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[Johnny Rogan] ☆ Ray Davies: A Complicated Life · Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Ray Davies: A Complicated Life Over the next three decades, Davies wrote a string of classics, including "All Day and All of the Night," "Sunny Afternoon," "Waterloo Sunset," and "Lola," securing his status as one of the handful of people to have redefined pop culture over the last 50 years. In the summer of 1964, Ray Davies led The Kinks to fame with their number one hit "You Really Got Me." Within months, they were challenging The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in the charts, swamped by fans and renowned for the rioting at
| Title | : | Ray Davies: A Complicated Life |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.15 (560 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0099554089 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 756 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-11 |
| Language | : | English |
"As definitive a view of the man as anyone could hope for." —Times
Over the next three decades, Davies wrote a string of classics, including "All Day and All of the Night," "Sunny Afternoon," "Waterloo Sunset," and "Lola," securing his status as one of the handful of people to have redefined pop culture over the last 50 years. In the summer of 1964, Ray Davies led The Kinks to fame with their number one hit "You Really Got Me." Within months, they were challenging The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in the charts, swamped by fans and renowned for the rioting at their gigs. for almost four years. His relationship with his brother Dave, The Kinks’ lead guitarist, is surely the most ferocious and abusive in music history. Ray Davies, legendary frontman of The Kinks, is one of the all-time greatest rock ‘n’ roll musicians—and also one of its most troubled and enigmatic. But Ray’s journey was tumultuous in the extreme, featuring breakdowns, lawsuits, punch-ups and a ban from the U.S. Based on countless interviews conducted over several decades, this richly
"Ray Davies - genius and tightwad" according to euclidcreek. The title is spot on - Ray Davies: a complicated life. An in depth study of the English song writer and the British pop music industry of the sixties and seventies. Contains many fascinating stories and interviews with the people who were there. Will appeal to fans of the Kinks.. Mr.Pleasant I loved the book. Every page. I never knew in such detail the way Ray must roll. Pretty scary . But still huge fan of his. Harrowing tale of rock and roll. The politics and power shifts in a major big time band.. Ron Unna said Four Stars. not a bad book, a little on the long and tedious side.
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