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The Kinks’ Ray Davies looks back on being shot, and his sympathy for the gunman

Ray Davies has recalled being shot almost 20 years ago, and explained that he now has some sympathy for the gunman.The former Kinks frontman was involved in a shooting in New Orleans back in 2004, leading to him being hospitalised.He and a friend were walking home from dinner when a mugger attacked them both, threatening the woman with a gun before taking her handbag and piling into a getaway car.Davies chased after the assailant, who turned, aimed the gun and shot him in the leg at point-blank range.The musician went on to recount the ordeal in his 2013 memoir Americana: the Kinks, the Road and the Perfect Riff. During a new interview with NME, Davies was asked about how it felt to relive the incident while writing the book.In response, he said it was a “cathartic” experience because he “didn’t feel like the good guy” when he replayed the scene on the page.“Just before he shot me, he looked afraid – and he had a gun,” Davies told NME.
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