Keyboardist, guitarist, and vocalist
Clive John was most known for his stint in the Welsh progressive rock group
Man from the late '60s through the mid-'70s (before that, he had been in the group from which
Man evolved,
the Bystanders). In late 1975 he released a little-known solo album, You Always Know Where You Stand with a Buzzard. Like much of what
Man had done, it was eclectic, with dips into singer/songwriter rock, blues-rock, riffs with echoes of West Coast psychedelic bands, and
Frank Zappa-like fusion and absurdism.
Clive John died in Swansea, Wales on August 24, 2011 after a lengthy struggle with emphysema. ~ Richie Unterberger