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The Show Begins

Davy's band came out first and they introduced their lead singer. J Davy came out in a dark suit with a black dress shirt and black vest. Davy's hair is a bit longer again and showed some pretty grey locks. Davy looked great and started into a monologue about his long history as an entertainer. In between some of his monologues, he would show short clips from his TV career. Before the concert started, they showed Davy's very first TV appearance in England on Coronation Street from 1958. I had never seen that clip myself. Davy looked like he was 10, but from what I could tell, it looked like a great acting performance. Some other clips he shared were his screen tests from the Monkees show, his performance on Ed Sullivan in 1964 (on the same show as the Beatles, just a different segment) and some Monkees shows clips played as they played Monkees tunes. The audio wasn't working properly, so Davy made light of it all. Another interesting clip, David showed was some of his horse racing. In particular we saw him with his horse, Digpast.

Davy performed 22 songs and played "I'm A Believer" twice. Cindy wrote the set list down. J I was surprised at how many songs he sang, weren't sung by him originally: What Am I doing Hanging around, PVS, I'm A Believer, and Papa Gene's Blues. I knew from watching YT clips of his recent concerts that he did most of these songs. He covered them quite well I might add.

There was a young woman in front of us, about 21, who had a Monkees Denim jacket. She was a very excited fan and stood up a bit too much blocking my and Cindy's view, but she then calmed down later. She cried when Davy signed her items in the meet and greet after the concert.

Davy's Band

Davy's band is tight. I recognized the female musician (Aviva Maloney) from the 3 Monkees tour in 2001. All of them played very well. Davy took the time to introduce each one of them by saying their name and where they are from. His band members are from all over, drummer from Colombia, saxophone player from LA, guitar player from Boston, (forgot the rest). I think when a performer does that for his band, it shows appreciation. Taken from the program:

Jim Ricitelli - keys
David Robicheau - guitars
John Blair - bass
Eric Biondo - trumpet/percussion
Felipe Torres - drums
Aviva Maloney - sax/keys/woodwinds

Who here at ML knows the long timers in Davy's band? I would be curious to know. I know one of them is Aviva Maloney.

Davy's jokes were funny, but definitely on the baudy side. Luckily they went over my daughter's understanding, though she did try to repeat some of the banter of Davy's toilet jokes. LOL

Since I haven't seen his solo shows, I don't know how often he says the same jokes over and over. Davy did mention his appreciation that fans showed up despite all the gas shortages in the area. Davy made light of the people with the southern drawl. He did a good job of imitating an American Southerner. I thought that was hilarious myself.

Meet and Greet

The show lasted almost 2 hours, but I didn't look at my watch to time it. Beforehand, the lady selling Davy's merchandise said he would have a meet and greet. So after the concert was over, a good sized crowd stayed around for the signing in the area just outside the auditorium. I would guess it was 200 people or so who stood in line with their various Monkees trinkets for Davy to sign with a sharpie. I saw one of the yellowed tamborine, some old Colgems LPs, Australian magazine with an aqua cover (Davy pointed out that it was as such) old photos, yellowed this and that. I was thinking: lots of these Monkees memorabilia are 40 years old and the paper is quite yellowed. One first generation aged fellow had a tye dye Jimi Hendrix t-shirt on, he had Davy sign his poster of the Monkees appearance in Florida in 1967, I believe with Jimi Hendrix Experience opening. I quickly told him he had a cool shirt and he thanked me.

Signing Details

I brought my Deluxe CD of More of the Monkees from Rhino, a Monkees Monthly, and Davy's Autobiography. I had bought the second one at the show and he signed it. It is packed with pictures and updates. I hope to get to read it again and see how different it was from his first edition (maroon covered book.) Davy commented on a rare pin up that Cindy had. Hopefully she will post it. It looks like it was from 68 or so and Davy is standing near one of his cars. He said he imported this particular car from France to the US as they would not allow him to do it from England.

The wait for him to sign stuff wasn't too long, maybe 30 minute wait. My daughter said to Davy, "Davy is the Monkee that likes girls" and Davy replied to her "Yes, I sure do" He then asked my little one her name and she said "Anya" - he said what a lovely name. J The only other thing I could pick up that Davy said was he had been talking to Peter a lot lately. No other details there. Some feller had a very expensive camera and he said he was doing a documentary on Davy, but I didn't get the details as to who he was or what he was working on exactly. He interviewed my daughter quickly and asked her her favorite song Davy sang - "I'm A Believer"

Davy put on a great show and I would love to go again. I would even travel some distance to see him assuming gas supplies return to normal and prices go down a bit. Florida would be a bit far, but I could go to parts of Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina or North Carolina if the drive is no more than 4-5 hours tops from where I live.