This story about the Kinks would have been better presented as a jukebox musicalIt's definitely not Birdland. This story of that very English rock star and songwriter Ray Davies of the Kinks owes most to Jersey Boys, a show for people who'd prefer to be watching a tribute band. Like that show, it sends you out on a euphoric high. And like that show, the book fails to thrill and it's the music and songs that do the ta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AM on May 2, 2014