RIP Daevid

[MoSe]

May the good earth be SOFT under you
or did you take off on your flying teapot?

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicb ... remembered
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/m ... evid-allen
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... tuary.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daevid_Allen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soft_Machine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_%28band%29

and let the Gong resound Banana Nirvana Mañana

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Personal tastes apart,
I realise this must sound obscure to most of the new generations
(as most of the last 5/10 years bands are obscure to me...)
but hey, I belatedly caught up with this news this morning, and it was like a blast from the past... I guess there are a few in my same age bracket too...
my first forum venture from FPL into Non-Sports BTW

[mikeg13]

Another from my youth starts a final Journey

RIP


No chance in todays PC world would there be a place for you, thank you for helping to open my eyes to the female form.

[Spinynorman]

He is now beyond the influence of the Octave Doctors.

Gong were just amazing.

[Mike_]

I'll never forget that innings versus Pakistan .

[Billy Whiz]

Ah yes, pot-headed pixies and all that Very much a part of my misspent youth.

Steve Hillage was a great guitarist, too - underrated IMO.