Too much fringe could be a problem as well.
Posted on 10/02/2016 4:16:14 PM PDT by smokingfrog
Although Stephen Stills never became a Monkee, despite auditioning for the band and their kickass TV show (and then telling his buddy Peter Tork to join the band), he did wind up playing on a handful of Monkees sessions.
His guitar can even be heard on one of the band's most smokin' tunes, Tork's "Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again?” from the Head soundtrack album (1968).
However, a lot of people don't know that Neil Young—Stills' Buffalo Springfield and CSNY bandmate—appears on more Monkees' tracks than Stills. You can hear his guitar on "As We Go Along" and two outtakes, "Smile" and "That's What It's Like Loving You."
That said, the best of the bunch is a little-known tune that appeared on the band's early 1969 album, Instant Replay.
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Interesting.
I’m a drummer (10+ yrs now) and Dolenz couldn’t even fake it well.
Still enjoyed them though.
For all those waiting on Hurricane Matthew, also evidence you shouldn’t wear a tie while playing guitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeDADr2M6qo
This always cracked me up.
Mike Nesmith “interviews” Frank Zappa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_DevsLV5Y8
Lots of well known musicians didn't make the cut for for the Monkeys - like Charlie Manson (Snopes denies it, so it must be true.)
Don Kirshner found excellent song writers.
The actual musicians he used were tight.
I enjoyed a large handful of their tunes, even though the band you saw was mostly actors.
The GTO convertible station wagon was BOSS.
My first thought upon reading the title was “Neil Young playing with the Wrecking Crew? You’ve got to be kidding.” but then upon reading the article it’s made clear that no-one is pretending he was anything but a cameo.
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Don Kirshner found excellent song writers. The actual musicians he used were tight. I enjoyed a large handful of their tunes, even though the band you saw was mostly actors. The GTO convertible station wagon was BOSS.
Yup, thanks to talented writers and the incredible Wrecking Crew, the Monkees are one of the best 60s acts.
It did look like a good party car, but the blower and headers were fake bolt-ons. Mike Nesmith once said the car was undrivable.
Too much fringe could be a problem as well.
I saw it a couple decades ago driving down a main boulevard here in Queens, NY. Cross Bay Boulevard.
Legend has it Davy Jones was a competent drummer but he was small and cute and they didn’t want him stuck behind the drum set. Dolenz was a guitarist but “looked” like a drummer, so they cast him as the drummer and made him learn.
The Wrecking Crew turns out to be the soundtrack of the 60’s and 70’s.
From Frank Sinatra to the Carpenters to The Monkeys to the Beach Boys...
From the theme to the Brady Bunch to Wichita Lineman, they were everywhere and at the same time, nowhere.
I had the sense during that time that they were there but much effort to conceal their genius.
Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith lived in Laurel Canyon and were friends with a lot of the famous 60s/early 70s musicians who also lived there.
Neil Young wasn’t so much a guitar player as a chicken plucker. :-)
I have just about everything NY ever produced, but he jumped the shark years ago. His last six or so albums have sullied his once-great legacy.
David Crosby said when he went to the audition he knew he didn’t have a chance when he saw Mickey Dolenz was there.
Davy Jones was a hell of a singer and Nesmith was a hell of a musician. They all demanded they play their own instruments and put it out on an album. When it came out they all had to admit they sounded like crap.
I was sitting in a diner in the Valley one day and Mickey Dolenz was there. He was a nice guy.
By the way, Nesmith’s mother invented “white out”.
The irony is Davy Jones played the drums and was originally supposed to be the drummer and Dolenz was to be the front man.
But, the producers wanted Davy Jones out front, so they swapped them.
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