THE KINKS – The Empire and The States………….
‘As a song and group performance ‘Shangri-La’ is matched in rock music history on a handful of occasions – but never once bettered.’
Tag Archive: Dave Davies
THE VILLAGE PEOPLE – ‘The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society.’
VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY is renowned as the greatest album most people have never heard – Ray Davies describing it as ‘the most successful failure of all-time.’
BIG BROTHER A CELEBRITY – Ray takes centre stage in BBC Kinks profile.
32 years in The Kinks brought no end to the antipathy between Ray and Dave. The Chuckle Brothers they were not.
JIM RODFORD (1941-2018) – Gentleman and Bass Player Par Excellence;
Standing between the Brothers Grimm as bass player of The Kinks, Jim Rodford occupied the most unenviable stage place in rock.
UN-KONVENTIONAL – Kinks fans of the world unite
This Kinks collective, supplemented by guitarist Dave Clarke, have all at one time been sacked, retired or no longer been able to stand the fierce sibling rivalry between the ‘Brothers Grim’ of rock – Ray and Dave Davies.
YOU’RE MY GUITAR HERO – Twenty Guitarists Who Rarely Receive The Credit They Deserve
20 Underrated Guitarists: GEORGE HARRISON: Understated, hugely influential, ‘Something’ special……