Dave Davies

[Fiat Lux]

I've been going through a phase of listening to all my Kinks albums again lately, and have listened to much of it on headphones.

I've gotta say I'm blown away by Dave's contributions to just about every song.

Dave is an iconic guitar player, but probably not a great guitar player, yet he brings something that is both different yet just about perfect to nearly every Kinks song, both with guitar and backing vocals. He is another one of these guitarists like Keef and Ronnie who never seems to play the same thing, the same way, twice in any song.

In many of the mixes, Dave is mixed far right, almost as if he owns your right ear.

I am feeling much Dave Davies love atm...

cheers

 

[Fiat Lux]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK4t4k1ZG2g[/ame]

cheers

 

[Pete M]

The guys a legend. I too have recently been listening back to the Kinks. Some really amazing songs. I remember seeing him out and about a few times when I lived around Highgate in London.

I love his guitar work and especially his raucous backing vocals! To me without that Ray's vocals alone are kind of weak. I love the backing and guitar on things like Lola. Also Victoria (assuming Dave played it) I love the flowing guitar lines through the whole song. Gonna learn this one I think.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2GHlcwlT1Y[/ame]

 

[DavGrape]

Dave's autobiography is one of the best music books I've ever read.
And Dave was well aware of the uniqueness of his guitar flavorings.
And told Ray a lot.

 

[lǎo​wài]

I had a no pants moment.

I thought this was going to be about the Monkees.

 

[Rich]

I'm a HUGE fan of Dave Davies. I like The Kinks a lot but I couldn't name all of their songs or anything, however it was their live album "One For the Road" that totally turned me on to Dave's playing and had a BIG influence on me - his playing is sweet, it's rabid, it's beautiful, it's filthy and dirty. Just an awesome from-the-hip player.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2lcsVIYiio[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPESwC-f0-8[/ame]

 

[WholeLottaIzzy]

I've been going through a phase of listening to all my Kinks albums again lately, and have listened to much of it on headphones.

I've gotta say I'm blown away by Dave's contributions to just about every song.

Dave is an iconic guitar player, but probably not a great guitar player, yet he brings something that is both different yet just about perfect to nearly every Kinks song, both with guitar and backing vocals. He is another one of these guitarists like Keef and Ronnie who never seems to play the same thing, the same way, twice in any song.

In many of the mixes, Dave is mixed far right, almost as if he owns your right ear.

I am feeling much Dave Davies love atm...

cheers

Keef uses the same riff in most Stones songs. His solos are just Chuck Berry solos he recycles. He uses very little for a hell of a lot.

 

[Tim Fezziwig]

Dave is a true pioneer. I love the "thrust' he brings.

 

[markbastable]

The guys a legend. I too have recently been listening back to the Kinks. Some really amazing songs. I remember seeing him out and about a few times when I lived around Highgate in London.

I love his guitar work and especially his raucous backing vocals! To me without that Ray's vocals alone are kind of weak. I love the backing and guitar on things like Lola. Also Victoria (assuming Dave played it) I love the flowing guitar lines through the whole song. Gonna learn this one I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2GHlcwlT1Y

So the received wisdom at my school was that the verb in the last line of the last verse is not 'loved', which is what we all assumed it was. And, if you listen to it even at YouTube quality, it's difficult not to line up behind the opinion of the EngLit Class of '75.

How did this get to be on the radio all the time?

 

[MikeyTheCat]

He had to be pretty versatile to come up with parts for Ray's songs.

 

[Nard]

One For The Road is IMO one of the best Live albums I've heard. I got it after watching a live performance of it on TV and being amazed at how much energy the Kinks put into their shows. Dave Davies seems like the forgotten man of rock music. His contribution to both the Kinks and the rock sound itself never seems to get the recognition it deserves.

 

[Fiat Lux]

Dave's autobiography is one of the best music books I've ever read.
And Dave was well aware of the uniqueness of his guitar flavorings.
And told Ray a lot.

I didn't know Dave had an autobiog....

Now I gotta get it. Thanks

Cheers

 

[kevinpaul]

I loved the Kinks for many years, I have a Kinks music fest now and then.

 

[MooCheng]

Long time follower Ray
he's a pretty interesting off the wall guy

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQzcmBuvLF0[/ame]

 

[SFK]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr3oHEGDR7Y&feature=youtu.be

 

[markbastable]

Long time follower Ray
he's a pretty interesting off the wall guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQzcmBuvLF0

Actually, he's pretty much your standard-issue curmudgeonly North London git. But one who wrote some great songs.

 

[Actinic]

Whoops, thought this was a thread about his brother. Both Ray and Dave are great musicians.

 

[Pete M]

Pioneer of distorted guitar / fuzz / pedals...

I plugged the Elpico loudspeaker's output leads into the input of the AC 30, in effect using the smaller amp as kind of a pre-amp. It sounded great, but I wasn't satisfied. The crowning glory of my simple yet effective experiment was to slash the speaker cone of the Elpico with a razor blade so that the material, although now shredded, still remained intact with the outer side of
the cone. As it vibrated it produced a distorted and jagged roar. In fact, the original set-up was so crude that the main amp's hum was almost as loud as the sound I had created. A sound was born, but I didn't know it at the time. Immediately I started using my set-up in live shows that I performed with Ray and our band, in the time leading up to the creation of the Kinks. Ironically, it was that sound, which we used on 'You Really Got Me,'

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTTsY-oz6Go[/ame]

 

[redcoats1976]

had a kinks fest on my git about an hour ago in the living room.all day/all of the night is a great song to noodle on at home.

 

[Frampton129]

A great song and an awesome guitar!

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX0nrTPMckw[/ame]