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Kevin Ayers

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Biography

Born in Herne Bay, Kent, on August 16, 1944, Kevin Ayers is the legendary bassist and singer of the psychedelic British bands of the 1960s and 1970s. With his accomplice Robert Wyatt, he formed Soft Machine, the band behind the famous Canterbury sound. An engaging singer and musician, Kevin Ayers then embarked on a solo career studded with cult albums such as Joy of a Toy (1970), Whatevershebringswesing and Bananamour (1973), not forgetting the famous live album June 1, 1974 with Nico, John Cale and Brian Eno. Other albums followed, such as Still Life With Guitar in 1992 and The Unfairground in 2007, before his sudden death at his home in Montolieu, Aude, on February 18, 2013.
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