John Etheridge
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John Etheridge (born January 12, 1948 in London) is a british jazz/fusion guitarist associated with the Canterbury Scene.
He began playing at 13 and although his father was a jazz pianist he was primarily self-taught. He was a member of Soft Machine from 1975 through 1978 and worked with Stéphane Grappelli and Andy Summers.
In 1999, Etheridge founded the Frank Zappa tribute band Zappatistas [1] who released a live CD (recorded 1999) and have toured since, appearing e.g. at the German progressive rock / jazz festival "Zappanale" [2] 2006. In 2005, Etheridge and three other former Soft Machine members - Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean (†) and John Marshall - toured and recorded as Soft Machine Legacy, three albums of theirs have been released: Live in Zaandam (CD, rec. 2005/05/10), New Morning - The Paris Concert (DVD, rec. 2005/12/12) and the studio album Soft Machine Legacy (CD, 2006, rec. 2005). On their tour in summer 2006, reedsman Theo Travis (also of The Tangent, formerly of Gong), on whose 1996 album Secret Island Etheridge also appeared, has replaced Elton Dean who died in February 2006. The group performs pieces from the original Soft Machine repertoire as well as newer material.
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| Soft Machine |
| Daevid Allen | Kevin Ayers | Elton Dean | Hugh Hopper | Mike Ratledge | Robert Wyatt |
| Roy Babbington | John Etheridge | Karl Jenkins | John Marshall |
| Steve Cook | Marc Charig | Lyn Dobson | Nick Evans | Jimmy Hastings | Allan Holdsworth | Brian Hopper | Ric Sanders | Alan Skidmore | Rab Spall | Andy Summers | Alan Wakeman |
| Discography |
| Regular albums: |
| The Soft Machine (1968) | Volume Two (1969) | Third (1970) | Fourth (1971) |
| Five (1972) | Six (1973) | Seven (1973) | Bundles (1975) | Softs (1976) | Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) |
| Related articles |
| Canterbury sound - Jazz fusion - Wilde Flowers |
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