{"product_id":"ray-davies-9780415977692","title":"Ray Davies","description":"\u003cp\u003eRay Davies: Not Like Everybody Else is a critical biography of Ray Davies  with a focus on his music and his times. The book studies Davies work from the Kinks first singles through his 2006 solo album  from his rock musicals in the early 1970s to his one-man stage show in the 1990s  and from his films to his autobiography. Based on interviews with his closest associates  as well as studies of the recordings themselves  this book creates the most thorough picture of Davies work to date. Kitts situates Davies work in the context of the British Invasion and the growth of rock in the 60s and 70s  and in the larger context of English cultural history. For fans of rock music and the music of the Kinks  this book is a must have. It will finally place this legendary innovator in the pantheon of the great rock artists of the past half-century. Thomas M. Kitts  Professor of English and Chair of the Division of English\/Speech at St. Johns University  NY  is the co-editor of Living on a Thin Line: Crossing Aesthetic Borders with The Kinks  the author of The Theatrical Life of George Henry Boker  articles on American literature and popular culture  reviews of books  CDs  and performances  and a play Gypsies. He is the book review editor of Popular Music and Society and the editor of The Mid-Atlantic Almanack.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953343619125,"sku":"ByrdShop_041597769X","price":32.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780415977692.jpg?v=1788185809","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/ray-davies-9780415977692","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}