Last May, Boston Globe staff writer Geoff Edgers decided he was going to try and reunite the brilliant but (in his opinion) under-appreciated band, the Kinks. He decided to make a documentary about the quest and along the way scored choice encounters with fellow Kinks fans named Paul McCartney, Sting, Zooey Deschanel, Paul Weller, Brian Wilson, Robyn Hitchcock and Clive Davis.
Of course, he also headed to London to search out the original four: Ray Davies, Dave Davies, Pete Quaife and Mick Avory. You can watch a trailer of his efforts on Kickstarter, where Edgers is also looking for donations to help finish the project (he claims the project has already run an estimated $65,000 out of his — and other investor’s — pockets). We are highly anticipating this documentary, but it raises one important question: Did he reunite the Kinks? Will they play together? (well, that’s two questions, but you get the point).
July 6th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
I really don’t see Geoff getting the Kinks back together. It would be nice, but he is just one man and I think we would heard some hullabaloo about this by now if it was going to happen. Plus people would have been donating money out the wazoo if it meant the kinks were really getting back together.
September 8th, 2009 at 10:21 am
They’re done filming and the Kinks aren’t touring…so who would want to watch this? Geoff Edgers is not very likeable, and yet he seems to be in every scene. Of course I haven’t watched the completed work, but my guess is that it would be better if he were behind the camera asking the stars questions rather than using his credentials as a Boston Globe writer to make stars feel obligated to sing with him. Folks like Sting undoubtedly only talked with Edgers in hopes of getting some good publicity for their current projects, but instead they were used by Edgers.