When we meet in his manager’s flat in West London, Kevin Ayers greets me with: “The last time we met I believe I corrupted you.” Not quite. It was in old Amsterdam, 1975. After a couple of bottles of ...
Soft Machine in 1967, l-r: Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Mike Ratledge and Daevid Allen - BIPS/Getty Images Mike Ratledge, who has died aged 81, was the keyboard player whose sound was at the heart of ...