I Will Be Me

by Dave Davies

Overview

His second album since suffering a major stroke in 2004, I Will Be Me finds Dave Davies in a defiant state of mind but that doesn't prevent him from indulging in a little bit of nostalgia. These rose-tinted reflections arrive early on, as the album opens with "Little Green Amp," a gnarly little rocker that twists several Kinks songs together -- primarily "All Day and All Of the Night," but it can't help bring to mind "Destroyer" as well -- and the subsequent "Livin' in the Past" mines a similar heavy territory. Things get a little gentler from there, as he turns inward on "The Healing Boy" and gets romantic with "When I First Saw You," which only signals how much ground Davies covers here. Generally, he's unafraid to make some noise, and that cacophony is an odd pairing with his deeply held beliefs in the mystical and UFOs, creating a tension that isn't dissonant as much as it is idiosyncratic. Sometimes, Davies' blend of hard rock and healing doesn't quite jibe -- it can lose form and drift or it can hammer its points home too hard -- but there's a dogged individuality to his mission that's appealing even when the music itself is not. This is who he is at age 66 and he is unafraid, even proud, to be who he is. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	10/01/2021
Label:	CLEOPATRA
UPC:	0889466269325

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dave Davies   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Marc Perlman   Bass
Ty Segall   Guitar,Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Pat Thetic   Drums
Chris Head   Guitar
Scott Barnes   Bass
Justin Sane   Guitar,Vocals
Jordan McDonald   Drums
Oli Brown   Guitar,Guest Artist
Joey Horgen   Guitar
Chris Lietz   Drums
Oli Brown Band   Guest Artist
The Art   Guest Artist
Azaria Byrne   Vocals
Jak Coleman   Guitar
Kara Jayne   Bass
Bruce Tyner   Pedal Steel,Guest Artist
James Freemantle   Bass
The Bloody Hollies   Guest Artist
The Jayhawks   Guest Artist
Tim O'Reagan   Drums,Vocals,Percussion
Chris #2   Bass,Vocals
Anti-Flag   Guest Artist
Geri X   Vocals,Guest Artist
Matt Bennett   Drums
Teddy Freese   Drums
Wayne Proctor   Drums
Simon Jackson   Guitar
Jon Lamont   Drums
Jon Tufnell   Vocals
Steve Kille   Drums
Chris Spedding   Guitar,Guest Artist
Jonathan Lea   Sitar (Electric),Guitar (Electric)
Dead Meadow   Guest Artist
Dennis Davison   Organ,Maracas
Mark Olson   Vocals
Sarah McLeod   Guitar
Mark Laughlin   Drums
The Lost Souls Club   Guest Artist,Guest Artist
Yura Zeleznik   Violin,Guest Artist
Juergen Engler   Bass,Guitar
John Wesley   Guitar,Guest Artist
Karen Grotberg   Piano,Vocals,Harpsichord
Jason Simon   Guitar
Tom Currier   Bass,Piano
Gary Louris   Vocals,Guitar (Electric)
Wesley Doyle   Guitar

Technical Credits

John Lappen   A&R,Artist Relations
Mick Skelton   Producer
Chris Lietz   Mixing,Mastering
Anti-Flag   Engineer,Producer
Dave Davies   Composer
Wayne Proctor   Producer
Rebecca G. Wilson   Liner Notes
Steve Kille   Rhythm Engineer
Ed Ackerson   Mixing,Engineer
Dead Meadow   Rhythm Engineer
Mark Wheaton   Engineer
Nicky Garratt   Engineer
Sarah McLeod   Producer
Juergen Engler   Producer