Poli Palmer has been played on NTS shows including From The Depths w/ Drakeford, with Old Fulham Fertility Dance first played on 16 December 2016.

Poli Palmer was English rock musician John Michael "Poli" Palmer (born on 26 May 1943; died July 2025) remembered as a key member in the progressive rock band Family.

Palmer originally played in a group called The Hellions (along with future Traffic members Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason). Capaldi and Palmer later formed Deep Feeling, which also included future Spooky Tooth member Luther Grosvenor. Palmer was briefly involved later with acts such as Blossom Toes, Bakerloo and Ian Matthews' Southern Comfort. He was in the folk rock band Eclection with whom he performed at the 1969 Isle of Wight Festival, before joining Family.

Palmer replaced Jim King in Family and immediately went to work on the group's third album, A Song For Me. Palmer contributed to the next two Family albums, Anyway and Fearless.

After 1972's Bandstand and a U.S. tour as the warmup act for Elton John, Palmer left Family to form a group with fellow Family alumnus Ric Grech and Mitch Mitchell, but that effort never got anywhere.

Palmer's other credits include work on two albums from British soul singer Linda Lewis, 1972's Lark and 1973's Fathoms Deep. He also worked with Peter Frampton, and Elkie Brooks, he made guest appearances on albums from the post-Family band Streetwalkers and on solo albums from former Family lead singer Roger Chapman. Palmer contributed tuned percussion on Pete Townshend's 1982 solo album All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes.

He wrote the music for the rock opera Hero, produced in 1976 by the Australian Opera in Sydney.

In 1985, Palmer released Human Error, a solo record featuring King Crimson and Bad Company alumnus Boz Burrell and Mel Collins also of King Crimson fame.

In September 2012, Family announced a one-off reunion gig on 2 February 2013 at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London featuring Roger Chapman, Poli Palmer, Rob Townsend and Jim Cregan. Family again played gigs in the UK in 2014 and 2015. In 2016 they appeared at festivals in England and Italy, as well as two gigs in London on 17 and 18 December and one in Leicester on 22 December, which were billed as the band's last shows. For these gigs, Chapman, Palmer and Cregan were joined by five other musicians.