Mike Wedgwood

Mike Wedgwood (born 19 May 1950 in Derby) is an English bassist and singer. He is related to the Wedgwood family of pottery fame.^[1]

Wedgwood joined The Overlanders in 1968 following their biggest hit, a cover of The Beatles song "Michelle", and remained with them until 1971.^[1]

Following a stint with Arthur's Mother from 1971 to 1972, he joined Curved Air in 1972,^[2] 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 Air Cut (and four tracks that would be released in 1990 on Lovechild) before breaking up again in 1973.^[2]

After playing in Kiki Dee's backing band on Elton John's Yellow Brick Road tour in England, and recording Elton's song "Hard Luck Story", he joined Caravan,^[3] in 1974 and remained with them until 1976, playing on the albums Live at 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.

Wedgwood now lives in Denmark and is gigging solo and with the Wedgwood Band, The Skriver Bjarnesen Blues Band, Stan Urban, and many others. He owns and runs Wedgwood Studio in Silkeborg.

References

^ ^a ^b "Biography". Archived from the original on 8 December 2005. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ ^a ^b Curved Air History Page Archived 1 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ Caravan History Archived 5 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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[Biography-1] "Biography". Archived from the original on 8 December 2005. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[CA_History-2] Curved Air History Page Archived 1 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Caravan History Archived 5 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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v t e Caravan
Pye Hastings Geoffrey Richardson Jan Schelhaas Jim Leverton Mark Walker Richard Coughlan Richard Sinclair Dave Sinclair Steve Miller Derek Austin Stuart Evans John G. Perry Mike Wedgwood Dek Messecar Doug Boyle Simon Bentall Jimmy Hastings
Studio albums	Caravan If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You In the Land of Grey and Pink Waterloo Lily For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night Cunning Stunts Blind Dog at St. Dunstans Better by Far The Album Back to Front Cool Water The Battle of Hastings The Unauthorized Breakfast Item Paradise Filter It's None of Your Business
Live albums	Caravan and the New Symphonia Live at the Fairfield Halls, 1974 BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert Live: Canterbury Comes to London Songs for Oblivion Fishermen Ether Way: BBC Sessions 1975-77 Surprise Supplies Green Bottles for Marjorie: The Lost BBC Sessions
Compilation albums	The Show of Our Lives The Best of Caravan – Canterbury Tales Travelling Man All Over You...Too The Show of Our Lives – Caravan at the BBC 1968–1975 The World Is Yours – The Anthology 1968-1976
Related bands	Bruford Camel Delivery Earthworks Egg Gong Hatfield and the North In Cahoots Khan Matching Mole National Health Soft Heap Soft Machine Uriel The Wilde Flowers

v t e Curved Air
Sonja Kristina Chris Harris Robert Norton Paul Sax Kit Morgan Andy Tween Darryl Way Francis Monkman Florian Pilkington-Miksa Kirby Gregory Mike Wedgwood Eddie Jobson Stewart Copeland Tony Reeves Rob Martin Ian Eyre Jim Russell Phil Kohn Mick Jacques Alex Richman Andy Christie
Studio albums	Air Conditioning Second Album Phantasmagoria Air Cut Midnight Wire Airborne Lovechild North Star
Live albums	Live Live At The BBC Alive, 1990
Hit single	"Back Street Luv"

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