Davy Jones died

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In the early 80's a band I was in was managed by a guy who owned a studio in Waltham Mass (my first time in a real studio), he claimed to be a bass player on the Monkees albums...but seeing how I was early 20s I would have believed anything so I'm not sure how true that was

so what was his name?

if I tell you you wont believe me...Gary Smith

[jondl_2000]

I remember being perplexed as a child by my older sisters, teeny-boppers at the time, having a crush on Davy Jones. Fun times... RIP

[annode]

Hink sez;

(I do remember watching the Beetles on Ed Sullivan, but I think my parents would not let us see the Stones back then)

Great memory you must have. If my 'rithmetic is correct, that would have made you 4 yrs old. If the '65 Sullivan/beatles you were 5 yrs old.
I can remember tv shows i've seen at age 4 and 5, but they were successive series sort of shows. If the show scared me, like Twilight Zone, it had more impact.

Also, while i'm ribbing you, ,your post was more a tribute to your history then that of Davy Jones.

On my end, I bought and listened to the 1st two monkees lps at that time.(moms money) I liked them a lot and played them often, but never took them seriously. We all knew they were fabricated. To be honest, they did no more for me then bring Carnaby Street fashion into my life as in the painting of the two hipsters with the big eyes..

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it's fairly easy to remember when I was that young shows and such (I remember watching the news with my mom when JFK was shot). Your math is correct but there were several major reminders that make such things easy. We moved from one house to another two streets over in 1965, just before we moved we got the first color tv in our neighborhood. So between the two when I have memories of sitting with the family watching tv and those memories are on the old oversized (small screen) zenith black and white tv it's pretty easy to put the pieces together.

fwiw, in the new house I still will never understand why the whole neighborhood was at our house watching tv July of 1969

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In the early 80's a band I was in was managed by a guy who owned a studio in Waltham Mass (my first time in a real studio), he claimed to be a bass player on the Monkees albums...but seeing how I was early 20s I would have believed anything so I'm not sure how true that was

I think it's unlikely - I think Carol Kaye has been pretty widely documented as the bass player on most of the Monkees recordings (unless it was one of the albums on which Peter Tork actually played).

yeah I think he was all talk, I haven't seen him in so many years but you know how it is...you're young, you have dreams and you get excited about anything. He did arrange for a showcase in Waltham where we were going to headline, it was before A-smith got back together and Joe Perry was suppose to let him use a P.A. System the JP Project owned. That fell through because I was told I couldn't use my amp which at the time was my plexi head and a 4x12 and I refused, my friends tried to change my mind but when our drummer was told he couldn't use his kit that ended that. I know there was some truth to it becuase he did introduce me to Joe Perry and Steve Tyler.

A music store down the street at the time (not sure if you know Waltham but it was Moody Street) had a Gibson Explorer that was Joe Perry's (maybe it was a destroyer though, the one with an arrow on the headstock). It was for sale for 399 and that's the closest I have come to owning a Gibson but it was trashed. Within less than a year we were 4th row at the Capitol Theatre in Concord NH watching the first show after A-smith got back together. The week before we were at the Frolics at Salisbury Beach watching the last show of the Joe Perry project tripping our brains out on shrooms

That was a store called Dom's music Dom liked me until I bought my plexi because I was looking at a Marshall in his store as well but bought mine at the Music Workshop in Salem NH and he was pissed at me. I forget what I was looking at after that but he came out and said "why dont you go buy it in NH" and I never went back in his store..I mean he gave me great advice

There was some other bassist who recorded often...check wiki songs/players

I commend your graceful transition from answering the 'Who was he?' question, to going on about yourself. Maybe you have a book in you wanting to be written?

Just kidding around having some fun Hink.

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Hink sez;

wiw, in the new house I still will never understand why the whole neighborhood was at our house watching tv July of 1969 HiHi

Ok...without looking it up, i'll guess it was the 1st American tv show broadcast in color....Bonanza. (Was that it?)

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Hink sez;

wiw, in the new house I still will never understand why the whole neighborhood was at our house watching tv July of 1969 HiHi

Ok...without looking it up, i'll guess it was the 1st American tv show broadcast in color....Bonanza. (Was that it?)

no, it was the B&W footage of Armstrong landing on the moon

[annode]

Hink sez;

wiw, in the new house I still will never understand why the whole neighborhood was at our house watching tv July of 1969 HiHi

Ok...without looking it up, i'll guess it was the 1st American tv show broadcast in color....Bonanza. (Was that it?)

no, it was the B&W footage of Armstrong landing on the moon

Right! Should have know that....[my birthday July 21]
EDIT: as for Bonanza, I was only off 10 yrs! That scares me.

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In the early 80's a band I was in was managed by a guy who owned a studio in Waltham Mass (my first time in a real studio), he claimed to be a bass player on the Monkees albums...but seeing how I was early 20s I would have believed anything so I'm not sure how true that was

I think it's unlikely - I think Carol Kaye has been pretty widely documented as the bass player on most of the Monkees recordings (unless it was one of the albums on which Peter Tork actually played).

yeah I think he was all talk, I haven't seen him in so many years but you know how it is...you're young, you have dreams and you get excited about anything. He did arrange for a showcase in Waltham where we were going to headline, it was before A-smith got back together and Joe Perry was suppose to let him use a P.A. System the JP Project owned. That fell through because I was told I couldn't use my amp which at the time was my plexi head and a 4x12 and I refused, my friends tried to change my mind but when our drummer was told he couldn't use his kit that ended that. I know there was some truth to it becuase he did introduce me to Joe Perry and Steve Tyler.

A music store down the street at the time (not sure if you know Waltham but it was Moody Street) had a Gibson Explorer that was Joe Perry's (maybe it was a destroyer though, the one with an arrow on the headstock). It was for sale for 399 and that's the closest I have come to owning a Gibson but it was trashed. Within less than a year we were 4th row at the Capitol Theatre in Concord NH watching the first show after A-smith got back together. The week before we were at the Frolics at Salisbury Beach watching the last show of the Joe Perry project tripping our brains out on shrooms

That was a store called Dom's music Dom liked me until I bought my plexi because I was looking at a Marshall in his store as well but bought mine at the Music Workshop in Salem NH and he was pissed at me. I forget what I was looking at after that but he came out and said "why dont you go buy it in NH" and I never went back in his store..I mean he gave me great advice

There was some other bassist who recorded often...check wiki songs/players

I commend your graceful transition from answering the 'Who was he?' question, to going on about yourself. Maybe you have a book in you wanting to be written?

Just kidding around having some fun Hink.

fun? Actually I'm in a really bad mood tbh and with good reason but I'll sit here content in the fact I'm letting your jabs slide

[robogone]

I remember watching the news with my mom when JFK was shot

I think it's unlikely that my parents saw the news of JFK being shot as I believe I was being conceived at the time...

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I remember watching the news with my mom when JFK was shot

I think it's unlikely that my parents saw the news of JFK being shot as I believe I was being conceived at the time...

wow, now that's pin point accuracy...I'm not sure which takes less time. A gun shot or most men firing their guns ;hihi:

[robogone]

Well one is shooting *from* the grassy knoll and the other is shooting *at* the grassy knoll...

[GaryG]

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Well one is shooting *from* the grassy knoll and the other is shooting *at* the grassy knoll...

"at" the grassy knoll? My boys did some serious spelunking before they hit their intended target

[Vintage73]

Interesting way of honoring Davy Jones.