Creem Profiles
RAY DAVIES
(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!”)
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HOME: Where white suits come from.
AGE: Victorian.
PROFESSION: Figuring out where all the good times have gone and putting them on vinyl.
HOBBIES: Collecting and exhibiting his bow tie collection; sleepwalking; buying out-of-print Kinks klassics; fighting with brother Dave; cashing Van Halen, Knack and Pretenders royalty checks; modeling tasteful bondage gear.
LAST BOOK READ: The Gap and How to Floss It by J. Kordosh, D.D.S.
LAST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Hired Chrissie Hynde as his personal bouncer.
QUOTE: “Oh, demon alcohol!”
PROFILE: This nasty little bugger started Kinking in the early 60’s, hitting with “You Really Got Me” and proving his point ’til the Waterloo sun set. Artistic and commercial zeniths then miles apart, Davies & company changed record companies, hillbillied at Muswell, “retirement” a veritable soap opera. No soap, no radio, but sleepwalking in the mid-70’s helped score a gallon of gas and lots more mileage. One More For The Road—then buy one for us too, guys, OK?
BEER: Boy Howdy!
