Showing posts with label Kinks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kinks. Show all posts
Saturday, 21 June 2014
Version City #28 - Happy Birthday Ray Davies
Many happy returns to Ray Davies, who hits
the big 7-0 today. His legendary catalogue
has been a popular source of cover material
for nearly 50 years and here are three of my
favourites, from The Nomads, Gravenhurst and
Steve Wynn.
Saturday, 10 May 2014
50 Years Ago Today
I was 4 years old and less than a mile away. I could've gone to the early show and still been home for bedtime.
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