A Kinks Reunion?
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The Kinks will reunite for a special tour this year, reports "NME":NM.Lead singer and guitarist Ray Davies has been hinting at a reunion for some time, and the Daily Mail is reporting that the original line-up intend to reform for a 2008 tour.Ray Davies' brother and guitarist Dave Davies suffered a stroke in 2004 and bassist Pete Quaife has kidney troubles, but Ray said that they are both willing and interested in the reunion.
"I spoke to Quaife about a month ago and he dearly wants to make another record with me," said Davies. "I think Dave's getting better and Mick's still playing. It would be great to get back together just to see what musical ideas we had and what would happen."Davies added that as a solo artist he has missed being part of a band. He said, "You miss the interactive stuff. You get it to a degree with other musicians but probably not with the same passion."Ray Davies added: "My brother has been sick for the past year, but I'm going to get together with him and we're going to see if the music is still there. There's got to be new music. We can't just play the old hits."For more info and updates, check out Dave Davies' official site:http://www.davedavies.com/[NM]http://www.nme.com/news/nme/33414
"I spoke to Quaife about a month ago and he dearly wants to make another record with me," said Davies. "I think Dave's getting better and Mick's still playing. It would be great to get back together just to see what musical ideas we had and what would happen."Davies added that as a solo artist he has missed being part of a band. He said, "You miss the interactive stuff. You get it to a degree with other musicians but probably not with the same passion."Ray Davies added: "My brother has been sick for the past year, but I'm going to get together with him and we're going to see if the music is still there. There's got to be new music. We can't just play the old hits."For more info and updates, check out Dave Davies' official site:http://www.davedavies.com/[NM]http://www.nme.com/news/nme/33414
Comments (22)
i love ray davies and think he is a genius... so much so that when i worked at vh1, i started a whole series based on ray's one man show (the storyteller spawned vh1 storytellers)....
however.... sadly.... ray's new compositions.... don't measure up to his older material.... they should stick with a greatest hits show.... it worked for the who....
Ric put his hand through a plate-glass window less than a month before the festival; *Chris Leslie* (who had sat in on fiddle prior to the Interregnum and is now a regular member more-or-less replacing Maart as multi-instrumentalist - or *was* last i heard, this is Fairport, after all...) had two weeks to learn the repertoire to fill in... It's a little hard to see - Ric has a cast on the wrist and lower part of the hand, covering, i assume, some fancy stitchery and bandages. Stiff wires run forward from the plaster in line with the fingers, and little hangman's nooses hang down from the wires, looping the fingers at the last knuckle, allowing him to use the hand for Important Things like pints, but to not flex the fingers too far and cause damage. (That's *Richard Thompson* in the background, BTW, wearing a blue cap and carrying the at-that-time new *Jack Thompson* on his back...)