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- Like a fine wine or an oak-aged malt liquor, some artists only get better with time and that’s certainly the case with vocalist/guitarist John Fiddler. For over fifty years he’s been steering the good ship Medicine Head through the often murky waters of the music industry and has left a stream of highly regarded albums in his wake.
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Radio DJ John Peel saw Fiddler and Hope-Evans perform at the Lafayette Club and later shared their music with John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Pete Townshend. At Lennon's insistence, the duo was signed by Dandelion Records .
All songs are written by John Fiddler, who is the driving force behind the project, inviting a host of musicians to help with the recording, and the result is a realisation of the vision he had from the beginning.
Apr 2, 2024 · John Fiddler formed the duo Medicine Head with Peter Hope-Evans in 1968. Thanks to tireless guerrilla gigging plus mentorship from DJ John Peel (who signed the skeletal blues-rock duo to his Dandelion label at John Lennon’s behest) they were embraced as doyens of the underground.
Aug 31, 2021 · Two have become one for some time as John Fiddler carries the radiant flame of a band who, after being discovered by John Peel and signed to his Dandelion label at the insistence of John Lennon, released seven studio albums during their heyday and scored a massive hit single with One And One Is One.
Sep 7, 2008 · Medicine Head, the duo of singer/guitarist John Fiddler and harmonica player Peter Hope-Evans, enjoyed a successful career in the late Sixties and early Seventies after being ‘discovered’ by DJ...
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Oct 22, 2011 · Medicine Head was a British blues rock band – initially a duo – active in the 1970s. The group recorded six original albums; the opening trio of which were on John Peel’s Dandelion label. Who were your major influences?
May 21, 2013 · Fiddler was then joined by Relf on bass, and drummer John Davies, a line-up that made Medicine Head’s final Dandelion album, Dark Side Of The Moon. A vastly underestimated record, it contains juddering, rootsy rock interspersed with gentle, jangling tunes.
