DAVE DAVIES: A KINK STANDOS ALONE
One of pop music’s most famous siblings is Dave Davies, lead guitarist, sometime singer, and infrequent songwriter for the Kinks. After laboring in the large shadow of brother Ray all these years, Davies has just put out his first solo album...an event long-awaited by Kinksologists everywhere.
DAVE DAVIES: A KINK STANDOS ALONE
by J. Kordosh
One of pop music’s most famous siblings is Dave Davies, lead guitarist, sometime singer, and infrequent songwriter for the Kinks. After laboring in the large shadow of brother Ray all these years, Davies has just put out his first solo album...an event long-awaited by Kinksologists everywhere. And about time, too. This guy has spent half his life in the Kinks. Clearly it’s another case of the 16-year-itch.
As a songwriter, Davies has been only slightly more prolific than Charlie Watts. A quick check of th£ Kinks’ scorecard shows he’s written a grand total of 14 songs on the Kinks’ 25 American albums. But, since I like a guy who has something to say, I determined I would crack the Dave Davies mystery. A transatlantic chat turned the trick and turned up some Kinks history, too.