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Just heard that Kevin Ayers, probably best known as part of Soft Machine has died.

RIP

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/feb/20/kevin-ayers-dies-aged-68

In reply to Doug:

"You can't shine if you don't burn."

RIP

In reply to Doug: oh no- i've been listening to a lot of soft machine lately;(
youtube.com/watch?v=Ovor_ZWrAm8&

In reply to Doug: oops, i think Ayers had left by third?

In reply to Doug:

I bought 'Joy of a Toy'and 'Bananamour' in the seventies, loved them but like most of my LPs, they gathered dust in the loft. Saw a programme on TV about him recently, and last week I bought the CD of 'Joy of a Toy', and I've been listening to it all this last week. He was very original, very English, maybe what Syd Barrett would have ended up like.

In reply to Fredt:
Shooting at the Moon is my favourite, probably because it's the first I heard. David Bedford, another of the band (and better known as a 'classical' composer) also died recently.

In reply to Doug:
Sounds like Gideon Coe is playing a lot of his stuff on 6music tonight

In reply to Toreador:

Shooting at the Moon is the one I remember best, we had a copy in the school record library a bunch of us set up in the sixth form