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Ray Davies cooks up new 'Cafe' dates
Fresh off the launch of a London musical based on one of his songs, Ray Davies has whipped up another round of shows behind his latest set, "Working Man's Cafe."
The former Kinks leader and veteran singer/songwriter will kick off the run Nov. 28 in Tampa, FL, and hit 11 cities on the outing, which extends through mid-December. Details are below.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer continues to support last year's "Working Man's Cafe," his second album as a solo artist. The set was recorded last year in Nashville, TN, and co-produced by Grammy-winning studio veteran Ray Kennedy (Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle).
The deluxe US version of the album, released in February, contains four bonus tracks and a separate DVD that includes a Davies short film about his 2001 "Storyteller" tour.
"Working Man's Cafe" follows 2006's "Other People's Lives."
Davies' previous non-Kinks output includes the 1985 film "Return to Waterloo," which he wrote and directed, as well as the film's soundtrack, on which he took a solo credit; 1998's "Storyteller," a live recording of a solo-acoustic performance; and last year's "Thanksgiving Day," a five-song EP.
"Come Dancing," a Davies-penned musical based partially on The Kinks' 1983 hit song of the same name, premiered in September at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in London.
