John Dalton

John Dalton bears the distinction of being the first "second generation" member of the Kinks, having replaced original bassist Pete Quaife in 1969, following the recording of Village Green Preservation Society. Born in Edgware, Middlesex, England, in the spring of 1943, he attended Cheshunt Secondary Modern School -- curiously enough, his time there coincided with an older classmate, one Harry Webb, who would go on to fame as Cliff Richard (more recently Sir Cliff Richard). Dalton reached his teens amid the British skiffle boom and the cultural rumblings of American rock & rol...