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Feb 3, 2022 · Visionary Dreamer: Dave Davies Turns 75. Jim Sullivan revisits his years in conversation with the Kinks guitar great. February 3, 2022 Jim Sullivan. Dave Davies from the cover of AFL1-3603 (Image: Discogs) It was July of 1980 and I was just a year into my freelancing life for the Boston Globe. I’d been a Kinks fan for years – on record, in ...
Dec 21, 2020 · Kinks guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Dave Davies looks back on the 'Lola Versus Powerman' album amidst a 50th anniversary reissue and contemplates the message of acceptance that defines ...
Oct 13, 2018 · Around the time Dave Davies scored a hit in 1967 with “Death of a Clown,” he had a spiritual awakening and began questioning mortality. The lyrics of the song, which he co-wrote with his ...
Feb 3, 2022 · Ray Davies may have been the creative genius in The Kinks, but brother Dave was responsible for defining their 60s sound. The lead guitarist has a valid claim for having invented heavy metal via the roaring riffs of the Kinks’ monster hits You Really Got Me and All Day And All Of The Night .
Dave Davies performing in Westbury, New York, in 2019. Photo: Al Pereira/Getty Images. My job is partly about trying to get people to care enough about something to read about it. So, I agree that we must lead with the heart at times. A musician that really influenced me was a guy named Chet Baker. I'd never played trumpet, and when I learned ...
May 17, 2023 · Living Legends: The Kinks' Dave Davies On 21st-Century Breakdown, Mellowing Out In His Seventies & Stirring The Pot On Twitter Read More The Klezmatics, from left: Lisa Gutkin, Paul Morrissett, Matt Darriau, Lorin Sklamberg, Richie Barshay, and Frank London
Aug 24, 2022 · Dave Davies was born in London in 1947. Best known as the lead guitarist of the English band the Kinks, he pioneered the use of distortion in rock music. What’s your earliest memory? When I was three or four, I would stand at the front door waiting for my mum to come home from work. My sisters would console me. I always felt protected as a kid.
