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The Kinks are much more than You Really Got Me – and Ray Davies’ inventive acoustic style influenced a generation of players
If You Really Got Me is the first thing that springs to mind when you think of The Kinks then fear not, you aren’t alone. Their 1964 hit defined an era with that ‘slashed speaker’ sound ...
How The Kinks inspired Al Di Meola to write a fusion classic
It’s strange to think a rock band like the Kinks were the genesis of one of the most influential jazz fusion songs ever ...
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The Kinks' albums you should definitely listen to
You Really Got Me was Britain’s Tutti Frutti, a brutal thunderbolt of teenage lust that explosively changed the game. Ray ...
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Waterloo sunset’s fine
The songs and lives of the Kinks take center stage at Chicago Shakespeare in the biomusical Sunny Afternoon.