Hugh Hopper

...ranging from four to eighteen minutes, a little less abstruse. The influence of Soft Machine can be heard in Berthling's Hugh Hopper-like fuzz bass and Gustafsson's heavily overdriven electric piano on "Can I Hold You For a Minute?"

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...(K needs the PR). Or maybe it's because a proper prenup wasn't worked out (L has more $$$). Hugh Hopper | Central figure of British music Hugh Hopper, who as the bassist for the British progressive rock band Soft Machine was a central...

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...location for a memorial service for his mother, Muriel. The service was held in Norwalk, Conn. Hugh Hopper | Central figure of British music Hugh Hopper, who as the bassist for the British progressive rock band Soft Machine was a central...

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...Melody." Franklin has always been willing to experiment with different musical genres. Hugh Hopper | Central figure of British music Hugh Hopper, who as the bassist for the British progressive rock band Soft Machine was a central figure...

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...records and his own projects. A pioneer and explorer, until the end, but mostly just a magnificent and innovative musician, Hugh Hopper will be sorely missed, but he left a massive body of work behind a unique and gifted musician and composer.

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The so called "Canterbury Sound" of the 1960s and early 70s featured Kent-based bands such as Soft Machine, whose bass player was Hugh Hopper. The music mixed progressive rock, avant garde jazz and a very English whimsical style. Hopper...

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Hugh Hopper | Central figure of British music Hugh Hopper, who as the bassist for the British progressive rock band Soft Machine was a central figure in the forward-looking music scene that bloomed in Canterbury in the 1960s and '70s, died...

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THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING Hugh Hopper, 64, bassist for rock band Soft Machine NEW YORK - Hugh Hopper, who as the bassist for the British progressive rock band Soft Machine was a central figure in the...

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Navigation - link to other main sections from here Hugh Hopper: bass player with the jazz-rock band Soft Machine As the British counter-culture took shape in London in the mid-1960s, two bands were ever present at the various underground...

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RIP RIP, Soft Machine Bassist Hugh Hopper Posted by Dave Segal on Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 2:50 PM Hugh Hopper, best known as bassist for the Canterbury-based prog-rock group Soft Machine, died June 7 of leukemia. He was 64. Hopper...

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