{"id":76,"date":"2005-11-22T14:46:01","date_gmt":"2005-11-22T19:46:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2005-11-22T14:46:01","modified_gmt":"2005-11-22T19:46:01","slug":"the_original_storyteller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/the_original_storyteller\/","title":{"rendered":"The Original Storyteller"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Thanksgiving, and I received a Christmas present a whole month early: This morning I tuned into KPIG<\/a>, and what do I hear? Thanksgiving Day<\/i><\/a>, a BRAND NEW RAY DAVIES<\/a> SONG. <\/p>\n

Well, it’s a big deal for me. <\/p>\n

Everyone has their big epiphany album. Mine was The Kinks’ Low Budget<\/a>. I always knew their hit “Lola”, but “Wish I Could Fly Like Superman”, “A Gallon of Gas”, and “Catch Me Now I’m Falling” from the Low Budget album were completely different from what I was used to hearing back then (circa late ’70s, a time of ACDC, Van Halen, and Pat Travers). <\/p>\n

I ate it up and rapidly educated myself on The Kinks’ back catalogue. I then discovered liner notes and this guy Ray Davies. That’s when I learned what a songwriter was. The Kinks were a band, but brother Ray (his sibling Dave created that distinct guitar sound) was the guy who thought up all these stories and wrote the songs.<\/p>\n

I’ve still love story songs. I can’t write a ballad to save my life. But every now and then, I find (or make up) a story that needs telling. I’ve considered Davies the key inspiration to all this. <\/p>\n

Davies’ web site promises a CD sometime in the new year. For now, Thanksgiving Day<\/i> is available on an EP.<\/p>\n

That mythical Kinks reunion might never happen, but ya know, ya gots to tour with a new CD. Let’s hope that Mr. Davies<\/a> hits the states in 2006.<\/p>\n

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.<\/p>\n

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