Sorry so late! I haven't had a chance to sit here and collect my thoughts to put together a review for everyone. I finally have a moment to do that for you.
Enough of that, now on to the show. Jim Kerr (from Q104.3) introuduced Micky to the crowd. Micky walked on stage to The Monkees Theme song playing in the background and gave a wave to us. He started to then sing. In some capacity, I think vocally he's gotten even better. I loved the idea that I felt almost like I was experiencing Micky's past as he went though memory lane with the audience. It was quite a trip. Let's move on to the set list.
First he opened up with "I'm a Believer", which was great as always, followed by "D.W. Washburn". That one surprised me a little bit. This is coming from me who has never been to a MONKEES show (though that will change shortly). I've only seen Micky as a solo act in my life. This next comment is based on that. Vocally, this one was amazing. A flawless performance indeed.
Next would be "That Was Then and This is Now". He always does a nice performance on this one as well. He and Coco Dolenz blend so amazing together. It goes without say I think at this point. That transitioned right into "She". This one was one of the songs I felt he sounded better then ever on live. This one definitely got any last person who wasn't yet into it, now completely in. The crowd erupted on that one.
After Micky took a moment to talk to the crowd, welcome us to his show and talk about his next song "Sugar, Sugar". He spoke about how this was supposed to be a Monkees song and because of how The Monkees were feeling about their situation at the moment, they decided against it. He said he still in some way wasn't going to sing this one. That was until David Harris got his hands on it. Micky fell in love with the arrangement that Harris came up with and proceeded to sing it. The rest is history. This song, in my opinion, was one of the best performances of the night. Also love the suggestive dancing!
Moving on, Micky's next adventure into the past was "Sometime in the Morning". This is one of my favorite Monkees songs of all time. Also it is one of the best songs on the new album. The new arrangement is fabulous. He did do this one as it would sound on "Remember". Just a really memorable performance. An amazing vocal piece as well. "Last Train to Clarksville" followed. A great performance as always!
Now we follow Micky into the Jimi Hendrix experience. He would go on to say that Jimi Hendrix was the opener for the Monkees tour back in the day. He proceeded to start the song, which was "Purple Haze". He got finished with the first verse and said all he heard backstage was girls yelling "We want Davy, we want Micky, We want the Monkees, Da da dada, Etc." A very comical part of the evening. He then asked the audience if they wanted to hear the rest, and finished out what was another stellar perfomance.
"Cryin' In The Rain" was the next performance, which was very good! This was followed by a short but very awesome Michael Nesmith tribute in which Coco would then sing "Different Drum". This song may be the best song ever written by Michael and given to Linda Ronstadt. Coco did an outstanding vocal rendition of this big song and nailed it!
Micky then did a tribute to his other dear friend, Mr. David Jones. There was a shift felt in the air as he was speaking of Davy. He said Davy was like a brother to him. And with the audience permission (which he so politely asked us), he went on to sing "Daydream Believer" and "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You". This was such a touching part of the night and done so tastefully from Micky.
Now the song order here for me is going to be all over the place. None the less, I'll just let you know how the performances were but in no order. (Forgive me if these came before the Davy Tribute as well but I don't believe they did). The next songs performed were "Blackbird", which was a Micky and Coco duet (Not the Beatles version. This was a different song. I am unsure of the artist), and "White Rabbit" done solely by Coco, because Micky said he needed a breather. Two more outstanding performances. Also performed was "Steppin' Stone". Another awesome performance.
Micky would follow that with his Beatles portion of the show. Letting us inside his experience with meeting the Beatles. He mentioned John Lennon would call him "monkee man" upon Micky's entrance. He went on to sing "Randy Scouse Git" (also known in England as "Alternate Title") and the Beatles hit "Oh! Darling". This was another amazing part of the night. 2 of the best performances of the night.
This was an amazing evening. Other songs performed were "Goin' Down", "Johnny B Goode", "Words", "Pleasant Valley Sunday", the new version of "I'm a Believer" and "Listen to the Band".
I want to apologize, I am doing this by memory so it might be slightly out of order. I hope I didn't forget a song. Also want to mention that his exit was to the backing of "For Pete's Sake", the most appropriate way to end an amazing show. The show was phenomenal. A+ all around for me!
