Ray Davies Collaborations

Ray Davies confirms Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi collaborations

The singer has enlisted the Jersey boys on his forthcoming album of duets, featuring new versions of classic Kinks songs

Ray Davies's forthcoming album of duets will feature Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi. The Kinks singer is recording new versions of old songs, replacing his recent choral obsession with celebrity cameos.

Davies works fast. It was only in October, at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25th anniversary concert, that he began putting the idea into motion – name-dropping Metallica and telling the press he had "chatted" with the Boss. A few months later, at least two songs have already been recorded: a new version of the Kinks' Better Things, featuring Springsteen, and a rendition of the 1972 single Celluloid Heroes, with Jon Bon Jovi.

Both were recorded in January, at a studio in New York City. "Bruce took about two or three hours and Jon about the same," Davies told the New Jersey Star-Ledger (via TwentyFourBit). "They were well-prepped and I was very impressed. I'm thrilled to have done the tracks with those two guys."


I know we've heard Jon's rendition of Celluloid Heroes from various bootlegs before; it'll be great to hear a studio track!





~ Hath

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