Founded in 1966
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 the
spring of 1972 consisting of the Miller brothers, Pyle and Richard
Sinclair (bass and vocals), then Steve Miller's bandmate in 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. A final
Delivery performance took place in November 1972 for the BBC's Radio One
In Concert series, with an unusual line-up bringing together the Miller
brothers, Pyle, Babbington, Coxhill and Sinclair, the latter on vocals
only.Steve Miller went on to release two shared (rather than "duo")
albums with Coxhill for Virgin's Caroline budget label in 1973/74.Roy
Babbington, who had played with the Keith Tippett Group and Nucleus in
1971-73, went on to join Soft Machine from 1973-76. Laurie Allan
rejoined Gong a couple of times, most notably appearing on 1973's Flying
Teapot, and later Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia. Line-up / Musicians Phil Miller/guitar Steve Miller/piano Pip Pyle/drums Jack Monk/bass Lol Coxhill/saxophone Roy Babbington/bass Carol Grimes/vocals Richard Sinclair/bass,vocals Laurie Allan/drums Discography Fools Meeting 1970
1.Blind To Your Light 2.Miserable Man 3.Home Made Ruin 4.Is It Really The Same 5.We Were Satisfied 6.The Wrong Time 7.Fighting It Out 8.Fools Meeting
