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As a member of the Jayhawks, Gary Louris has made music with Ray Davies of the Kinks and other figures throughout his long ...
Sunny Afternoon” — 3 stars The folks at Chicago Shakespeare Theater are nothing if not considerate. On opening night of ...
Sunny Afternoon” tells the tuneful tale of the brothers Davies, Ray and Dave – bandleader and founder of The Kinks. They ...
It’s getting its North American premiere on Navy Pier with a British and Chicago cast — expect the story of the British Invasion band and songs like “You Really Got Me” and “Lola.” ...
"Sunny Afternoon" is a dynamic show about the band now on-stage at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. It's getting rave reviews ...
The story and music of The Kinks belong on Broadway. An anti-establishment foursome whose elegiac music spoke of longing for lost British innocence, as really existing only in Davies’ own, now justly ...
The Kinks were formed in London in 1964 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies, a pair of gifted musicians who would also become legendary feuding siblings long before the Gallaghers made family rifts a ...
(CNN)-- Even Rock and Roll Hall of Famers aren't free from the hassles of touring. During a phone interview from Tasmania, where Kinks frontman Ray Davies is scheduled to play an afternoon concert ...
Before seeing the North American premiere of “Sunny Afternoon” at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, I didn't know much about the ...
For Ray Davies, personal issues came to a head in July 1973, when he announced onstage that he was quitting the Kinks.
Ray Davies’ band was a poetic paradox and thus far more interesting theatrically than all of ’em. Where to start? We have a British invasion pop band that refused to entertain teenagers with ...
Ray Davies has written 1 shows including 80 Days (Composer/Lyricist). What awards has Ray Davies been nominated for? and Outstanding Achievement in Music (Olivier Awards) for Sunny Afternoon.