A few pictures I personally took. (If you are going to use them else where please credit! Thanks
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Enough of that, now on to the show. Jim Kerr (from Q104.3) introuduced Micky to the crowd. Micky walked on stage to The Monkees Theme song playing in the background and gave a wave to us. He started to then sing. In some capacity, I think vocally he's gotten even better. I loved the idea that I felt almost like I was experiencing Micky's past as he went though memory lane with the audience. It was quite a trip. Let's move on to the set list.
First he opened up with "I'm a Believer", which was great as always, followed by "D.W. Washburn". That one surprised me a little bit. This is coming from me who has never been to a MONKEES show (though that will change shortly). I've only seen Micky as a solo act in my life. This next comment is based on that. Vocally, this one was amazing. A flawless performance indeed.
Next would be "That Was Then and This is Now". He always does a nice performance on this one as well. He and Coco Dolenz blend so amazing together. It goes without say I think at this point. That transitioned right into "She". This one was one of the songs I felt he sounded better then ever on live. This one definitely got any last person who wasn't yet into it, now completely in. The crowd erupted on that one.
After Micky took a moment to talk to the crowd, welcome us to his show and talk about his next song "Sugar, Sugar". He spoke about how this was supposed to be a Monkees song and because of how The Monkees were feeling about their situation at the moment, they decided against it. He said he still in some way wasn't going to sing this one. That was until David Harris got his hands on it. Micky fell in love with the arrangement that Harris came up with and proceeded to sing it. The rest is history. This song, in my opinion, was one of the best performances of the night. Also love the suggestive dancing!
Moving on, Micky's next adventure into the past was "Sometime in the Morning". This is one of my favorite Monkees songs of all time. Also it is one of the best songs on the new album. The new arrangement is fabulous. He did do this one as it would sound on "Remember". Just a really memorable performance. An amazing vocal piece as well. "Last Train to Clarksville" followed. A great performance as always!
Now we follow Micky into the Jimi Hendrix experience. He would go on to say that Jimi Hendrix was the opener for the Monkees tour back in the day. He proceeded to start the song, which was "Purple Haze". He got finished with the first verse and said all he heard backstage was girls yelling "We want Davy, we want Micky, We want the Monkees, Da da dada, Etc." A very comical part of the evening. He then asked the audience if they wanted to hear the rest, and finished out what was another stellar perfomance.
"Cryin' In The Rain" was the next performance, which was very good! This was followed by a short but very awesome Michael Nesmith tribute in which Coco would then sing "Different Drum". This song may be the best song ever written by Michael and given to Linda Ronstadt. Coco did an outstanding vocal rendition of this big song and nailed it!
Micky then did a tribute to his other dear friend, Mr. David Jones. There was a shift felt in the air as he was speaking of Davy. He said Davy was like a brother to him. And with the audience permission (which he so politely asked us), he went on to sing "Daydream Believer" and "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You". This was such a touching part of the night and done so tastefully from Micky.
Now the song order here for me is going to be all over the place. None the less, I'll just let you know how the performances were but in no order. (Forgive me if these came before the Davy Tribute as well but I don't believe they did). The next songs performed were "Blackbird", which was a Micky and Coco duet (Not the Beatles version. This was a different song. I am unsure of the artist), and "White Rabbit" done solely by Coco, because Micky said he needed a breather. Two more outstanding performances. Also performed was "Steppin' Stone". Another awesome performance.
Micky would follow that with his Beatles portion of the show. Letting us inside his experience with meeting the Beatles. He mentioned John Lennon would call him "monkee man" upon Micky's entrance. He went on to sing "Randy Scouse Git" (also known in England as "Alternate Title") and the Beatles hit "Oh! Darling". This was another amazing part of the night. 2 of the best performances of the night.
This was an amazing evening. Other songs performed were "Goin' Down", "Johnny B Goode", "Words", "Pleasant Valley Sunday", the new version of "I'm a Believer" and "Listen to the Band".
I want to apologize, I am doing this by memory so it might be slightly out of order. I hope I didn't forget a song. Also want to mention that his exit was to the backing of "For Pete's Sake", the most appropriate way to end an amazing show. The show was phenomenal. A+ all around for me!
A few pictures I personally took. (If you are going to use them else where please credit! Thanks






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