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David Russell Gordon Davies (born 3 February 1947, in Fortis Green,
London, England) is an English rock musician (singer and lead guitarist),
most well known for his membership with the English rock band The Kinks,
which he founded with Pete Quaife in 1963. His brother Ray, who became the
best-known member of the band, joined soon after. The quartet was formed
when drummer Mick Avory joined. Davies had a turbulent relationship with
Avory, one of the reasons behind the latter's departure from the band in
the mid 1980s, although the two had been roommates in the mid 1960s.
The group has been all but disbanded since 1996, but Davies continued to
have a steady musical career as a performer and songwriter until a stroke
in 2004 sidelined him.
Although never attaining the fame and reputation of his older brother, who
wrote and sang lead on most of the Kink
