Phil Miller

Philip Paul Miller (22 January 1949 – 18 October 2017) was an English progressive rock/jazz guitarist and a central part of the Canterbury scene. Miller was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire. Self-taught on guitar, Phil formed his first band, Delivery, at age 17 which backed blues musicians playing at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. He later founded Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Short Wave (with Hugh Hopper(†), Pip Pyle(†) and Didier Malherbe), and In Cahoots, which he founded in 1982 with Richard Sinclair, Elton Dean(†), Peter Lemer, and Pip Pyle. He also performed and recorded extensively in solo projects (see discography). In 2005 and 2006, Miller toured with the re-united Hatfield and the North. Phil died October 18, 2017 in London, a victim of cancer. He is survived by his wife Herm and his sister Jane.