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Legendary British rock band The Kinks<\/b> are revered for their early classics: proto-garage rockers like \u201cAll Day and all of the Night\u201d and \u201cYou Really Got Me.\u201d Their hits continued into the \u201870s (\u201cLola\u201d) and even the 1980s (\u201cCome Dancing\u201d), and the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.<\/p>\n
Primary songwriter Ray Davies has always displayed a distinctly English perspective. The group\u2019s seventh studio album, 1969\u2019s Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)<\/b><\/i> is today held in high esteem among critics.<\/p>\n
The Kinks turned out many critically-acclaimed and popular records, but they were about more that hit songs. Ray Davies crafted many conceptually-oriented, rock-opera type albums.Arthur<\/i> is among his best. As originally conceived, Arthur<\/i> was planned as the soundtrack for a TV special set to air in late 1969. Beset by scheduling and financing challenges, the TV special was never completed nor aired. But the conceptually-oriented Arthur<\/i> LP arrived in shops in October 1969, and a single from the record, \u201cVictoria\u201d made it onto the UK charts<\/p>\n
More than a half century later, Asheville-based musician and songwriter Chris Tullar<\/b> has drawn upon Arthur<\/i> to create a wholly new work, one that is also<\/i> a concept album, Not Arthur<\/i>. For this month\u2019s Music to Your Ears, Chris will join Bill to discuss the influential Kinks album and talk about how he found inspiration within it.<\/p>\n
Join us for live music and lively discussion<\/b> as we explore The Kinks\u2019 Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)<\/i>. Music to Your Ears takes place on Wednesday, July 3 at 7pm at the Asheville Guitar Bar in the historic River Arts District.<\/p>\n
ABOUT THE DISCUSSION SERIES<\/strong> WHAT<\/b>: Music to Your Ears Discussion Series Legendary British rock band The Kinks are revered for their early classics: proto-garage rockers like \u201cAll Day and all of the Night\u201d and \u201cYou Really Got Me.\u201d Their hits continued […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,62],"tags":[3091,1255,4843,5447],"class_list":["post-27738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live-shows","category-rawk","tag-chris-tullar","tag-kinks","tag-music-to-your-ears","tag-remantlists","cat-44-id","cat-62-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27739,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27738\/revisions\/27739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMusic to Your Ears is Bill Kopp\u2019s monthly discussion series hosted by Asheville Guitar Bar and sponsored by AshevilleFM. On the first Wednesday of each month, music enthusiasts gather to discuss an important album, artist or musical movement. An interactive evening, Music to Your Ears isn\u2019t a lecture; it\u2019s a discussion led by experts and designed to enrich the listening experience. The character of each session is defined by the participants (that\u2019s you<\/i>). The conversation goes where the attendees take it: the person seated next to you might have attended Woodstock or seen The Beatles in concert. The insights of everyone in the room are what make each and every Music to Your Ears a unique experience.<\/p>\n
\nWHO<\/b>: Discussion led by music journalist\/author Bill Kopp with special guest Chris Tullar
\nWHERE<\/b>: Asheville Guitar Bar, 122 Riverside Dr., Suite D, Asheville
\nWHEN<\/b>: Wednesday July 3 @ 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. (doors open 6:30) $10 at the door \/ SEATING IS LIMITED<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"