Mike Ratledge, founding keyboardist for influential English group Soft Machine, died on Wednesday following a brief illness. He was 81. The news came via current Soft Machine guitarist John ...

Soft Machine. Following their 1993 BBC TV performance together in England, Metheny declared Etheridge to be “one of the best guitarists in the world.” Fellow six-string star Summers ...

Mike Ratledge, one of the founding members of Soft Machine, has died aged 81. The news of his passing was shared by bandmate John Etheridge – guitarist in the British psych-rock band – in a ...

Soft Machine founding member and keyboard player ... and darkened glasses. Born on May 6, 1943, Michael Roland “Mike” Ratledge learned how to play and appreciate classical music at a young ...