简介：DaveDavies,thelegendaryguitaristoftheKinks,reliveshistumultuouslifeandtimesamidsttheserenityofhisExmoorsanctuary.Walkingacrossthemoorsthathavefascinatedhimsincechildhood,DavetakesusbacktolifewithBrotherRayinanextendedworkingclassfamilyamidsttheausterityofpostwarLondon.Bringingtolifeitsdeprivationsandtriumphs,herevealstheprofoundsenseofcommunityandfamilybondswhichunderpinstheextraordinarystoryoftheKinks.FromtheirformationataNorthLondonSecondaryModern,throughtimespentasbackingbandtoanupperclasscrooneratdebutanteballs,DavetellshowtheKinkscareerasSearcherssoundalikeswasalmostoverbeforeitbegan. ThatallchangedthoughwhenDaveattackedhisampwitharustyGilletterazorbladeinthefrontroomoftheirsemidetachedhouseinMuswellHill.Slashingthespeaker,heproducedthedistorted,barkingdogguitarriffswhichpoweredtheirfirsthit,YouReallyGotMe,catapultedtheKinkstoworldwidefameandintheprocessrearrangedthesonicarchitectureofthe1960s.Findinghimselfattheunlikelyageof15enshrinedalongwithBrianJonesandKeithMoonasoneofthethreeundisputedKingsofSwingingLondon,Davetrailblazedtherock'n'rolllifestyle.Asheputsit,DavedidthepartyingandRaywroteaboutit.InAmericaDave'sshoulderlengthhairandsubversivesexualityonstagedroveteenageTVaudienceswildwhilstscandalisingtheRatPackgeneration. DaveexplainswhyTheKinks'refusaltocompromisewhotheywereresultedinthembeingbannedfromAmericaattheheightoftheirfame.Forthenextfouryears,whiletheBeatles,StonesandWhowentontoglobalmegastardom,theKinksre-inventedthemselvesasthequintessentialEnglishgroupwithtimelesshitssuchasSunnyAfternoon,WaterlooSunsetandDays.Withdisarminghonesty,DaverevealshowtheburningglassoffamecausedthesiblingrivalrybetweenhimandRaytoexplodeintoviolenceonstageandmentalcrueltyoffit.Hetellshow,bytheendof60s,thebreakdownoftherelationshipbetweenthewarringbrothersandhisownsurfeitofgirls,drinkandpillsledtothemotherofallrock'n'rollmeltdowns.Followingthefailureofhisbrieflysuccessfulsolocareer,DavefindshimselflockedinaNewYorkhotelroom,listeningtovoicestellinghimtojump.…