Ka taƙaita labarin:  Ray Davies: " Rayuwa Mai Rikici " na Johnny Rogan. (Bodley Head £ 25) Ƙarshen wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo mai suna Sunny Afternoon a halin yanzu yana ba da daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan ban mamaki na dare a cikin abin da ake kira London's <unk>theatreland<unk>, kamar yadda daruruwan yawancin masu tsufa masu tsufa suka yi tsalle ko, a wasu lokuta, suna tsalle a ƙafafunsu, jigging da jigging zuwa kiɗan The Kinks. A 'yan makonnin da suka gabata, na kasance ɗaya daga cikinsu, kuma na ƙuduri aniya yayin da na bar don ƙarin koyo game da rayuwar Ray Davies, mai ban mamaki amma mai baƙin ciki, wanda ya rubuta irin waɗannan abubuwan ban mamaki na ban mamaki kamar Waterloo Sunset, Kuna da Ni, Lola kuma, hakika, Sunny Afternoon. Ray Davies (hoton) shi ne mai haske, amma wani lokacin melancholic, frontman na Kinks. Da kyau, tarihin rayuwar Johnny Rogan ya cika dukkan gibin da nake da shi game da daya daga cikin mutanen da suka yi Swinging Sixties (yayin da yake nuna Swinging Sixties tare da mickey-take na Carnaby Street dandies, Dedicated Follower Of Fashion). Ko da yake yana da ban sha'awa sosai, wasan kwaikwayon wasan kwaikwayon ba shi da adalci ga abin mamaki wanda shine Raymond Douglas Davies. Mercurial, introspective, wani lokacin zalunci da kuma spectacularly, kusan sociopathically, nufin da kudi, amma kuma m, ka'ida da kuma iya mai girma alheri, Davies ne sama da dukan daya daga cikin m baiwa na zamaninmu. Wadanda suke kusa da shi ko kuma sun kasance kusa da shi, ciki har da ɗan'uwansa Dave da mawaƙa Chrissie Hynde (mahaifiyar ɗayan 'ya'yansa mata huɗu), ƙila ba koyaushe suke faɗar irin wannan tunanin ba, amma muna da sa'a da yake da shi. An haifi Davies a 1944 a Muswell Hill, Arewacin London, a daren wani harin sama. Farawa ce mai cike da tashin hankali. Shi ne yaro na bakwai a cikin dangi mai aiki, mai aiki, amma, mafi mahimmanci, ɗan fari. Ɗaya daga cikin muhimman abubuwa da suka canja halinsa ya faru ne kafin ya kai shekara uku, sa'ad da aka haifi Dauda, wanda hakan ya rage matsayinsa. Daga baya, Dave's musicianship zai kuma zama na tsakiya ga nasarar The Kinks, amma ya aka resented da Ray daga rana...
Ray Davies shi ne jagoran kungiyar mawaƙa The Kinks. Ya rubuta hits irin su Waterloo Sunset, Kuna da Ni da gaske da Lola. An bayyana shi a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan masu kirkirar zamani.