Just an idea!!!

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Ach, I think you've given it away.

The Police's Stewart Copeland and UK's Eddie Jobson both played in Curved Air; both were teen prodigies that got their start with CA. The name of the band comes from Terry Riley's "A Rainbow in Curved Air." Band member Michael Wedgwood played with Caravan on two albums. Darryl Way also played with to-be-Caravan-member Dek Messecar.

So the connection is Curved Air, right? If so, thanks for the assist. This question was bugging me and my wife all weekend. (Sunday afternoon she got fed up with the whole thing and yelled, "England Dan and John Ford Coley! Just put that as your answer and be damned to it!")

Lots of Curved Air connections. Darryl Way played on Tull's Heavy Horses, some Gong albums, and other session work. Francis Monkman was a member of 801 and Sky, among others. Greenslade's drummer Tony Reeves was a member of CA for a bit. Sonja Kristina sang on the original cast album of "Hair," and did a 1971 Christmas gig with the Faces, members of Soft Machine, and others.

As you can see, I've garnered some material off the Web to answer this question. Good one!