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Posts Tagged ‘the kinks’
Kinks bassist Peter Quaife dies
Written by admin on June 25, 2010 – 8:52 pm - |
The original bass player with the Kinks, Peter Quaife, died on Wednesday (June 23) aged 66. No cause of death has been revealed, but Quaife had been undergoing kidney dialysis for many years. |
Tags: Peter Quaife, the kinks
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Top ten guitar riffs of the ’60s
Written by admin on June 7, 2010 – 8:36 pm -Gibson.com has put together a list of the top ten guitar riffs of the 1960s.
Here’s what they came up with:
- “Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones
- “You Really Got Me” by The Kinks
- “Paperback Writer” by The Beatles
- “Purple Haze” by Jimi Hendrix
- “I Can’t Explain” by The Who
- “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” by Iron Butterfly
- “Sunshine of Your Love” by Cream
- “James Bond Theme” by The John Barry Orchestra
- “Last Train to Clarksville” by The Monkees
- “Over Under Sideways Down” by The Yardbirds.
Tags: Cream, Iron Butterfly, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The John Barry Orchestra, the kinks, The Monkees, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds
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Do It Again – Quest to reunite the Kinks
Written by admin on May 4, 2010 – 5:52 pm -| The movie “Do It Again” traces the efforts of Boston Globe reporter Geoff Edgers to reunite the Kinks. The hilarious documentary will go on general release later this year and has featured at a number of recent film festivals, including the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the Atlanta Film Festival, the Nashville Film Festival and the Independent Film Festival Boston. |
Tags: Do It Again, ray davies, the kinks
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Ray Davies to fill Glastonbury ‘legends slot’
Written by admin on April 8, 2010 – 4:55 am - |
Ray Davies of the Kinks is set to play the “legends slot” on the Pyramid Stage at the 40th anniversay Glastonbury Festival. He will perform at 5pm on the Sunday (June 27). |
Tags: Glastonbury, ray davies, the kinks
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Ray Davies to duet with Springsteen
Written by admin on February 26, 2010 – 3:30 am -Kinks rocker, Ray Davies, has announced that Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi will be among the guests on a forthcoming album of duets.
Davies told NJ.com that the duets album will revisit Kinks classics and that the Springsteen and Bon Jovi collaborations were recorded last month. Springsteen will feature on “Better Things” and Bon Jovi on “Celluloid Heroes.”
Tags: Bruce Springsteen, ray davies, the kinks
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