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Medicine Head were an British blues-rock band, active in the 1970s. Their biggest single success was in 1973, with "One and One is One", a No.3 hit in the UK Singles Chart.

Main personnel
The group worked as a duo for most of its career, consisting of

John Fiddler (born 25 September 1947, Darlaston, Staffordshire, England) - (vocalist, guitarist, pianist, drummer)
Peter Hope-Evans (born 28 September 1947, Brecon, Powys, Wales) - (harmonica, jew's harp, and mouthbow player).
At various stages the band utilised the following musicians - Clive Edwards; Keith Relf; Tony Ashton; Roger Saunders; George Ford; John Davies; Rob Townsend and Morgan Fisher.

Career
Medicine Head formed in Stafford in 1968, and came to prominence when championed by the DJ, John Peel, who signed them to his Dandelion record label.

The group recorded six original albums, the opening trio of which were on 'Dandelion'. That label enjoyed its first UK Singles Chart hit when "(And The) Pictures in the Sky" reached number 22 in 1971. Despite consistent touring, often as support to acts with larger commercial appeal, Medicine Head failed to place an album on the UK Albums Chart. One of their albums was entitled Dark Side of the Moon (1972), released the year before the Pink Floyd album of the same name. If the Medicine Head release had gained attention, Pink Floyd may have had to reconsider the title of their album. Medicine Head's track, "Only To Do What Is True" appeared on the 1972 compilation, There Is Some Fun Going Forward.

They went through line-up changes with their largely backing personnel, but did achieve a total of four hit singles, the best-known of which are "One and One is One" (No. 3, 1973) and "Rising Sun" (No. 11, 1973).[1] Their later recordings were released on Polydor. Two Man Band was their last album, and Medicine Head finally folded in 1977.

In 2005 Angel Air released the album Don't Stop The Dance. In effect it was a 'lost' album, compiling some singles from an unsuccessful period with the WWA label, and some unreleased sessions with the band as a five piece. In March 2007 Medicine Head's debut album New Bottles, Old Medicine was re-released on CD by Cherry Red Records. In May 2009 Cherry Red also released, One And One Is One - The Very Best Of Medicine Head.

This was one of many bands brought to prominence by DJ John Peel, after they sent him a tape, he signed them to his Dandelion label. They started out as a duo gigging in the Midlands. Their early albums conjured up a very sparse understated atmosphere and contained several love songs. A highlight of their debut album was His Guiding Hand, which was also issued as a 45. They enjoyed Chart success with Pictures In The Sky but then the eccentric Hope-Evans quit and they reformed as a trio (line-up B) with ex-Yardbird Keith Relf on bass. Before 1972 was over, Hope-Evans turned up again and they reverted back to a duo augmented by session musicians for One And One Is One. The title cut and Rising Sun brought them further Chart success and they expanded to a quintet for their next album, Thru' A Five. Thereafter they hit hard times, although former Spencer Davis and Taste bassist Charlie McCracken was involved in a later line-up. Two Man Band, however, was recorded by the original duo of Fiddler and Hope-Evans.

After their demise, Fiddler teamed up with former Mott The Hoople members in The British Lions and also worked and recorded as a solo artist. In the eighties he joined the ex-Yardbirds project The Box Of Frogs. Hope-Evans helped out Pete Townshend on his 1985 White City Soundtrack and played in a number of part-time groups.

01. There's Always a Light
02. Any Day Now
03. Medicine Pony
04. Thou Shalt not Pass
05. Expectation Blues
06. To Train Time
07. Call on Your Saviour (And Sing with the Drum)
08. Have no Fear
09. You Got Me Rockin' and Rollin'
10. Once there Was a Day
11. (Sometimes) Even the Moon Has no Face