25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
They spent years following the Kinks. Was this their final stop?
This is my street and I'm never gonna leave it.
— 'Autumn Almanac,' The Kinks
CHICAGO — Marianne Spellman had a plan after graduating high school in 1980. It wasn't college. She would leave Wisconsin and take her Konica FS-1 on the road to follow the Kinks. And for four years, that is exactly what she did, documenting the band led by Ray and Dave Davies as they played 'Lola,' 'Come Dancing' and 'You Really Got Me' to arena crowds.
