POP History A Classic :Ray Davies(Kinks) Waterloo Sunset Glastonbury 2010

"Waterloo Sunset" is a song by British rock band The Kinks. It was released as a single in 1967, and featured on their album Something Else by The Kinks. "Waterloo Sunset" was composed and produced by lead singer and songwriter Ray Davies and is one of the band's best known and most acclaimed songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vRURpe6FXE

Time travel back to the 1967 hit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M8hrmGQOHk

The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorized in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognized as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era.[

In 2003,Dave Davies was ranked 88th in Rolling Stone magazine list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"^[1]

Stroke and personal life

On 30 June 2004, Davies suffered a stroke while exiting a lift at Broadcasting House, where he had been promoting his then current album, Bug. He was taken to University College Hospital in Euston. Davies was released from the hospital on 27 August. Davies said in a 2006 interview:

—Dave Davies, Daily Mail, 10 October 2006.[29]

By 2006, Davies had recovered enough to be able to walk, talk and play guitar. He will return to touring in 2010, playing a few gigs in New York and New England, as well as one in Los Angeles.^[30]

He is a friend of horror director John Carpenter, and his work is featured on Carpenter's remake of Village of the Damned. Carpenter also acted as godfather to Davies' son, Daniel, who plays in the hard rock bands Year Long Disaster and Karma To Burn.

Peter Alexander Greenlaw "Pete" Quaife (31 December 1943 – 23 June 2010)^[1][2] was an English musician, artist and author. He was a founding member and the original bass guitarist for The Kinks, from 1963 until 1969.

He was diagnosed with renal failure in 1998 and moved back to Denmark in 2005. Quaife died in June 2010 of kidney failure.[