Mike Ratledge

By all accounts, keyboardist/composer Mike Ratledge has had a rather interesting and diverse career inside and outside of music since departing Soft Machine in 1976, and despite some of the negative experiences he appears to have had with the band, there are few signs (in print anyway) that he looks back at his Softs years with tremendous disappointment or misgivings. Nevertheless, one wonders if he is at least mildly irritated at certain music historians who arguably tend to devalue his contributions to one of the most pioneering and innovative bands to emerge during the late...