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Manx singer/songwriter's tracks on Kinks tribute album

 

A London-made charity album featuring two tracks by a Manx singer-songwriter is officially released on Saturday.

The Pete Quaife Foundation was set up in memory of the Kinks' original bass player by his brother David.

Pete had been receiving dialysis for a decade before his death in 2010, and the foundation raises money for kidney patients.

Manx artist Chris Gray got asked to be involved in the project, and has contributed one of his own songs, She Loves the Morning, and a cover of the Kinks' Waterloo Sunset.

He told Manx Radio about his version:

 

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