Ray Davies interview and Kinks soundcheck- Denver 9-9-81 Part 2

Ray Davies of The Kinks was interviewed by my friend who was a producer at a local TV affiliate on 9/9/81 in Denver, CO at McNichols Arena. This is Part 2- mostly soundcheck. I messed up my last question- heck- we were both nervous- but I meant to say that many bands had pinched off The Kinks! They were the most copied and underrated band ever! After the interview the soundcheck begins. The photog gets on stage and gets some intimate close-ups of the band. During Lola, the song goes until the audience sing-along bit, at which time I couldn't resist singing! 'Twas a great little moment in my life and it's on tape! I was working for Pickwick Records at the time- hence the shirt and tie. ;-] As we were leaving I told Ray, "I'll see YOU tonight but I'll just be A Face In the Crowd." Bless Ray and The Kinks. An absolute treasure for almost 50 years!

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• Kinks
• Ray
• Davies
• Dave
• Give
• People
• What
• They
• Want
• Denver
• McNichols
• 1981
• interview
• soundcheck
• satriano
• lola
• Mick
• Avory
• Jim
• Rodford
• ian
• Gibbons

[manferot]

Fantastic stuff!

[tomsatriano]

Gracias amigo

[SaintPaul]

Great job, thanks for sharing. I was at the show that night. It was great to see the energy between Ray & Chrissy, she joined them onstage for a song.

[tomsatriano]

Thanks, man. I didn't know at the time that this was the only time they played together during their repsective tours! did you see Ray a few mos ago in Denver? He's great, as always.

[nogrouchy]

It's a MUST SEE !! You did a really great job !!

Would be more than perfect if there was a little bit more to see of Dave. (IMO)

[tomsatriano]

Dave wasn't in a great mood. He wanted to get the soundcheck done! But yes, I wish the photog got more Dave footage onstage.

[nilsvoss1]

I loved the tour and loved Ray - but Chrissie H. made it :-(

[nilsvoss1]

love it

[kink2508]

RAY D and OVATION GEETARS..

[SaintPaul]

Tom, that's crazy... I thought they did the whole tour together. So I'll bet that rascal Ray was chatting up Chrissy and mentioned giving the Ptndrs props in "an interview" earlier. Then called her onstage for a song, and the rest is history. At least that's what I would have done... Way to go Ray!