soft machine, robert wyatt

while teague was cooking dinner last night, he spun soft machine's thirds, prolly the pinnacle of that band's modal jazz incarnation.



earlier on, fronted by aussie nutbag kevin ayers, they were more in the realm of their canterbury mates pink floyd during their syd barrett phase. legalisms got ayers stuck in france following a '68 tour and he formed gong there. i usedta have a vhs tape with these ayers-era clips of the softs, which has been languishing at ray liberio's house since i asked him to give it to richard hurley a coupla yrs ago.





subsequently, drummer/singer/songwriter robert wyatt fell out a window, broke his neck, and came back paralyzed from the waist down, playing keybs and composing interesting songs. he just released an alb, comicopera, that some say is his best.