- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Sterling; First Edition edition (October 15, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1402778910
- ISBN-13: 978-1402778919
As a boy in post-War England, legendary Kinks' singer/songwriter Ray
Davies fell in love with America—its movies and music, its culture of
freedom, fed his imagination. Then, as part of the British Invasion, he
toured the US with the Kinks during one of the most tumultuous eras in
recent history—until the Kinks group was banned from performing there
from 1965-69. Many tours and trips later, while living in New Orleans,
he experienced a transformative event: the shooting (a result of a
botched robbery) that nearly took his life. In Americana, Davies
tries to make sense of his long love-hate relationship with the country
that both inspired and frustrated him. From his quintessentially English
perspective as a Kink, Davies—with candor, humor, and wit—takes us on a
very personal road trip through his life and storied career as a rock
star, and reveals what music, fame, and America really mean to him. Some
of the most fascinating characters in recent pop culture make
appearances, from the famous to the perhaps even-more-interesting
behind-the-scenes players. The book also includes a photographic insert
with images from Davies's own collection from the band's archive.
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