Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: David Russell Gordon `` Dave '' Davies ( born 3 February 1947 , Fortis Green , London ) is an English rock musician best known for his role as lead guitarist and vocalist for the English rock band The Kinks .
Simplified: David Russell Gordon `` Dave '' Davies ( born 3 February 1947 in Fortis Green , London ) is an English rock musician who is most famous known as the lead guitar player in the English rock group called The Kinks .