Mike's RIC

This cool pic came in the mail today! Mike at a MONKEES show at OLYMPIA STADIUM in Detroit 1967. He is playing a RICKENBACKER 360 12-string like mine. I believe this may have some historical significance...I have never seen him holding a RICKENBACKER in any of the live MONKEE shots...this may have been right after his custom GRETSCH 12-string was stolen.

DAVY JONES

These photos are from a concert I went to in the late 1980's right here in Oak Lawn, IL

I watched ROYAL FLUSH 45 years later....

with Jack Davis' MONKEES NBC promo on our Jack Davis DVD! I was a baby when THE MONKEES hit the airwaves and my Mom bought me the MONKEES MATTEL Talking Hand Puppet...because I liked the theme song so much!

Jack Davis 1966 MONKEES Promo

Added Jack's 1966 Promo to the JACK DAVIS DVD along with the 1971 RANKIN/BASS DOCUMENTARY (Featuring his art!)

Why are they NOT in the Hall of fame?

I was listening to some MONKEES last night and thinking about how songs like PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAY, WHAT AM I DOING HANGIN' 'ROUND?, PAPA GENE'S BLUES and THE GIRL I KNEW SOMEWHERE are pieces of art! They have some amazing songs in their catalog and are surely more deserving to be in the hall of fame than some that are already in.

An early live appearance of THE MONKEES with my pal Jack Davis' MONKEE Art on the front of the stage! We are including Jack's MONKEE NBC promo on the Jack Davis Reel DVD!

THE MONKEES

It is a possibility that Mike may appear at the Royal Albert Hall show...

Dolenz, Jones and Tork are touring the UK for the 45th Anniversary:

The Monkees 2011 Tour Dates:
05/12 – Liverpool, UK @ Echo Arena
05/14 – Manchester, UK @ Apollo
05/15 – Newcastle, UK @ City Hall
05/16 – Glasgow, UK @ Clyde Auditorium
05/19 – London, UK @ Royal Albert Hall
05/20 – Sheffield, UK @ City Hall
05/21 – Birmingham, UK @ NIA
05/23 – Plymouth, UK @ Pavillions
05/24 – Cardiff, UK @ CIA
05/25 – Nottingham, UK @ Royal Centre

HEAD arrives!

and it is very cool!

from my friend Ron's package...

HEAD box set coming!

If this is anything like the BIRDS, THE BEES & THE

MONKEES box set...it will be well woth the $! Looks

like some very cool and RARE stuff! It will be released

at the end of October by RHINO HANDMADE.

Love this! www.powsley.blogspot.com

NBC-TV 1966

from Gary Matheson There are many more pages to this that I will try to post soon!

A few weeks ago, I did a posting about the HANDMADE RHINO box set for THE BIRDS, THE BEES & THE MONKEES. Well, it came Saturday and I could not believe the beautiful packaging and the wealth of RARITIES it contains! It comes in a beautifully designed box about 2 inches bigger than a 45 record sleeve and has a nice book, 3 discs in cardboard sleeves and a pinback. I love the 8 track commercial featuring a Davy Jones interview and many GREAT out-takes and RARITIES. A MUST HAVE for any MONKEE fan!

THE MONKEES visit Chicago in 1966 near the Marina Towers...THE HOUSE OF BLUES is right next to the Marina towers now.

working on "When Love Comes Knockin' (at your door)" for MORE OF THE MONKEES NY, 1966 w/ Don Kirschner, Neil Sedaka and Carole Bayer Sager

DAVY tomorrow night at the ARCADA!

THE BIRDS, THE BEES & THE MONKEES HANDMADE DELUXE 3 disc set

I didn't even know this finally came out! Ordered one today...Beautiful packaging with a lenticular cover. It is a three disc set and features rarities on disc three. This fifth album features some of their most creative MONKEE music. Davy Jones will be at the ARCADA THEATRE this Saturday night with us! The last time he played the ARCADA they flew in his Monkee co-star DENA MARTIN (Dean Martin's daughter) as a surprise. Dena was in the episode that I think was called "Some like it luke warm" from the second season. It was the episode that they needed to have a girl in the band for a contest and Davy dressed up as a girl. The episode also featured Mike playing the MONKEES GRETSCH guitar.