KEVIN AYERS [ca. 1970] UK portrait

London: [ca. 1970]. Vintage original 10 x 8″ (25 x 20 cm) borderless double weight black-and-white British photo. Photographer stamp on verso, just about fine.

English singer-songwriter Kevin Ayers was active in the English psychedelic music movement. Ayers was a founding member of the psychedelic band Soft Machine in the mid-1960s, and was closely associated with the Canterbury scene. He recorded a series of albums as a solo artist and over the years worked with Brian Eno, Syd Barrett, Bridget St. John, John Cale, Elton John, Robert Wyatt, Andy Summers, Mike Oldfield, Nico and Ollie Halsall, among others. British rock journalist Nick Kent wrote: “Kevin Ayers and Syd Barrett were the two most important people in British pop music. Everything that came after came from them.” (Wikipedia)