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The Kinks proved themselves to be a band with massive commercial appeal. Their roots in the mod subculture and tendency to ...
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" is a dynamic show about the band now on-stage at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. It's getting rave reviews. Actor Danny Horn talked about playing the legendary Ray Davies, the ...
Sunny Afternoon” — 3 stars The folks at Chicago Shakespeare Theater are nothing if not considerate. On opening night of ...
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 ...
But The Kinks? Well, the clue was right there in their name. Lead singer and songwriter Ray Davies was a lot more complicated but was as big a talent as Roger Daltrey, Mick Jagger or any of ’em.
Much like the mod subculture itself, which drew upon the fashion and style of the European continent, mod rock bands like The Kinks quickly found an audience in young people across Europe. In ...
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 ...