“It feels like something out of a dream,” Dave Davies says. He’s recalling the frenzy and jubilation that greeted his band, the Kinks, in a way similar to the British hitmakers that had come before them – namely, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Dave Clark Five – during the heady summer of 1964. “It was a total dream come true, and I loved every second of it.”
He takes a moment and smiles serenely. His eyes sparkle. It’s as if he can still see and hear the screaming throngs of female fans – 60 years later, the memories are still intact.
