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Kevin Ayers (16 August 1944 – 18 February 2013) was an English singer-songwriter who was active in the English psychedelic music movement. Ayers was a founding member of the psychedelic band Soft Machine in the mid-1960s, and was closely associated with the Canterbury scene.
Aug 16, 2019 · His drummers needed to make him laugh. His manager needed to keep hold of the corkscrew. Yet somehow, in the early ’70s, Kevin Ayers made four extraordinary solo albums.
Jul 15, 2015 · Kevin Ayers: From early Soft Machine, his first solo album ‘Joy of a Toy’ to his final masterpiece , ‘The Unfairground’, Kevin Ayers is just wonderful.
Feb 22, 2013 · For the first 10 years that I spent buying and treasuring his records, Kevin Ayers – the British singer-guitarist-songwriter who died on February 18th at 68, at his home in France – was an...
Dec 23, 2016 · An essential British psychedelic pioneer, Ayers was a close ally of Pink Floyd. “We played with them dozens of times 1966-1967 – did all the UFO on Tottenham Court Road ‘happenings’, shared acid trips, guitars and girlfriends,” he smiles.
Feb 3, 2024 · His baritone gives the songs a shade of unorthodoxy which goes beyond typical English hippie eccentricity”: Kevin Ayers’ Joy Of A Toy (Remastered Gatefold Vinyl Edition) | Louder.
Bassist and singer-songwriter Kevin Ayers (1944 - 2013) was a founding member of THE SOFT MACHINE, and his participation on their eponymous debut (1968) was essential. He left the band before Volume Two and started a solo career with a delightful album Joy of a Toy (1969).
