The ’70s rock guitarist The Kinks’ Dave Davies calls the “great and underrated guitar player of the time”
The ‘70s played host to no shortage of guitar heroes. But there’s one, Dave Davies says, who stood head and shoulders above the rest.
In a new conversation with Uncut, The Kinks guitarist breaks down some of the albums that have shaped his musical journey, and highlights Mountain’s Nantucket Sleighride (1971) as one such record.
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“Mountain were a great influence,” he says. “They made heavy tones heavier and their sound was innovative: great production and bass by Felix Pappalardi, Corky Laing on drums and Steve Knight on keyboards – all cool.
“Plus Leslie West was a great and underrated guitar player of the time and he really stands out on this album. The song Nantucket Sleighride in particular is a momentous piece of music, a powerful blend of hard rock and melody.”
He goes on: “I never saw Mountain play live, but I did play on a bill with Leslie West in 2001. I didn’t get to know him well and I feel sad about that, but he was very nice during our short meeting. I was sad to hear of his death in 2020. He was rock ‘n’ roll to the roots.”
Last year, Dave Davies made clear his thoughts about AI-generated music, when he caught wind of one such track made to sound like a Kinks song.
“What the fuck is this?” he wrote on X. “This Kinks AI cover is like a horror show, sounds fucking horrible.”
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