Ray Davies has always been one of rock's forgotten heroes. Yes, he's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he's certainly high on just about every thoughtful rocker's list of influences, but while ...
At sixty-three, Ray Davies is still pretty feisty: After getting shot during a mugging in 2004, the Kinks frontman recovered and knocked out 2006’s solid solo album Other People’s Lives. On this ...
Since the 1980s, Ray Davies has intermittently led a seminar for aspiring songwriters through England’s Arvon Foundation — a side hustle he landed, of course, as a result of the dozens of classic ...
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Ray Davies on the origins of the Kinks' “You Really Got Me” — and what guitarists get wrong about serving the song
For a song that’s two minutes and change in length, “You Really Got Me” has kept guitarists entertained for decades with stories about its creation and recording. The 1964 Kinks classic rose to the ...
ALBANY — Ray Davies is one of the most underrated rock songsmiths — that is, if it's possible to be a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a stack of Top 20 hits to your credit and still be ...
“Fans would like The Kinks, who split in the early Nineties, to re-form and Davies might it it was “done right” but remains resistant to trotting out the old numbers. “I know the other original ...
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