Haven’t done a Guest Pup in a while — I lamely lost of bunch of submissions when I got a new computer and they dried up after that. So, let’s get this started again!
This sweet dog is Bidu and he is forlornly sitting with a copy of Low Budget, which, amazingly, was the second biggest selling proper studio album for The Kinks over all and their biggest seller in America. The 1979 set kicked off the band’s biggest period of success in the States, which lasted from 1979 – 1984. That is kind of insane for a 1960s British Invasion band. Its like The Kinks commercial glory years were the same as those of The Clash or The Jam.
Bidu’s owner, Alex, who left the Land of the Samba to toil in the world of commercial cinema, submitted the photo for Low Budget and then changed his mind and sent out a live album The Kinks put out just the next year. Since The Kinks are on the shortlist of my favorite bands of all time, up there with The Beatles, The VU, and Roxy Music I will write both up.
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