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    Posted: February 09 2025 at 16:12
To me one of the greatest '60's innovators of keyboard and synthesizer playing. I will always remember you as a member of one of the greatest late 60's progressive bands Heart 
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Completely gutted here - RIP
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Very sad loss and surprised it has not produced much of a reaction here.  I never got to see him live, by the time I bought my first Soft Machine album, Ratledge had finally left the band.  I suggest fans head to the Soft Machine website and see the tributes there.  If you are curious about his legacy, those first three Soft Machine albums are classics.  
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Probably very important for the development of Soft Machine, but not so much in the focus of attention. I guess there is some more personal information about him around that I don't have, but to me he seems to be somebody who is really only known through the music, and maybe that was all that counted for him. Clap RIP!
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https://www.stereogum.com/2295828/soft-machine-co-founder-mike-ratledge-dead-at-81/news/
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