The opening tones of ‘All Day and All of the Night’ are instantly stirring. Dave Davies’ raw, overdriven guitar sound – the result of a deliberately mutilated speaker cone in his amplifier – was in place for the fantastic riff that opens and sustains the song, and over which his brother Ray’s vocal melody lies in unison.
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The overdriven guitar sound on ‘You Really Got Me’ is powerful stuff and has had a big influence on rock musicians. Rumours abound about the identity of the guitar solo player – was it in fact the soon to be Led Zeppelin founder Jimmy Page? The band and Page himself deny it, claiming you can hear Dave Davies yelling expletives to his brother on the track just before playing the solo.
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