Pye Hastings

Julian Frederick Gordon 'Pye' Hastings (born 21 January 1947) is a British musician. He is the guitarist and vocalist for the rock band Caravan, and the only constant member of the band. Hastings was also a member of The Wilde Flowers, a band that included the other founding members of Caravan.

Early life Julian Frederick Gordon Hastings was born in Tomnavoulin, a village in Banffshire, Scotland, the youngest of five children. Prior to his birth, his family had lived in India, where his father was a bank manager.

The band are considered originators for the Canterbury scene, despite the fact they never released any material. Members of the Wilde Flowers would go on to find further success outside of the band, including Wyatt, Ayers, and brothers Brian and Hugh Hopper, who all went on to be core members of Soft Machine.

Caravan

In January 1968, just a few months after Wilde Flowers ended, Hastings teamed up with Wilde Flowers members Dave Sinclair and Richard Coughlan (as well as Dave's cousin Richard who had left the band in 1965), and formed Caravan. Loudersound reviewed the album, describing it as: "this is more tiny teardrop trailer than silver-studded Airstream, but given the heartfelt sensitivity of Hastings’ performance, it matters not a jot."

Songwriting Hastings has seen himself more as a songwriter than as a guitarist, saying in an interview: "I'm more into a band playing together than performing as a soloist". who was the first wife to his sister Jane from 1956 to 1966. Hastings was good friends with Frank Zappa, who he first met at a music festival in Belgium in 1972. Zappa bought a fuzzbox for Pye.

Filmography 2015: Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales (DVD)