Former Monkee Davy Jones dies

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Former Monkee Davy Jones dies at age 66 in Florida

Davy Jones, former lead singer of the 1960s made-for-television pop band The Monkees, died on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack in Florida, according to his longtime publicist. He was 66.

No sex, drugs or anti-war songs from those boys.

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No sex, drugs or anti-war songs from those boys.

I watched them every week, had all their albums ... but got a little older and moved on to the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix.

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The Monkees and Jimi Hendrix were not strangers.

[url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jimi-hendrix-drops-out-as-opening-act-for-the-monkees]July 17, 1967:
Jimi Hendrix drops out as opening act for The Monkees[/url]

On July 17, 1967, one of the oddest musical pairings in history comes to an end when Jimi Hendrix dropped out as the opening act for teenybopper sensations The Monkees.

The booking of psychedelic rock god Jimi Hendrix with the made-for-television Monkees was the brainchild of Hendrix's manager, Mike Jeffery, who was seeking greater public exposure for a young client who was a budding star in the UK, but a near-unknown in his native United States. It was in the UK, in fact, that Monkee Mike Nesmith first heard a tape of Hendrix playing while at a dinner party with John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton. Nesmith and his fellow Monkees Peter Tork and Mickey Dolenz became instant Jimi Hendrix fans, and after witnessing his legendary performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967, they encouraged their own manager to invite the little-known but highly respected Jimi Hendrix Experience to join their upcoming U.S. tour.

Hendrix himself appears to have had no direct input on the decision, though he'd made his opinion of the Monkees clear several months earlier in an interview with Melody Maker magazine: "Oh God, I hate them! Dishwater....You can't knock anybody for making it, but people like the Monkees?" Nevertheless, Hendrix joined the tour in progress in Jacksonville, Florida, on July 8. Predictably, the reception given to the now-legendary rock icon by the young fans of the bubblegum Monkees was less than worshipful. As Mickey Dolenz later recalled, "Jimi would amble out onto the stage, fire up the amps and break out into 'Purple Haze,' and the kids in the audience would instantly drown him out with 'We want Daaavy!' God, was it embarrassing."

Jimi Hendrix managed to get through a total of only seven dates with the Monkees, culminating in his final show on July 17, 1967, which may or may not have ended with Hendrix saluting the crowd with his middle finger. There was no truth to the widely circulated rumor that he'd been kicked off of the tour after protests by the Daughters of the American Revolution that his show was "too erotic."

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Yeah, they were just a corporate contrivance, and for said corporations it was all about making little girls delirious... but the records will endure as classics because they are really good recordings of really good songs.
And the Monkees had a lot more real style and substance than today's equivalent... bleccchh!! I loved that TV show, although mostly I watched it for the Monkeemobile. 

Very sad about Davy; too young if you ask me. RIP. 

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Yeah, they were just a corporate contrivance, and for said corporations it was all about making little girls delirious...

The first "boy band".

Matt

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I was never a fan, but both of my older sisters were, so that meant I grew up listening to the Monkees and watching their show.

I thought she was joking when my sister told me Davy Jones was dead,



***put's on sunglasses***




But then I saw her face....

Sorry, I couldn't resist. They were alright though. Always sad when someone of WHOLESOME fame passes.