Origin: Canterbury, England
This highly original prog-psych band from Canterbury, England is considered by many to have been one of the most important and influential groups to emerge from that now-legendary music scene, although major commercial success continually eluded them. All four of their original members, Pye Hastings (guitar, vocals), brothers David (keyboards) and Richard Sinclair (bass, vocals), and Richard Coughlan (drums), had previously been in the Wilde Flowers and formed Caravan in January, 1968. Their debut, self-titled LP was released on Verve in the fall of 1968 along with a supporting 45, which inclu…