The KINKS : Drummer Mick Avory was not on some of the early single recordings

[ZackyDog]

I was just scrolling through Wikipedia and noticed that he wasn't the drummer on You Really Got Me, All Day And All Of The Night and Tired Of Waiting. That must have been a blow to him?

 

[hemingway]

The number of bands who were partially or completely replaced by session players in the 60s and early 70s is huge. It would probably be easier to name the bands who did play on their own songs.

 

[beyer160]

The real question is, who played the lead on "You Really Got Me?". Jimmy Page says it wasn't him, but there isn't anything else in the Kinks catalog that sounds like it so my money is on "someone who isn't Dave Davies".

 

[ClashCityTele]

Apparently when Tom Jones walked into the recording studio, for his first single, with his band, he was asked - 'Why have you brought them with you?'. It was all session musicians & an orchestra.
In Scotland in the 60's & 70's bands often only sang on their hit records.

 

[ClashCityTele]

The real question is, who played the lead on "You Really Got Me?". Jimmy Page says it wasn't him, but there isn't anything else in the Kinks catalog that sounds like it so my money is on "someone who isn't Dave Davies".

Was it Mick Avory?

 

[ClashCityTele]

The real question is, who played the lead on "You Really Got Me?". Jimmy Page says it wasn't him, but there isn't anything else in the Kinks catalog that sounds like it so my money is on "someone who isn't Dave Davies".

“I, Dave Davies, invented the distorted guitar sound and played the solo on ‘You Really Got Me’ and Ray Davies played rhythm guitar. We never used ANY other guitarists on any Kinks hits.”

There is your proof - 'ANY other guitarists'. It was Mick Avory, I tell you. Mystery solved...

 

[beyer160]

I'd always heard that Avory and Dave Davies didn't get along ( I mean, nobody in the Kinks got along, but Mick and Dave REALLY didn't get along), so when Avory finally quit the band, Ray Davies appointed him manager of the Kinks' studio Konk- partially as severance for years of service, and partially to piss off Dave.

 

[srblue5]

I'd always heard that Avory and Dave Davies didn't get along ( I mean, nobody in the Kinks got along, but Mick and Dave REALLY didn't get along), so when Avory finally quit the band, Ray Davies appointed him manager of the Kinks' studio Konk- partially as severance for years of service, and partially to piss off Dave.

I wonder why they didn’t get along.

I’ve read the story of the onstage fight where Mick knocked Dave out but what were the roots of all that rancour? Especially since they seemed to hold it together from 1965 to about 1984…

 

[srblue5]

The number of bands who were partially or completely replaced by session players in the 60s and early 70s is huge. It would probably be easier to name the bands who did play on their own songs.

The Beatles for one (after Andy White played on “Love Me Do” instead of Ringo). Although it seems like Paul played a lot of guitar instead of George (or so I’ve heard).

 

[Geoff738]

Bobby Graham and Clem Cattini played on a bunch of stuff. A few songs on Misfits from the late 70s don’t feature Mick either.

Cheers,
Geoff

 

[Jim622]

At JFK in Philly. Ray, who was dating Chrissy Hines, brought her out on stage and Dave told him to get that tramp off the stage. Those two must have been fun on the tour bus.