Funny this one should surface now as I've been spending the last few months reviewing my 70s records, putting the ones I still like onto CD and disposing of the rest (some benefit in liking obscure bands then!). Man who were mentioned right at the start of this thread turned out to (IMHO) be one of the few who had really stood the test of time so I started digging into their recent history. They split up in 1976 but reformed in 1983 and had been gigging mainly on the pub rock circuit ever since. They made 3 very good albums in the 90s - as their music was never categorisable it seems to have worked through the years - but guitarist Micky Jones died from a brain tumour last year. Deke Leonard went solo again prior to that and interestingly enough released a solo album about 5 years ago (Freedom and Chains) which is more in the folk/blues idiom than the rock idiom. Worth checking out if you like his songwriting in the 70s. There's a good website http://www.manband-archive.com/ if you fancy a trip down memory lane! There is a sort of "son of man" still gigging but I think Man as we knew it is now in the past. But lasted longer than many of the other bands mentioned here, even if relatively obscurely.

Ducks Deluxe as mentioned in the recent post of course featured Sean Tyla who was also in a band with Deke Leonard briefly in the early 80s (the Force).

I also remember Longdancer who were quite folky and I had both their albums. They were the first of Elton John's protegees on Rocket records.

Someone mentioned Mptt the Hoople - Ian Hunter has continued releasing records and performing until the current day. There was even a Mott the Hoople reunion gig or two a couple of years ago.

Couple of others I didn't notice mentioned but forgive me if this is repetition - Cockney Rebel (Steve Harley) and the original Blue who came out of the Marmalade.