Americana: The Kinks, the Riff, the Road: The Story

by Ray Davies

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402778910
• ISBN13: 9781402778919
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.2"