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Indoor Hot Tubs POTD 4/2/07
drewstar:
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I don't even know why I care, but they seriously had a back-up band performing? I thought I read that at their first concert they were proud of the fact that they were playing their instruments and that it had been confirmed?
I did not think Nesmith would put up with that.
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That's what I had heard, however, I can't find any reference to suppport this. I think I was wrong...However, I think I may have found the source of the rumor, and folks interested in inane triva:
They were all muscisicans (although not great, and Dolenz was a guitar player who learned to play the drums for the show), they could play thier insturments. However for the first 2 albums they used studio muscians, this caused a stir. (although many bands do this).
During concerts, they played thier instruments, but during solo parts of the concert, when only one monkee was on stage, Studio muscians backed up the solo perfomance, this was done openly. Perhaps its this that supported my incorrect rumor?
On later albums, the monkees did play thier own instruments.
Other useless info I came up with with trying to figure this out:
Paul Williams and Stephen Stills both auditioned for parts in the show as Monkees.
Despite Widespread rumors, Charles Manson NEVER auditioned for the show. (urban legend)
Jimmy Hendrix was the opening act for the Monkees American Tour. He stoped touring with them when he got tired of the crowd chanting "We want the Monkees, we want the Monkees. Hendrix flipped him the bird and walked off stage.
Dean Jeffries created the Monkeemobile from two 1966 Pontiac GTO's. (no, he's not the same guy who did the Batmoblethat was Geroge Barris). Dean Jeffriesalso did do the moon buggy in Diamonds are Forever, The Manta on Hardcastle and Mcormick and Black Beauty (The green hornets car, with assits from Barris).
Yes, I am a wealth of useless information.
Webini:
Cool info! I have some small additions:
- Tork was actually an accomplished folk musician prior to the Monkees
- Nesmith's conceptual video "Elephant Parts" was one of the first music videos and won a Grammy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_Parts
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