10330 - DAVE DAVIES - RIPPIN' UP NEW YORK CITY: LIVE AT THE CITY WINERY NYC (2015)
DAVE DAVIES
''RIPPIN' UP NEW YORK CITY: LIVE AT THE CITY WINERY NYC''
SEPTEMBER 4 2015
63:29
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1 Intro 00:38
2 Rippin' up Time (Dave Davies) 03:54
3 I'm Not Like Everybody Else (Ray Davies) 02:43
4 I Need You (Ray Davies) 02:48
5 Creepin' Jean (Dave Davies) 04:56
6 Suzannahs Still Alive (Dave Davies) 02:39
7 See My Friend (Ray Davies) 07:29
8 Strangers (Dave Davies) 05:44
9 Flowers in the Rain (Dave Davies) 03:47
10 Front Room (Dave Davies) 04:37
11 King of Karaoke (Dave Davies) 05:56
12 Death of a Clown (Dave Davies, Ray Davies) 03:18
13 Livin' on a Thin Line (Dave Davies) 04:46
14 Where Have All the Good Times Gone (Ray Davies) 03:23
15 All Day and All of the Night (Ray Davies) 03:05
16 You Really Got Me (Ray Davies) 03:39
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Tom Currier/Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Dave Davies/Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals
Dennis Diken/Drums, Vocals
Jonathan Lea/Guitar (Acoustic)
Rebecca G. Wilson/Vocals (Background)
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ABOUT THE ALBUM
Jeb, www.classicrockrevisited.com
Dave Davies hit the road in support of his 2014 solo release titled Ripping Up Time. When he stopped in New York City the red light came on and the performance was recorded for this live release.
The best of the latest studio album was included here with “Rippin’ Up Time,” “Front Room” and “King of Karaoke” being as strong as anything from Dave’s solo past. The long lost Kinks tune “I’m Not Like Everybody Else” was pumped out harder than it’s ever been played, making it the true dark horse of the album. Of course, “Where Have All the Good Times Gone,” “Death of a Clown,” “Livin’ On A Thin Line” “All Day and All of the Night” and “You Really Got Me” really got the crowd onto their feet, and were the high points of the evening.
Don’t be fooled, however, as Dave Davies has some strong songs of his own. He’s smart enough to throw The Kinks classics in the set but talented enough not to have to…well, he probably has to just because he’s a firm believer of giving the people what they want. Let’s just say all the tunes go well together and make up a great concert.
Dave Davies has always been more fun to listen to in a live setting. Something happens to him when he takes the stage. His guitar seems more distorted and his voice more pained, performance more edgy. This one is part Punk and part Classic Rock, just as one would anticipate from the Hall of Fame guitarist. Yep, the music of Dave Davies is still three to four chords with a side order of nasty solo! It’s a winning formula and this live album stays true to Dave’s other live efforts as it sounds best cranked up to ten and will leave one with a wide smile on their face.
Look at that…an entire article on Dave Davies and nary the mention of a Kinks reunion! Oops! Well, until that happens Dave seems like he’s okay doing his own thing and this fun little live album proves he’s still worth the price of admission!
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Richie Unterberger
Although he took a largely subordinate role to his brother Ray in the Kinks, Dave's fierce guitar work and hoarse but effective background (and occasional lead) vocals were key elements of the band's appeal. Dave also occasionally wrote songs for the Kinks that showed him to be a writer of considerable skill and wit, if not up to the same level as Ray. In the late '60s, Dave made some solo singles that met with critical success in Britain, although they were unknown in the U.S. "Death of a Clown" (also included on the Kinks' Something Else LP) made number three on the British charts in 1967, and the follow-up, "Susannah's Still Alive," also did fairly well.
Dave began to consider making a solo album, but after a couple other solo singles flopped, he seemed to lose heart and abandoned his plans (some unreleased solo tracks from this period turned up on the obscure Kinks bootleg Good Luck Charm). In the 1980s, Dave finally began a solo career in earnest, releasing a series of mainstream rock albums and various collections of demos and outtakes that found little critical or commercial acclaim, before his work was neatly summarized on Unfinished Business: Dave Davies Kronikles 1963-1998. The hard-rocking Bug from 2002 was his first album of new material in nearly 20 years. Davies suffered a major stroke in 2004 and used composing and painting as therapy during the lengthy recovery period that followed. The new song "God in My Brain" was inspired by the stroke and appeared on the 2006 compilation Kinked. In 2007 Davies released his first full-length post-stroke studio album, Fractured Mindz, on the Koch label.
In 2011, BBC Four aired the revealing documentary Dave Davies: Kinkdom Come, in which he was interviewed at length about his time with the Kinks, his relationship with Ray, and the spirituality that helped him through the aforementioned period of serious ill health. June 2013 brought I Will Be Me, an album that balanced hard-edged rockers with more sedate, contemplative material, all of which displayed a rich vein of nostalgia. In February 2014, Davies played his first U.K. concert since 2001, and he returned that autumn with Rippin' Up Time, a record produced by occasional Wondermints member David Nolte.
