"As a boy in post-War England, legendary Kinks' singer/songwriter Ray Davies fell in love with America�its movies and music, its culture of freedom, fed his imagination," the book's description reads.

"Then, as part of the British Invasion, he toured the US with the Kinks during one of the most tumultuous eras in recent history�until the Kinks group was banned from performing there from 1965-69."

According to Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton's Little John?: Music's Most Enduring Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed by Rolling Stone writer Gavin Edwards, the ban was prompted by a few incidents: "Ray Davies punched a union official who kept insinuating that England was already as good as Communist, and they appeared on a Dick Clark special for NBC without paying their mandatory dues to the American Federation of Television and Recording Artists� Years later, Davies mused, 'In many respects, that ridiculous ban took away the best years of the Kinks' career when the original band was performing at its peak.'"

Years later, in the late '70s and early '80s, the Kinks would have the greatest successes in the states with 1979′s Low Budget (featuring "Catch Me Now I'm Falling" and "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman)"), 1981′s Give The People What They Want ("Destroyer," "Better Things") and 1983′s State Of Confusion ("Come Dancing," "Don't Forget To Dance"), amid complaints from fans that they were catering their music towards American radio stations (and the American arena rock circuit).

The book culminates in the a "transformative event" - read about that here.

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