| Author | Message | ||
| richbass939
Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 1142 Registered: 11-2004 |
Forget all the others .... this is the REAL event to look forward to. http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Music/2011/02/21/Monkees-announce-10-date-concert-tour/UPI-30601298316685/ Rich | ||
| mike1762
Senior Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 762 Registered: 1-2008 |
I'm buying a VW Microbus and following them around to every concert. I'll faithfully record every note and spend the remaing years of my life analyzing the nuances of the performances. Anybody want to buy some granola??? | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4756 Registered: 7-2004 |
Too bad Mike Nesmith won't be with them. He's the one actually worth seeing, IMHO. And, of course, the question everyone will want to know: Will they be touring in the Monkee-mobile? lol Bill, tgo | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2860 Registered: 10-2002 |
Wow! That's very tempting. AND it's a UK tour! Always loved their music. Graeme | ||
| grateful
Advanced Member Username: grateful Post Number: 338 Registered: 12-2004 |
Perhaps Steve Stills will sub for Nesmith? | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1912 Registered: 10-2003 |
I saw them in the mid-80's in Nashville. I distinctly recall the bass playing a stinger after Peter Tork had taken his bass off at the end of a song. Lots of other stuff looked different than what was coming out of the system. I would at least have hoped that they didn't have either a full band or a tape backstage, but it sure seems that they did. Davy Jones is the only one with any talent, imho, and I can understand why Mike Nesmith won't go near them. *sigh* | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2343 Registered: 6-2002 |
Well at least this time it should be easier without the Jimi Hendrix Experience overshadowing their tour. Jimi Hendrix and the Monkees Jazzyvee (Message edited by jazzyvee on February 22, 2011) | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10086 Registered: 5-2002 |
After Nesmith left the group, he formed the National Band, which was one of the early bands in the country-rock genre. My roommate at the time had one or two of the albums, and they weren't bad. Red Rhodes was the pedal steel player on those albums. Here's Propinquity from the National Band's 1971 release Nevada Fighter. Of course, many of you will recognize this tune played by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Some Of Shelly's Blues, a great tune, written by Nesmith, off of their wonderful 1970 album, Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 7232 Registered: 6-2000 |
Michael Nesmith's Elephant Parts was really quite funny in sections. | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 889 Registered: 10-2006 |
Besides the NGDB & Stone Poneys covers, "Some Of Shelly's Blues" is on Michael's 1973 album Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash, which I used to have & sorely miss. "Propinquity" was also on Uncle Charley... It's a shame his talent has largely been obscured by his time in the Prefab Four. Peter | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4760 Registered: 7-2004 |
Mica: Thanks for the head's up. I just ordered "Elephant Parts" from Monkee Mike's website. Bill, tgo | ||
| jon_jackson
Member Username: jon_jackson Post Number: 67 Registered: 12-2008 |
Don't forget "Dr Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce", the followup to "Elephant Parts" and, in my opinion, superior. The Nez made some amazing contributions to music and music video. Also the first, to my admitted limited knowledge, to include a homebrew beer recipe in record's liner notes ("Tantamount To Treason") -Jon |
