One of the most famous feuding brothers in rock history are the brilliant musicians Ray Davies and Dave Davies of the Kinks. The band disbanded in 1996, and its been nearly twenty years since the brothers performed onstage together. But that all ended on December 18 during Dave Davies’ concert at Islington Assembly Hall in London.
Dave welcomed Ray onstage for the Kinks classic, “You Really Got Me.” In recent interviews, the brothers have left open an outside shot for a reunion of the Kinks. The hopeful signs may be related to a planned biopic about the Kinks directed by Julien Temple called, of course, You Really Got Me.
We will have to wait to see what the future holds for a reunion tour, but for now at least we have Friday night’s performance. Check out Ray and Dave together again performing “You Really Got Me,” with a little help from Dennis Diken The Smithereens on drums.
After the show, Dave Davies gave us additional hope with the following tweet.
We had a great night – it was a fun show – had a blast with Ray – Dave https://t.co/L3PzOdh9O6
— Dave Davies (@davedavieskinks) December 19, 2015
What song would you most like to hear again from the Kinks? Leave your two cents in the comments.
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