Partying with Keith Moon, jamming with Jerry Lee Lewis, getting into a ménage à trois with Brian Jones –Dave Davies has done it all ...
They were the founding fathers of riff rock. Later, they’d become obsessed with album-long artistic statements. But in 1967, The Kinks delivered an LP with an identity all its own, one that gained ...
The 1960s was one long party for Dave Davies. While his older brother, Ray, observed and wrote about Swinging London from a distance, The Kinks’ guitarist was aptly dubbed Dave The Rave.
What happens after the spotlight is directed towards another target? In the case of Liverpool and the Merseybeat boom – which, in terms of chart success, peaked in 1963 – the question is addressed by ...
Decca US and legendary producer Shel Talmy released 'A Legal Matter' in an attempt to sabotage The Who and their ...
Paul Weller is one of the most iconic British musicians of the last few decades. But he got his inspiration from very ...
Suburban and city theater fans looking for a new or a new-to-Chicago show have plenty to choose from this spring. Besides the North American premiere of a jukebox tuner about British invasion ...
"It’s just so spare, so little going on but every nuance, everything on it," said Gilmour of a favorite song. "It’s absolutely affection." ...
‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ from The Righteous Brothers is an especially interesting choice coming from Ray Davies, considering that the Kinks’ ‘You Really Got Me’, which came out the same year, ...
See me." Ray Davies, from The Beatles' contemporaries The Kinks, described the song as "a load of old rubbish". However, the majority of critics were fans of it at the time of release - Record ...