Kevin Ayers (A Jet-Propelled Soft Machine)

Kevin Cawley Ayers (16 August 1944 – 18 February 2013) was an English singer-songwriter who was member and co-founder of the English canterbury-based band Soft Machine, and one of the influences of the British psychedelic movement. During the history of Soft Machine, Ayers and drummer Robert Wyatt led the Soft Machine throughout the years, being both the only members on the entire formation of the group.