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, 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 ...

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 ...

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. “Incredibly sad news that my ...

By 1966, he formed Soft Machine with Allen plus Robert Wyatt and Kevin Ayers. The lineup would change a lot over the years, but Ratledge remained the band’s longest-tenured member until his ...