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Ray Davies re-recorded Kinks songs w/ special friends, playing NJ & other dates

Ray Davies

Ray Davies has a new LP on the way entitled See My Friends due on November 1st. The release will see The Kinks frontman pairing with multiple bands to re-record, and sometimes re-imagine, Kinks songs. And these bands have names like Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Spoon, Black Francis, Metallica, Mumford & Sons… and the legendary Alex Chilton (RIP).

“This project came about almost by accident,” says Davies of the project, which was kick-started when he recorded a version of ‘Till The End Of The Day’ in the summer of 2009, with Alex Chilton.

The full list of collaborators is below.

Davies is getting back on the road as well, though so far he just has scattered dates in Europe, and a newly-announced show in the United States. He’ll be performing his 2009 LP The Kinks Choral Collection with the Dessoff Chamber Choir at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ on November 26th. Tickets go on sale at noon today (10/8). NYC got that show in 2009.

All dates, the See My Friends tracklisting, and some video are below…


Ray Davies dedicates “Waterloo Sunset” and “Days” to Pete Quaife at Glastonbury 2010

Ray Davies – Lola

RAV DAVIES – SEE MY FRIENDS Tracklisting
1. Better Things – Ray Davies & Bruce Springsteen
2. Celluloid Heroes – Ray Davies, Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora
3. Days/This Time Tomorrow – Ray Davies & Mumford & Sons
4. Long Way From Home – Ray Davies, Lucinda Williams & The 88
5. You Really Got Me – Ray Davies & Metallica
6. Lola Ray – Davies & Paloma Faith
7. Waterloo Sunset – Ray Davies & Jackson Browne
8. ‘Til The End of The Day – Ray Davies, Alex Chilton & The 88
9. Dead End Street – Ray Davies & Amy Macdonald
10. See My Friends Ray Davies & Spoon
11. This Is Where I Belong – Ray Davies & Black Francis
12. David Watts – Ray Davies & The 88
13. Tired Of Waiting – Ray Davies & Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol)
14. All Day And All Of The Night/Destroyer – Ray Davies & Billy Corgan


RAY DAVIES – 2010 TOUR DATES
October 26th Festival Hall – Avo Session – Basel, Switzerland
October 31st Olympia – Paris, France
November 1st Theatre Carre – Amsterdam, Holland
November 26th Wellmont Theatre – Montclair, NJ
December 19th Royal Festival Hall – London (with band and the Crouch End Festival Chorus)