# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-etheridge
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:32:36.815Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-etheridge"
name: "John Etheridge"
slug: "john-etheridge"
description: "John Michael Glyn Etheridge is an English guitarist, composer, bandleader and educator known for his eclecticism and broad range of associations in jazz, classical, and contemporary music. He is best known for his work with Soft Machine from 1975 to 1978, 1984 and 2004 to present. He is the longest serving member in the history of the group surpassing founding member Mike Ratledge."
tagline: "British rock and jazz fusion guitarist, composer, bandleader and educator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Etheridge_Cosmopolite_2018_(213113).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-01-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.193993333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.johnetheridge.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/418236"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A5%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%BA"
    title: "جون إثيريدغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Etheridge"
    title: "John Etheridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Etheridge"
    title: "John Etheridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Etheridge"
    title: "John Etheridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Etheridge"
    title: "John Etheridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8"
    title: "ジョン・エサリッジ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Etheridge"
    title: "John Etheridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Etheridge"
    title: "John Etheridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/791eaba5-dafe-4385-aac7-d8489508b27e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1386182"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump