In January 2004 Ray Davies of The Kinks was filled with optimism. He'd just been named in Queen Elizabeth II's New Years' Honours List, and awarded a CBE – short for Commander Of The British Empire – a title given to those The Palace considers to have made significant contributions to the arts and sciences.
Davies was also looking forward to mixing the album he's been working on, and was excited about a project that will find him working with a marching band from John McDonogh High School, a century-old establishment in the Mid-City neighbourhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.
