John Etheridge

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John Michael Glyn Etheridge (born 12 January 1948 in Lambeth, South East 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 since toured widely. They appeared 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 summer 2006 tour, reedsman Theo Travis (also of The Tangent, formerly of Gong), on whose 1996 album Secret Island Etheridge also appeared) 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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Kevin Ayers • Elton Dean • Hugh Hopper • Mike Ratledge • Robert Wyatt Daevid Allen • 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

Studio Albums	The Soft Machine (1968) • Volume Two (1969) • Third (1970) • Fourth (1971) • Five (1972) • Six (1973) • Seven (1973) • Bundles (1975) • Softs (1976) • Land of Cockayne (1981)

Singles	"Love Makes Sweet Music" (1967) • "Joy of a Toy" (1968)

Live Albums	Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) • Live at the Proms 1970 (1988) • BBC Radio 1967-1971 (2003) • BBC Radio 1971-1974 (2003) • Soft Machine and Heavy Friends (2005) • Softstage (2005)

Cuneiform albums	Spaced (1996) • Virtually (1998) • Noisette (2000) • Backwards (2002) • Live in Paris (2004) • Grides (2006) • Middle Earth Masters (2006)

Related articles	Canterbury sound • Jazz fusion • The Wilde Flowers