Well us Boomers that grew up in the late 1960's got a kick in the head yesterday, when news came that Davy Jones, late of the musical group, The Monkees, died at age 66.
Suddenly a whole lot of us are feeling quite old and vulnerable.
I was a big Fan. I had much older brothers so in our house, The Beatles reigned supreme but with my little 7 yr old teeny bopper self, I was all about The Monkees, The Jackson 5, The Partridge Family and Bobbie Sherman.
This is the only album I could find yesterday when I dug out my vinyls....
I believe at one time I had all their albums....I wore out a copy of "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd." and I broke my "The Monkees Headquarters" album. I could only play the songs closer to the center of the disc, after I broke a piece off of the record.lol
Here's one of my favorite songs from THE MONKEES album. I tended to gravitate to the funny songs.....
Though they had many detracters, there was talent in that group.
Watch this funny clip and listen closely....
Now listen to it again, done by the artist who made it famous....
Yep, a Monkee wrote that.
Here he is singing it, back in the 1990's.
My Fav. of the 4 was Mickey.
But here is one of my favorite songs that Davy had the lead vocals on...
He played a mean tamborine, didn't he? ;-)
And to put a personal spin on this, Davy Jones has a home about 1.5 hours from where I live in PA. He kept and raced horses there and enjoyed blending into the community there. People left him alone and he would spent time there out of the spotlight.
And for Bonus points tell me what was the Hit A Side to this B Side tune on one of their 45rpm record Singles?
R.I.P. Davy Jones. You helped a generation of youth sing.
I'm off to watch this video below and go work on my Monkees Walk.......
Sluggy
