Talk:Ray Davies
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I rolled back the bipolar disorder comment and links as excessive. Let's be cautious about placing medical labels on folks in an encyclopedia. - DavidWBrooks 17:21, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Irish descent?
Is Ray Davies really of significantly Irish descent? In X-Ray (his autobiography) he describes himself as having Welsh ancestry, which given his surname, is quite possible. He also says he is generally of 'mongrel' British extraction. To my knowledge he isn't Roman Catholic (though I'm not saying that always equates to being of Irish descent), so I was wondering where the Irish origin link came from? Is it from something his brother Dave said?
I've never heard Ray claim to be of Irish extraction, though he did marry an Irish ballet dancer at one point and lived in Ireland. I was thinking maybe his mother was of Irish descent and his father was of Welsh origin? That would explain why he doesn't have an Irish surname.Pandatronic
[edit] Pronunciation?
Is it relevant to mention that his last name is pronounced "DAVIS"? Most people seem to get this wrong and I've always thought it was an interesting factoid, but maybe only because I'm american and it isn't otherwise obvious to me.
