R.I.P. Kevin Ayers - Canterbury scene bassist ++

[pete.young]

RIP Kevin. Affectionate tribute in Mojo, I thought, and interesting to see my alma mater described as "a hotbed for teenage avant-garderie". It still was when I went there, although not quite so much. Formative stuff for me and we looked up to those guys, although the Head did his best to discourage those of us who were trying to get involved in 'pop group playing' as he put it, perhaps as a consequence of seeing so many promising young school careers ruined!

[BassTractor]

Just received a link to a nice obituary:
[url="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/arts/music/kevin-ayers-rocker-in-soft-machine-dies-at-68.html"]http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/arts/music/kevin-ayers-rocker-in-soft-machine-dies-at-68.html[/url]

[EssentialTension]

Another obituary here: [url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/feb/20/kevin-ayers?INTCMP=SRCH"]http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/feb/20/kevin-ayers?INTCMP=SRCH[/url]

And a 2008 interview here: [url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/feb/21/kevin-ayers-final-interview?INTCMP=SRCH"]http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/feb/21/kevin-ayers-final-interview?INTCMP=SRCH[/url]

[EssentialTension]

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Whistle test apperance. Oldfield on bass. I think there may have been some recreational drugs involved!

[media]http://youtu.be/t2-7BHFIdrU[/media]
[/quote]
That's the line up I saw. I thought it was 1970 but could easily have been 1972 or any other year.