Mike Ratledge, Soft Machine Keyboardist and Co-Founder, Dead at 81
Mike Ratledge, the founding keyboardist of influential prog rock band Soft Machine has died at the age of 81, guitarist John Etheridge confirmed.
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Garth Hudson, revered organist for the Band, dies at 87
Playing the piano at home, he would sometimes mimic the ... churchgoing parents would be heartbroken that he was joining a full-fledged rock band. But Mr. Hudson was intrigued by the band ...