RIP Peter Tork

That's a shame, they were funny and I have all thier records. I watched the TV show when ever it was on. Interesting how they came to be and that they didn't play thier own music in the beginning.

The Wrecking Crew documentary about the 30-40 musicians who performed the Monkees tracks plus hundreds of other pop hits sheds a bit of light into the 60s music scene and how the majority of “stars” didn’t play on their own records. Motown, New York, Muscle Shoals, Memphis and LA all had teams of studio cats, largely unknown to the public, that played all that great music you remember.

Actually only half way there, tied with the Beatles. Funny thing, my girlfriend HATES the Monkees. She howled out loud when I started putting a "best of" in the CD player. Oh well, nobody's perfect!

A lot of good songs but I really liked Not your steppin' stone, aunte grazelda, and gonna buy me a dog. I almost forgot mary mary.

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The Wrecking Crew documentary about the 30-40 musicians who performed the Monkees tracks plus hundreds of other pop hits sheds a bit of light into the 60s music scene and how the majority of “stars” didn’t play on their own records. Motown, New York, Muscle Shoals, Memphis and LA all had teams of studio cats, largely unknown to the public, that played all that great music you remember.

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Glen Campbell and Leon Russell just to name a couple.