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 ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Soft Machine, led by guitar great John Etheridge, back in San Diego after 56 years

Pat Metheny and former Police members Andy Summers and Sting are just a few of the celebrated musicians to sing the praises of English guitar master John Etheridge, who performs in San Diego Thursday ...
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Founding member of influential rock band dies at 81: ‘Another immortal gone’

Mike Ratledge, keyboardist and founding member of the English rock band Soft Machine, has died. He was 81. Soft Machine’s guitarist John Etheridge confirmed his former bandmate’s death in a Facebook ...
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Soft Machine founding keyboardist Mike Ratledge dead at 81

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 Etheridge, ...