God Save The Kinks: A Biography
"Jovanovic looks beyond the core members of the band to explore the experiences of those not named Davies. Naturally, Ray and Dave remain the key players, as they should â?¿ Jovanovic also gets quotes from Avory and bassist Pete Quaife's brother David. However, we also get primary perspectives from bassist John Dalton, keyboardist John Gosling, and back-up singers Debi Doss and Shirlie Roden, whose contemporary remembrances and period journal entries commandeer the storytelling during The Kinks' mid-seventies theatrical phase... a well-written, reasonably thorough blow-by-blow of the Davies's activities and accomplishments alone and together up to the present dayâ??but it is the expansion of the orbit from the brothers to their extended musical family that makesGod Save The Kinks an essential companion volume toYou Really Got Me." â??Psychobabble"the account told inGod Save the Kinksis one of the best in British popular history." â??The Fresno Bee"With this biography, journalist Jovanovic â?¿ combines his professional skills with a passion to bring the band's story to life, resulting in a complex narrative that spans 50 years.VERDICTJovanovic's thorough biographyâ?¿provides a complete and entertaining narrative of the history of one of rock's most influential, and sometimes unsung, bands." â??Library Journal