Mellotronists

> From: "jonesalley" <jonesalley@...>
   > Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:33:04 -0500
   > 
   > Hi, Don, thanks for the extra tidbits.  I have suddenly taken the
   > guys' music more seriously.

Yeah, Nesmith and Tork had folk music backgrounds before joining The
Monkees.  And I've always loved Dolenz's singing.  And behind the
scenes there were some great songwriters like Boyce, Hart and King and
some fine studio musicians like Glen Campbell.  The Monkees made some
really great music.

Dolenz went to the trouble of taking drum lessons during the filming
of the show, which I always thought was commendable.  He's been quoted
as saying, "Well, it's not like learning brain surgery."

I think the big problem was that they were specifically hired as
actors for a comedy show, not as musicians.  

  -- Don

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Don Tillman
Palo Alto, California
don@...
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