggest hit, a cover of the Beatles song Michelle, and remained with them until 1971 ^[2]

Following a stint with Arthur's Mother from 1971-72, he joined Curved Air in 1972 ^[3] and played on their third album Phantasmagoria. When the band split, he remained with Sonja Kristina and helped form the new version of the band. They recorded the album Aircut (and the tracks for what would be released in 1990 as Lovechild) before breaking up yet again in 1973. ^[4]

After playing in Kiki Dee's backing band he joined Caravan ^[5] in 1974 and remained with them until 1976, playing on the albums Live at the Fairfield Halls 1974 (released by Decca in 2002, which was actually his playing debut with Caravan), Cunning Stunts and Blind Dog at St Dunstans.

He worked with Gordon Haskell from 1993 to 1995.

In 2008 Mike is living in Denmark and gigging with the Wedgwood Band.