Dave Davies

To me, Dave Davies is one of rock's great unsung architects. As the Kinks' lead guitarist and the younger brother working alongside Ray, he was the only other constant through the band's entire run, which tells me just how essential he was to that sound. I find it fascinating that two brothers held a band together for decades while everyone else came and went. His distorted guitar tone helped shape the rougher edge of British rock, and I respect that he kept performing and writing long after the spotlight moved on. To me, he's a sideman who was really a co-author.

Name (English)

Dave Davies

Name (Japanese)

デイヴ・デイヴィス

Reading

でいゔ・でいゔぃす

Born

February 3, 1947 (age 79)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Boar

Origin

Muswell Hill, United Kingdom

Occupation

guitarist / songwriter / singer / musician / composer

• Official sitehttps://www.davedavies.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/davedavieskinks/
• Xhttps://x.com/davedavieskinks
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave%20Davies
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q364890

Tags

• guitarist
• songwriter
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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