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"With this amp, Dave Davies wouldn't have had to shred his speaker to get his 'You Really Got Me' guitar tone." Mitch Colby resurrects the amp that gave Paul McCartney his ...
I’d like to think so, and perhaps with Colby’s version on hand in the studio in 1964 he wouldn’t have had to go to such lengths to achieve his “You Really Got Me” signal chain.
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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 ...
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According to a comment on X by Steven Van Zandt of the E Street Band and Little Steven’s Underground Garage, “You Really Got Me” by the Kinks was “the beginning of the modern Hard Rock ...
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Steve Wright in the Afternoon - Ray Davies: "I wrote Sunny Afternoon for my Dad to sing, but he preferred You Really Got Me" - BBC Sounds
Steve Wright in the Afternoon - Ray Davies: "I wrote Sunny Afternoon for my Dad to sing, but he preferred You Really Got Me" - BBC Sounds From : Steve Wright in the Afternoon ...