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Hugh Hopper R.I.P.: Soft Machine’s Soul

Hugh Hopper 1945-2009 The name Hugh Hopper probably wasn’t well known outside of the most progressive of progressive rock circles.  As a member of The Wilde Flowers and then Soft Machine, he was one of the principal architects of the “Canterbury Sound” in progressive rock, which included Caravan, Hatfield and the North, Gong . The…