Delivery (band)

Delivery was a British blues rock and progressive rock band. It was formed in the late 1960s, and after Delivery broke up, various band members were active in bands on the Canterbury scene .

Band history

Founded by guitarist Phil Miller , his older brother, pianist Steve Miller , drummer Pip Pyle and bassist Jack Monck under the name "Brunos Blues Band", the group played concerts in the London area for several years . In 1968 the experimental saxophonist Lol Coxhill joined, and the band name changed to "Steve Miller's Delivery", which translated means "Steve Miller's message". In 1969 the band joined forces with blues singer Carol Grimes , and bassist Roy Babbington replaced Monck.

This line-up recorded an album in 1970: Fools Meeting . Although Grimes wanted to be seen as a simple member of the band, the record company released the album as "Carol Grimes and Delivery". In 1971 Pyle left the band and initially became a member of Gong for some time , his place being taken by drummer Laurie Allan . Shortly thereafter, Delivery broke up. In 1972 and 1973 there were two short reunions, again with different line-ups.

Later projects of the band members

• Phil Miller founded Matching Mole with Robert Wyatt and Dave Sinclair , later Hatfield and the North with Pip Pyle, both of whom later worked together again at National Health .
• Steve Miller replaced Dave Sinclair at Caravan after his first departure.
• Roy Babbington was also a member of the Keith Tippett Group, later of Nucleus and Soft Machine .
• Laurie Allan also joined Gong and later Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia.

Discography

• Fools Meeting (1970, 1999 re-release as CD with 5 bonus tracks)

Filmography

• 2015: Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales (DVD)

Web links

• Delivery on the baby blue pages
• Delivery on Calyx, the Canterbury website (English)
• Delivery at Allmusic (English)