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Religious Experience Singing A Song In The Morning by Kevin Ayers
Kevin Ayers
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Kevin Ayers Born 16 August 1944 In Herne Bay Kent England Died 18 February 2013 In Montolieu France Was A British Songwriter And Musician From Kent United Kingdom Who Was One Of A Group Of Avant Garde Musicians Who Came Together In Canterbury In The 1960s And Developed A Whole New Approach To The Psychedelic Progressive Rock Genre Known As The Canterbury Scene. His Early Work Included Works With Artists Like Daevid Allen David Bedford And Mike Ratledge. Subsequently Ayers Wrote And Recorded Some Of The Wittiest And Most Poignant Songs Imaginable And Produced More Banana-Related Lyrics Than Anyone Ever Dreamed Possible. His First Serious Band Was The Wilde Flowers 1964-1967 With Hugh Hopper Robert Wyatt And Richard Sinclair. This Early Hippie Group Transformed Into Soft Machine. While The Softs Went On Others Split To Form Caravan And Gong. Ayers Put Together His Own Band Kevin Ayers & The Whole World Featuring Lol Coxhill David Bedford And A Very Young Mike Oldfield. Ayers' Career Was Littered With Great Music And Fine Collaborations With More Fine Artists Like Danny Thompson John Cale Nico Brian Eno Ollie Halsall And Wizards Of Twiddly. With 18 Albums To His Credit Kevin Ayers Was The Guru Banana In 2007 Ayers Recorded In A Glasgow Studio With Long-Time Admirers Teenage Fanclub Contributions Came From Euros Childs From Gorkys Zygotic Mynci Francis Reader From The Trash Can Sinatras Robert Wyatt Provided His Eerie Wyattron In The Poignant Cold Shoulder. Phil Manzanera Contributed To The Brooding Brainstorm Hugh Hopper From Soft Machine Played Bass On The Title Track Unfairground And Bridget St. John A British Folk Singer Beloved Of The Late John Peel Duetted With Ayers On Baby Come Home The First Time They Had Sung Together Since 1970 On Shooting At The Moon. The Resulting Album Unfairground Was Released In September 2007. Ayers Died Apparently In His Sleep At His Home In The South Of France On The 18th Of February 2013. He Was 68.
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Biography - Kevin Ayers
Kevin Ayers Born 16 August 1944 In Herne Bay Kent England Died 18 February 2013 In Montolieu France Was A British Songwriter And Musician From Kent United Kingdom Who Was One Of A Group Of Avant Garde Musicians Who Came Together In Canterbury In The 1960s And Developed A Whole New Approach To The Psychedelic Progressive Rock Genre Known As The Canterbury Scene. His Early Work Included Works With Artists Like Daevid Allen David Bedford And Mike Ratledge. Subsequently Ayers Wrote And Recorded Some Of The Wittiest And Most Poignant Songs Imaginable And Produced More Banana-Related Lyrics Than Anyone Ever Dreamed Possible. His First Serious Band Was The Wilde Flowers 1964-1967 With Hugh Hopper Robert Wyatt And Richard Sinclair. This Early Hippie Group Transformed Into Soft Machine. While The Softs Went On Others Split To Form Caravan And Gong. Ayers Put Together His Own Band Kevin Ayers & The Whole World Featuring Lol Coxhill David Bedford And A Very Young Mike Oldfield. Ayers' Career Was Littered With Great Music And Fine Collaborations With More Fine Artists Like Danny Thompson John Cale Nico Brian Eno Ollie Halsall And Wizards Of Twiddly. With 18 Albums To His Credit Kevin Ayers Was The Guru Banana In 2007 Ayers Recorded In A Glasgow Studio With Long-Time Admirers Teenage Fanclub Contributions Came From Euros Childs From Gorkys Zygotic Mynci Francis Reader From The Trash Can Sinatras Robert Wyatt Provided His Eerie Wyattron In The Poignant Cold Shoulder. Phil Manzanera Contributed To The Brooding Brainstorm Hugh Hopper From Soft Machine Played Bass On The Title Track Unfairground And Bridget St. John A British Folk Singer Beloved Of The Late John Peel Duetted With Ayers On Baby Come Home The First Time They Had Sung Together Since 1970 On Shooting At The Moon. The Resulting Album Unfairground Was Released In September 2007. Ayers Died Apparently In His Sleep At His Home In The South Of France On The 18th Of February 2013. He Was 68.
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