Kevin Bronson on March 5th, 2010

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The 88 are a week into their tour with Ray Davies, and the members of the L.A. pop quartet – Keith Slettedahl, Adam Merrin, Todd O’Keefe and Anthony Zimmitti – still seem to be pinching themselves. The foursome is playing as the Kinks lead singer’s support act, as well as his backing band on the Kinks songs that Davies performs in the latter part of his set.

So how’s it going on the tour (which hits SoCal on March 24 and 25)? The band, which recently released an independent album “This Must Be Love,” sent along some photos from their journey so far, along with some interesting “reports.”

After the jump:

Bassist O’Keefe might have a future as a radio reporter. Or not. He has conducted tongue-in-cheek interviews – with his bandmates.

Here, he interviews Merrin about, among other things, learning songs in the back of the bus on the fly:

Here, O’Keefe talks to Zimmitti about the drummer’s flagging workout routine:

O’Keefe gets main man Slettedahl to talk about coping with stress:

And tour manager Todd “Depeche” Demma talks about what nice guys the 88 are.

By the way, Zimmitti is a chow hound. He’s writing about his dining experiences here.