Kinks drummer MICK AVORY (his 80th birthday)
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:wave: Happy 80th birthday to Michael Charles Avory, born in London on this day in 1944. :cheers:

He joined The Kinks in Jan. 1964 and remained...
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Not sure if it's a favourite moment, but for notoriety it has to be the time on stage in 1965 when Mick responded to an insult about his playing by lead guitarist Dave Davies by attacking him with a hi hat stand. Dave was knocked out and sent to Cardiff Hospital where he received 16 stitches to his head. Mick fled having thought he'd killed Dave. That was follow-up to a fist fight between them after the previous night's show where Dave ended up with two black eyes (memo: don't fight drummers.) It took over a fortnight of cancelled gigs before they got on stage again. There was a surprising amount of violence and chaos in The Kinks!

Happy Birthday Mick.

YES! very underrated. i saw him throw a tom at dave at the nassau coliseum in the late 70's. my first show was carnegie hall in 72 used for the showbiz album.

I proposed that on concerts you’d have liked to have seen thread!

What a night.

I have had the pleasure of chatting to Mick in recent times. First thing I will say is that he is completely humble, and has zero ego considering his history. I would add that he had some hysterical anecdotes about the some of the his time with the Kinks.

What I find really nice is still ongoing enthusiasm for playing drums live even if it’s not in high profile theatres and arenas.

So I hope Mick had the great birthday he deserves. He might not know it, but he’s a bloody legend!

The Kinks arrived in Hawaii on July 5, 1965 and played two shows the next day, one for soldiers at an Army base, followed by a nighttime arena show in Honolulu.

This photo was taken at the airport and was in the next day's newspaper.

"Holiday In Waikiki"

Shel Talmy writes about the song here.

Here they are in Los Angeles the week before.

While in L.A. they did (mimed) performances for 4 different tv shows. It was at the last of these that the infamous "altercation" with some local workers happened, the one that resulted in a career-altering 4 year US ban by the AFTRA...

The final KINKS reunion, Nov. 2005 at the UK Music Hall of Fame.

Pete Quaife died in 2010.

open thread Pete Quaife (Kinks bassist) | Steve Hoffman Music Forums

Mick and John Dalton in 2018. Beginning in 1994, they've occasionally played together, along with John Gosling (RIP), in the "Kast Off Kinks".

Still Flying The Flag For Kinks Fans - Mick Avory - Beat Magazine (beat-magazine.co.uk)

Episode 155: “Waterloo Sunset” by the Kinks – A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

This is a very interesting and different kind of podcast series, recommended.

@A well respected man