Richard Paul Macphail (17 September 1950 – 26 August 2024) was an English musician, road manager and business owner, best known for his relationship with the rock band Genesis from their formation in 1967 to 1973.
[2] His father was a senior executive in the food industry working in Brazil, and Macphail's parents returned to England for his birth to be registered in the UK.
[3] At Charterhouse, under the influence of Beatlemania, Macphail neglected his studies and became the singer in a student band, Anon,[4] which included housemates Anthony Phillips and Mike Rutherford.
His parents conceded that managing a rock band was a more respectable occupation than being a pop star, and his father obtained an old bread van from his company for them to use as transport.
Legion played a short four-date tour that year supporting American band Spirit, which included a gig at Friars in Aylesbury which was opened by Marillion.
Outside of music, Macphail worked with environmental and ecological organisations including Gentle Ghost, which provided courses in among other things, carpentry and yoga, and for a while he ran a vegetarian restaurant.