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BIO/WIKIPEDIA
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WEBSITE
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TO THE TOP
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''RIPPIN' UP NEW YORK CITY: LIVE AT THE CITY WINERY NYC''
SEPTEMBER 4 2015
63:29
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1 Intro 00:38
2 Rippin' up Time (Dave Davies) 03:54
3 I'm Not Like Everybody Else (Ray Davies) 02:43
4 I Need You (Ray Davies) 02:48
5 Creepin' Jean (Dave Davies) 04:56
6 Suzannahs Still Alive (Dave Davies) 02:39
7 See My Friend (Ray Davies) 07:29
8 Strangers (Dave Davies) 05:44
9 Flowers in the Rain (Dave Davies) 03:47
10 Front Room (Dave Davies) 04:37
11 King of Karaoke (Dave Davies) 05:56
12 Death of a Clown (Dave Davies, Ray Davies) 03:18
13 Livin' on a Thin Line (Dave Davies) 04:46
14 Where Have All the Good Times Gone (Ray Davies) 03:23
15 All Day and All of the Night (Ray Davies) 03:05
16 You Really Got Me (Ray Davies) 03:39
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Tom Currier/Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Dave Davies/Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals
Dennis Diken/Drums, Vocals
Jonathan Lea/Guitar (Acoustic)
Rebecca G. Wilson/Vocals (Background)
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ABOUT THE ALBUM
Jeb, www.classicrockrevisited.com
Dave Davies hit the road in support of his 2014 solo release titled Ripping Up Time. When he stopped in New York City the red light came on and the performance was recorded for this live release.
The best of the latest studio album was included here with “Rippin’ Up Time,” “Front Room” and “King of Karaoke” being as strong as anything from Dave’s solo past. The long lost Kinks tune “I’m Not Like Everybody Else” was pumped out harder than it’s ever been played, making it the true dark horse of the album. Of course, “Where Have All the Good Times Gone,” “Death of a Clown,” “Livin’ On A Thin Line” “All Day and All of the Night” and “You Really Got Me” really got the crowd onto their feet, and were the high points of the evening.
Don’t be fooled, however, as Dave Davies has some strong songs of his own. He’s smart enough to throw The Kinks classics in the set but talented enough not to have to…well, he probably has to just because he’s a firm believer of giving the people what they want. Let’s just say all the tunes go well together and make up a great concert.
Dave Davies has always been more fun to listen to in a live setting. Something happens to him when he takes the stage. His guitar seems more distorted and his voice more pained, performance more edgy. This one is part Punk and part Classic Rock, just as one would anticipate from the Hall of Fame guitarist. Yep, the music of Dave Davies is still three to four chords with a side order of nasty solo! It’s a winning formula and this live album stays true to Dave’s other live efforts as it sounds best cranked up to ten and will leave one with a wide smile on their face.
Look at that…an entire article on Dave Davies and nary the mention of a Kinks reunion! Oops! Well, until that happens Dave seems like he’s okay doing his own thing and this fun little live album proves he’s still worth the price of admission!
**********
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Richie Unterberger
Although he took a largely subordinate role to his brother Ray in the Kinks, Dave's fierce guitar work and hoarse but effective background (and occasional lead) vocals were key elements of the band's appeal. Dave also occasionally wrote songs for the Kinks that showed him to be a writer of considerable skill and wit, if not up to the same level as Ray. In the late '60s, Dave made some solo singles that met with critical success in Britain, although they were unknown in the U.S. "Death of a Clown" (also included on the Kinks' Something Else LP) made number three on the British charts in 1967, and the follow-up, "Susannah's Still Alive," also did fairly well.
Dave began to consider making a solo album, but after a couple other solo singles flopped, he seemed to lose heart and abandoned his plans (some unreleased solo tracks from this period turned up on the obscure Kinks bootleg Good Luck Charm). In the 1980s, Dave finally began a solo career in earnest, releasing a series of mainstream rock albums and various collections of demos and outtakes that found little critical or commercial acclaim, before his work was neatly summarized on Unfinished Business: Dave Davies Kronikles 1963-1998. The hard-rocking Bug from 2002 was his first album of new material in nearly 20 years. Davies suffered a major stroke in 2004 and used composing and painting as therapy during the lengthy recovery period that followed. The new song "God in My Brain" was inspired by the stroke and appeared on the 2006 compilation Kinked. In 2007 Davies released his first full-length post-stroke studio album, Fractured Mindz, on the Koch label.
In 2011, BBC Four aired the revealing documentary Dave Davies: Kinkdom Come, in which he was interviewed at length about his time with the Kinks, his relationship with Ray, and the spirituality that helped him through the aforementioned period of serious ill health. June 2013 brought I Will Be Me, an album that balanced hard-edged rockers with more sedate, contemplative material, all of which displayed a rich vein of nostalgia. In February 2014, Davies played his first U.K. concert since 2001, and he returned that autumn with Rippin' Up Time, a record produced by occasional Wondermints member David Nolte.
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BIO/WIKIPEDIA
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WEBSITE
**********
TO THE TOP
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