[3] For most of its career, the group was a duo comprising: At various stages, the band involved the following musicians: Laurence Archer, Clive Edwards, Keith Relf, Tony Ashton, Roger Saunders, George Ford, John Davies, Rob Townsend and Morgan Fisher.
[6] According to Nicholas Schaffner, Pink Floyd briefly changed the name of their piece (which they were already performing live), to Eclipse, until the Medicine Head album turned out to be "a commercial dud".
[2] For the next album, Thru' A Five, the duo were augmented on a regular basis by Rob Townsend – previously of Family – on drums, Roger Saunders on guitar, and George Ford on bass.
[3] The album featured the Slim Harpo-influenced song "Slip and Slide", which became the band's final hit, reaching number 22 in the UK in 1974.
For their final album, Two Man Band, recorded at Pete Townshend's Eel Pie Studios, they reverted to being a duo.
Fiddler was a member of British Lions and Box of Frogs,[5] and has released solo material including a 1995 album, Return of the Buffalo.
He has occasionally revived the Medicine Head name, to tour a show of their hits (fellow musicians have included Laurence Archer, Clive Edwards, Mark Luckhurst and James Fox) and to release further low-key recordings.