Ray Davies: Other People's Lives
CML call number: CD/ROCK/Davies
Artist website: http://www.raydavies.info/
David Carr wrote in the New York Times: "Mr. Davies … former leader of the Kinks, the seminal rock band … is noncommittal on whether the Kinks might play again … [He] came to America and to New Orleans in 2003 because, having mastered the tidy horrors of the English middle class, he wanted to explore American musical roots and temporarily adopt a new frame of reference. He succeeded, perhaps too well, getting shot in the leg … after confronting a robber. … The music is annealed by his time here. There are enough arch lyrical winks and slashed rhythm guitars to please the Kinks traditionalists, but also touches--horns, among them--that reflect his sojourn in New Orleans" ("Ray Davies Gets His Tocqueville Moment," 2/19/06).
From the liner notes: "I joined The Kinks before I was a completely formed adult; now I am a single artist; the jump from childhood to adulthood has suddenly occurred and I still don't know who I am." Be that as it may, he still knows what he is doing and it's good to hear his voice again.
Artist website: http://www.raydavies.info/
David Carr wrote in the New York Times: "Mr. Davies … former leader of the Kinks, the seminal rock band … is noncommittal on whether the Kinks might play again … [He] came to America and to New Orleans in 2003 because, having mastered the tidy horrors of the English middle class, he wanted to explore American musical roots and temporarily adopt a new frame of reference. He succeeded, perhaps too well, getting shot in the leg … after confronting a robber. … The music is annealed by his time here. There are enough arch lyrical winks and slashed rhythm guitars to please the Kinks traditionalists, but also touches--horns, among them--that reflect his sojourn in New Orleans" ("Ray Davies Gets His Tocqueville Moment," 2/19/06).
From the liner notes: "I joined The Kinks before I was a completely formed adult; now I am a single artist; the jump from childhood to adulthood has suddenly occurred and I still don't know who I am." Be that as it may, he still knows what he is doing and it's good to hear his voice again.
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