In the show, he was "Corky", and known by the stage name Mickey Braddock.
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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I had to buy Monkees albums on the down low, otherwise, I would be mocked for enjoying them, LOL.
Yes, she worked for a local bank at the time. She died young.
In the show, he was "Corky", and known by the stage name Mickey Braddock.
Harvest Moon was pretty good.
Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart wrote some Monkee songs as well as played in the studio on some of their tracks. Generally, The Wrecking Crew” (Hal Blaine, Glenn Campbell, Carol Kaye, ec) played on most of their tracks.
Nesmith’s mother created “Liquid Paper”...and made millions.
For some reason, there was deep animosity between Nesmith and Davey Jones.
I always liked “Mary, Mary”....ironically written by Nesmith.
I don’t know why people thought the Monkees were no good. They had lots of good songs like:
Take a Giant Step
Valeri
I’m a Believer
Pleasant Valley Sunday (”Here in status symbol land ....”)
She
Cuddly Toy
Daydream Believer
I’m Not Your Stepping Stone
and more.
Stills once got real angry when asked about auditioning for the Monkees. He said it was a myth. That he brought a lot of demos of songs for them to consider, but he never wanted to be a Monkee.
This was a long time ago when the Monkees weren’t fashionable and Stills was frying his brain and awesome talent. So, who knows?
I love the irony of people who dismiss the Monkees because they (mostly) didn’t write their songs or play their records, but think Elvis was a god.
He’s obviously really unhappy these days. I feel bad for him. He’s making a fool of himself.
Neil Diamond wrote a couple of Monkeys songs, I believe.
In 1964 Davey Jones was The Artful Dodger in “Oliver” from London’s West End to Broadway, nabbing a Tony award nomination in the process. He also appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show on the same night as The Beatles: Feb 9, 1964.
It really was - I recall seeing it in the "World of Wheels" custom car shows. There was also an episode of their show that featured one of the very few real Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupes (Phil Spector's infamous car, that vanished into a storage unit for 30 years).
The mother of one of the Monkees was the person who invented WhiteOut. It was a white liquid that was used to cover mistakes made on a typewriter. She made millions.
It’s an interesting story. She was a legal secretary and also an artist. She used some kind of mixture of tempura paint that worked so well she began selling it to her co-workers.
Michael Bolton is reputed to have listened carefully to ‘Last Train’ and said, “Man, that really rocked!” as he stepped out of the elevator.
Point well taken! I should have said “TV acting experience”
No, she was an executive secretary at a bank.
A Monkee man don’t need him around anyhow.
Amazing how someone can get fired for putting together two #1 albums.
I woulda taken the gravy train, but I’m not Nesmith, so...
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