Friday April 10, 2009
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Austin City Limits presents
Ray Davies
of the legendary Rock Band, the KINKS
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Austin City Limits presents
Ray Davies
of the legendary Rock Band, the KINKS
Let me begin my remarks, today, by saying that I watch a lot of Public Broadcasting Service on Television. There are so many interesting programs that they air and mostly, there is no slant nor spin. They tend to tell it like it is.
And this includes Saturday’s Home Improvement shows and Cooking shows. Also, on Saturday afternoon/evening at 5 PM, the PBS affiliate of WVPT (Virginia Public Television) airs a live-music show entitled Austin City Limits.
Austin City Limits is an American Television music program and a staple of the Public Broadcasting Service. Austin City Limits was initially created with an eye and ear toward original Texas music, featuring artists that created innovative new sounds in everything from Western Swing and Texas Blues to Tejano Music, Progressive Country and Rock n' Roll. The series went on to feature a wide range of American roots artists, covering a variety of styles and expanding beyond the borders of the Lone Star State. As the program’s audience has grown, the music has encompassed regional, national and even international performers, and producer Terry Lickona continues to seek a balance of music genres in every new season. Austin City Limits, today, focuses on the unique contributions of diverse artists, music and songwriting from around the world.
First aired in 1976, Austin City Limits has become American Television's longest-running concert music program. The program is taped live by PBS member station KLRU on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. Images of Austin, Texas, the self-proclaimed ‘Live Music Capital of the World’, are seen in the opening credits. ACL's set also features a mock skyline of Austin. The show inspired the Austin City Limits Music Festival, an annual live music festival at Zilker Park in Austin.
This past Saturday’s program featured Ray Davies. He the Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist and Frontman of the legendary Hall Of Fame, Rock ensemble, The Kinks.
You’ll remember the The Kinks from such tunes as:
Sunny Afternoon, Lola, All Day And All Of The Night, You Really Got Me, Tired Of Waiting On You, A Well Respected Man, Father Christmas, Dedicated Follower of Fashion & Celluloid Heroes.
Davies styled this performance the ‘I’m Not Like Everybody Else’ show which is the name of his new, solo LP (CD). In lieu of highlighting this performance with all oldies, he mixed oldies with many of the new songs from that CD.
Some of the songs that I remember him performing were:
I'm Not like Everybody Else, Good Times Gone, After the Fall, Next Door Neighbor, Sunny Afternoon, The Tourist, Things Are Gonna Change, A Long Way from Home, The Getaway, All Day And All Of The Night, Low Budget .. & 20th Century Man.
I really enjoy Ray Davies’ laid back lyrical style and crooning vocals. He’ll always remind me of listening to The Kinks in my youth although he is only five years my senior.
If you get Austin City Limits in your local area, I strongly urge you to give it a listen. Every week, there is a new Artist to sample. Live music is always going to be better than remastered recorded junk that credits more the engineer than the musician(s).
But don’t misundertake (sic) me. I’m not implying that these shows are happening as you see them. It’s like Hank Kingsly of The Larry Sanders Show used to announce at the show’s opening when he’d report, “Live .. on tape from Hollywood”. These shows are taped but it’s a Live taping. There are no engineering remastering nor vocal rearranging. You’re hearing it Raw.
To check it out .. click here: http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/
And this includes Saturday’s Home Improvement shows and Cooking shows. Also, on Saturday afternoon/evening at 5 PM, the PBS affiliate of WVPT (Virginia Public Television) airs a live-music show entitled Austin City Limits.
Austin City Limits is an American Television music program and a staple of the Public Broadcasting Service. Austin City Limits was initially created with an eye and ear toward original Texas music, featuring artists that created innovative new sounds in everything from Western Swing and Texas Blues to Tejano Music, Progressive Country and Rock n' Roll. The series went on to feature a wide range of American roots artists, covering a variety of styles and expanding beyond the borders of the Lone Star State. As the program’s audience has grown, the music has encompassed regional, national and even international performers, and producer Terry Lickona continues to seek a balance of music genres in every new season. Austin City Limits, today, focuses on the unique contributions of diverse artists, music and songwriting from around the world.
First aired in 1976, Austin City Limits has become American Television's longest-running concert music program. The program is taped live by PBS member station KLRU on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. Images of Austin, Texas, the self-proclaimed ‘Live Music Capital of the World’, are seen in the opening credits. ACL's set also features a mock skyline of Austin. The show inspired the Austin City Limits Music Festival, an annual live music festival at Zilker Park in Austin.
This past Saturday’s program featured Ray Davies. He the Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist and Frontman of the legendary Hall Of Fame, Rock ensemble, The Kinks.
You’ll remember the The Kinks from such tunes as:
Sunny Afternoon, Lola, All Day And All Of The Night, You Really Got Me, Tired Of Waiting On You, A Well Respected Man, Father Christmas, Dedicated Follower of Fashion & Celluloid Heroes.
Davies styled this performance the ‘I’m Not Like Everybody Else’ show which is the name of his new, solo LP (CD). In lieu of highlighting this performance with all oldies, he mixed oldies with many of the new songs from that CD.
Some of the songs that I remember him performing were:
I'm Not like Everybody Else, Good Times Gone, After the Fall, Next Door Neighbor, Sunny Afternoon, The Tourist, Things Are Gonna Change, A Long Way from Home, The Getaway, All Day And All Of The Night, Low Budget .. & 20th Century Man.
I really enjoy Ray Davies’ laid back lyrical style and crooning vocals. He’ll always remind me of listening to The Kinks in my youth although he is only five years my senior.
If you get Austin City Limits in your local area, I strongly urge you to give it a listen. Every week, there is a new Artist to sample. Live music is always going to be better than remastered recorded junk that credits more the engineer than the musician(s).
But don’t misundertake (sic) me. I’m not implying that these shows are happening as you see them. It’s like Hank Kingsly of The Larry Sanders Show used to announce at the show’s opening when he’d report, “Live .. on tape from Hollywood”. These shows are taped but it’s a Live taping. There are no engineering remastering nor vocal rearranging. You’re hearing it Raw.
To check it out .. click here: http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/
LARRY..CURTIS..SPURLOCK
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1 comment:
Hello Larry,
As well as releasing a Kinks Choral Collection record on the 15th June inspired by the recent Crouch End Choir performances (links below), Ray will also be performing a "secret gig" tonight (11th June) at 17:30 just next to Waterloo Bridge in front of the National Theatre along with Ian Gibbons and the Crouch End Festival Choir. He'll be playing "just a few songs", but the scene will be amazing, and for those that turn up the performance will not cost a single penny.
Sources:
http://raydavies.3.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=4974&st=0
http://www.myspace.com/raydavies
http://www.raydavies.info/
If you're going, make sure to leave early because of the tube strikes!
David
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