Sandra Schock recently shared some of her Monkees artwork with the Live Almanac. Here's a great sketch of Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork with their touring band. For more of Sandra's artwork, be sure to visit her on Facebook and Twitter. The Live Almanac would like to extend a warm thank you to Micky, Peter, and Michael Nesmith for all of the fun and excitement they brought to the road this year. I'd also like to recognize Andrew Sandoval, who produced the tour, along with the entire staff and crew that worked behind the scenes. Andrew was also kind enough to share photos of set lists from numerous shows on the tour with the Live Almanac, and that was much appreciated. If only Davy Jones had been around for it all. With that being said, the 50th Anniversary concerts wouldn't have been the success they were without The Monkees' touring band: Wayne Avers (guitar/musical director), John Billings (bass), Rich Dart (drums), Dave Alexander (keyboards), and Coco Dolenz (vocals/percussion). Everyone involved with the tour should take a bow! In the meantime, I'm going to begin work on my essay for the 50th Anniversary Tour page here on the Live Almanac, along with creating a page dedicated exclusively to Michael Nesmith's final concert with The Monkees at the Pantages Theatre this past September. I would also like to take a minute to thank everyone for their constant support of this website and blog. I have been overwhelmed by your kind email notes and well-wishes. I continue to be astonished by the traffic flow the site receives!! I was also honored that The Monkees Live Almanac was mentioned this year in online articles published by industry websites like Billboard and others, and author Peter Mills gave a shout-out to the Live Almanac in his newly published book, The Monkees, Head, and the 60s (which I highly recommend): John Wilson, Alan Adkins, Jim Catapano, Fred Velez, Patrick Zappi, Daniel Eckert, Mark James Melhi, Amy Collen, and Brian Marchese also deserve recognition. In honor of The Monkees' 50th Anniversary, they composed essays for the Live Almanac (and in Brian's instance produced a podcast) celebrating the group's history and impact, and their work has greatly enhanced this website. Finally, a hearty thank you to John Hughes, Andrew Sandoval, Dan Wingate, and everyone at Rhino Records, who provided Monkees fans with two monumental releases this year. Good Times!, The Monkees' first studio album since 1996's Justus, shot to the upper echelons of the charts and captured the spirit of the group's '60s recordings, due in large part to Adam Schlesinger, who produced the LP. Rhino's Blu-ray set, which featured all of the Monkees episodes, Head, and 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee restored from their original prints (along with a bevy of bonus features), allowed The Monkees' legacy on film to jump into the 21st century. Now, stay tuned to The Monkees Live Almanac in 2017 for all it will bring to Monkees fans!
9 Comments
12/17/2016 22:01:31
The monkees are asume and so talented still going strong, love their new cd good times will be voting for the monkees to get voted and win album of the yr congratulations on your celebrating good times 50yrs this yr
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Mary Ann Hobbs
12/17/2016 23:09:55
Love you guys...please come back to VIRGINIA BEACH VIRGINIA💖💖💖💖💖💖
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John
12/18/2016 10:32:48
With 2016 winding down, if I had to pick my favorite Monkees moments it would have to be here with the Almanac-specifically when She Makes Me Laugh, You Bring The Summer, and Magdalena (albeit a bit early) were debuted in real time as I was surfing and the Almanac was front and center breaking them .
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Monkees Live Almanac
12/18/2016 15:13:19
That's awesome, John. Thanks for your note. It was a lot of fun covering the first batch of new Monkees songs in 20 years.
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larry gonzalez
12/18/2016 19:41:37
This was truly the year of the Monkees fan. "Good Times!", the blu-ray set, a fantastic tour, wow, great stuff. For me, another highlight was discovering this website. The information is abundant, but it's the obvious care and sense of community that keeps me coming back day after day. Happy Holidays to one and all, I can't wait to see what 2017 brings.
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Monkees Live Almanac
12/18/2016 22:16:01
So glad you found the site, Larry! Thanks for your kind words and please keep visiting!
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Sunny Nestork
12/21/2016 12:10:08
Wonderful tour--traveled to see them twice...and well worth it! Loved the music, the camaraderie, the clips from the shows, the jokes--it was like seeing the TV show live! Micky sounds wonderful as ever, Peter sounded better than I recall and played masterfully...and the band was as tight as could be!
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Monkees Live Almanac
12/22/2016 10:24:52
At the start of the tour, it was confirmed that merchandise would be sold online at monkees.com, but nothing is available as of this moment. Stay tuned!
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Mary Mary
12/21/2016 19:06:06
I got to 1 concert for this tour earlier this year in the US. Happy the guys got to Australia to tour. Dedicated fans down under! 2016 was a fabulous Monkees year.
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