Soft Machine Co-Founder Mike Ratledge Dead

Mike Ratledge, keyboard player who co-founded Soft Machine, luminaries of the ‘Canterbury Scene’
Mike Ratledge, who has died aged 81, was the keyboard player whose sound was at the heart of Soft Machine, the Canterbury band who rapidly moved from quasi-psychedelia to cutting-edge jazz-rock with a pop sensibility,
Mike Ratledge, Keyboardist in Soft Machine, Dies at 81
Soft Machine founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge died on Wednesday, February 5 after a brief illness, according to his former bandmate and guitarist John Etheridge. “Mike was the backbone of Soft Machine in the early years and a man with an absolutely incisive mind – a marvellous composer and keyboardist,
Soft Machine Co-Founder Mike Ratledge Has Died
Mike Ratledge — co-founding keyboardist for the influential, proggy psych-rock band from Canterbury, Soft Machine — has died. He was 81.
Mike Ratledge, Soft Machine Keyboardist and Co-Founder, Dead at 81
Mike Ratledge, the keyboardist and a co-founder of English rock band Soft Machine, has died, the band’s guitarist John Etheridge confirmed. He was 81 years old.
Mike Ratledge, Soft Machine co-founder, dead at 81
Mike Ratledge, one of the founding members and keyboard player of the British psych-rock band Soft Machine, has died aged 81 after a short illness.
Soft Machine founding keyboardist Mike Ratledge dead at 81
Mike was the backbone of Soft Machine in the early years and a man with an absolutely incisive mind,” wrote Soft Machine's John Etheridge.
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