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Kinks Drummer Mick Avory Remembers Bassist Pete Quaife
Kinks Drummer Mick Avory Remembers Bassist Pete Quaife
Kinks Drummer Mick Avory Remembers Bassist Pete Quaife
Saturday (June 23) marks the second anniversary of the death of Pete Quaife, the original bassist for the Kinks, who passed away on June 23, 2010 at the age of 66 due to kidney failure. In a new interview, Mick Avory, the group’s drummer from 1964 to 1984, remembers his partner in the Kinks’ rhythm section as being “quite unpredictable.”