‘Session Man’: How The Kinks honoured the heroic Nicky Hopkins
A pioneering figure.
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Ray Davies was once shot chasing down his mugger: “I’m sorry for what happened”
A bullet in the leg.
Why The Kinks were banned from the United States for four years: “A bunch of Commie wimps”
Banned at the peak of their powers
The Kinks song Ray Davies hated being compared to The Beatles: “No, no bullshit”
“We were more unpopular.”
Ray Davies’ striking satire of English nostalgia: “For this land, I shall die”
An often misunderstood anthem.
“The American myth”: Ray Davies’ journey through a racist dystopia
“It’s a long, long way to paradise…”