Davy Jones of The Monkees has died

ABC News ^ | 02/29/12 | ABCNews

[Red_Devil 232]

Thanks for reminding about Michael Murphy I enjoy his songs.

[LaybackLenny]

Look at Helen Thomas. Still alive and she’s 433 years old.

Uh, no; let's not.

[Emmett McCarthy]

Nesmith did write “Different Drum” which was big for Linda Ronstadt. Around the same time. there was a short-lived act called “The Lewis & Clark Expedition” which consisted of Michael Murphy and a casual pal of mine from here in Nashville, Boomer Castleman.

[EyeGuy]

Oh, and yes, Daydream Believer was indeed yet ANOTHER great song by the Monkees.

[EyeGuy]

I didn’t know that.

Kudos, to Mr. Nesmith. That IS a good song with a nice flowing melody.

[Revolting cat!]

Prefab Four, they were called.

Nesmith went on to produce some excellent solo albums. Subsequently, he lost sight and recently regained it. See his Fakebook page.

[Vaquero]

paging David Bowie....your name is available for use again.

[SlidingW]

My “The Best Of” CD includes “Papa Gene’s Blues (Nesmith),
“Mary, Mary” (Nesmith), “The Girl I knew Somewhere” (Nesmith), “Randy Scouse Git (Dolenz), “For Pete’s Sake (Tork/Joseph Richards), “You May Just Be the One” (Nesmith), “Goin Down” (Tork/Diane Hilderbrand), and “Listen to the Band” (Nesmith).
I developed my crush on Davy in the 70’s watching Monkees reruns after school. I got to see them in the late 80’s when they came to Biloxi. Great show.
RIP Davy.

[Altariel]

I’m a believer: The official music video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfuBREMXxts

[Erasmus]

Crusin'.

Another old favorite: Her Name Was Rodanne.

Both from his album "Elephant Parts," which won the first video album Grammy.

[skr]

I went to the Biloxi concert too. Lots of fun watching them live. I even have Davy’s pre-Monkees album.

[skr]

Peter had the most musical training of the four and was not an actor. He and Mike were both folk singers pre-Monkees. Davy and Micky were the only two actors, although Micky also could play the guitar. Davy had musical theater and recording training but did not play an instrument before the Monkees. Eventually they all played instruments and wrote songs.

[nicksaunt]

...And then I saw her face....Now I’m a Believer, Without a trace....Of doubt in my mind....

I will never forget a huge audience of Monkee fans singing those lyrics along with Davy, Mickey and Peter before a Giants game at Candlestick Park many moons ago. It was so loud and everyone knew all the words. The whole place was singing along. It was great!

The funniest thing was watching the current ball players in the dugout looking up at the stands in complete bewilderment, like "who are these guys?"

Rest in peace Davy. You were a good one.

[dragnet2]

They put out some really great songs. I recall during the mid/late 60s when other groups were the rage with political/rebellious sound, and the group think at the time was they were a prefab, TV teeny bop group, not really cool.

But it didn't matter, as the tunes were excellent, and even the group think crowd silently enjoyed the music.

Several of their songs if done/produced today, would be major, big dollar hits.