In Cahoots
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In Cahoots is a Canterbury scene band led by guitarist Phil Miller, their main composer.
The band was formed in 1982 by Miller with Pip Pyle(†) (drums), Elton Dean(†) (saxophone), Peter Lemer (keyboards) and Richard Sinclair (bass). Miller and Pyle had been working together in National Health and had been in Hatfield and the North with Sinclair before that, while Pyle and Dean were longstanding collaborators too, recently having worked together in Soft Heap. Early in 1985, Hugh Hopper replaced Sinclair. The band appear on Miller's first solo album, Cutting Both Ways (released 1987).
In 1987, Steve Franklin replaced Lemer, while in 1980 Fred Baker replaced Hopper. This line-up appears on Miller's solo album Split Seconds, while In Cahoots Live 86-89 was released in 1989 (released under the name Phil Miller/In Cahoots like all their albums). In 1990, Franklin left and the band was joined by Jim Dvorak on trumpet. Several band members appeared on Miller's Digging In (1991).
In 1991, Miller and Pyle were reunited with Hopper in Short Wave. In Cahoots continued with a Japanese tour, including Lemer, but went into hiatus for a period. The tour was documented on Live in Japan (1993).
The band re-emerged in 1993 with Miller, Pyle, Dean, Dvorak and Baker, recording Recent Discoveries. Lemer rejoined the band in 1995 and they recorded Parallel (1996). With Doug Boyle as well, the band released Out of the Blue (2001).
In 2002, Mark Fletcher replaced Pyle and the line-up of Miller, Fletcher, Dean, Dvorak, Baker and Lemer released All That in 2003. Baker also played in Pyle's successive group, Bash!
