'Half-aristocrat, half-hippie' is a description which fits well with the slightly eccentric multi-instrumentalist Kevin Ayers. Ayers grew up in Malaysia, the son of a British diplomat. Back in England, he founded the beat band The Wilde Flowers on. From the ashes of that group rose The Soft Machine, a whimsical group which formed the basis of prog- rock and jazz. Ayers wrote half of the groundbreaking
… debut album, but decided in 1968 from the group stages. He moved to Ibiza and bombarded the world with his solo albums that were colored by his warm baritone voice.more
