Read Americana: The Kinks, the Riff, the Road: The Story by Ray Davies Online
^ Read ^ Americana: The Kinks, the Riff, the Road: The Story by Ray Davies ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Americana: The Kinks, the Riff, the Road: The Story Some of the most fascinating characters in recent pop culture make appearances, from the famous to the perhaps even-more-interesting behind-the-scenes players. In Americana, Davies tries to make sense of his long love-hate relationship with the country that both inspired and frustrated him. From his quintessentially English perspective as a Kink, Davies—with candor, humor, and wit—takes us on a very personal road trip through his life and storied career as a rock star, and rev
| Title | : | Americana: The Kinks, the Riff, the Road: The Story |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.50 (802 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1402778910 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-31 |
| Language | : | English |
Americana is alternately a sequel and parallel companion piece to X-Ray, chronicling his later years and his lifelong relationship with the country and culture that inspired him. He writes 'the immovable "You" is always there, whether you like it or not.'” —The New York Times . "The Kinks frontman published X-Ray, his 'unauthorized autobiography,' in 1994, long before his peers started telling their own tales of decadence and recovery. Davies is candid and honest about his personal and creative struggles
Some of the most fascinating characters in recent pop culture make appearances, from the famous to the perhaps even-more-interesting behind-the-scenes players. In Americana, Davies tries to make sense of his long love-hate relationship with the country that both inspired and frustrated him. From his quintessentially English perspective as a Kink, Davies—with candor, humor, and wit—takes us on a very personal road trip through his life and storied career as a rock star, and reveals what music, fame, and America really mean to him. Many tours and trips later, while living in New Orleans, he experienced a transformative event: the shooting (a result of a botched robbery) that nearly took his life. Then, as part of the British Invasion, he toured the US with the Kinks during one of the most tumultuous eras in recent history—until the Kinks group was banned from performing there from 1965-69. The book also includes a photographic insert with images from Davies's own collection from the band's archive.. As a boy in p
Ray Davies is a genius, of course. But William Ashbless A follow-up to 1994's "X-Ray," this continues the seminal British band through their "American" dominated Arista Records years.This period's best known albums included 1979s Low Budget (featuring "Catch Me Now I'm Falling" and "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman)"), the live double LP "One for the Road," 1981s Give The People What They Want ("Destroyer," "Better Things") and 1983s State Of Confusion ("Come Dancing," "Don't Forget To Dance"), The book also covers Ray's getting shot in the leg in. "Five Stars" according to Ruud Kerstiens. A must fot every Kinks-fan (and everyone who's not yet). Davies on top of it My Kinks Fan Friend loved this
Download Americana: The Kinks, the Riff, the Road: The Story
Download as PDF : Click Here
Download as DOC : Click Here
Download as RTF : Click Here