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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 ...
Mike Ratledge, who died yesterday aged 81, did exactly that. In the 49 years since he left Soft Machine, somebody, somewhere would be commenting that they would love to see Ratledge play live with ...
SOFT MACHINE Third R1970 COLUMBIA HHHH Fourth ... on Third (Wyatt and Hugh Hopper each have a “side”-long track, while Mike Ratledge gets two) there's a great demonstration of what Wyatt ...