The Monkees - The Mike And Micky Show Live

 

Monkees duo's first-ever live album!

Featuring 25 hits and fan favorites spanning their entire career!

Michael Nesmith and Micky Dolenz of The Monkees, the two surviving members of the beloved 1960s group, present their first live album as a duo, The Monkeess — The Mike and Micky Show Show.

Taped in March 2019 during the duo's live shows spotlighting songs from the band's entire career, the setlist includes a mixture of big hits ("I'm a Believer," "Pleasant Valley Sunday" and "Daydream Believer"), deep cuts ("Good Clean Fun," "As We Go Along" and "Tapioca Tundra") and tunes from their 2016 comeback LP Good Times! ("Me & Magdalena" and "Birth of an Accidental Hipster").

The Monkees Present: The Mike & Micky Show is the latest chapter in Monkee-mania, a saga that began in 1965 when four young men were cast in a television show about a struggling rock band that was inspired by the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night. Few could have predicted the impact the Monkees would have on music and pop culture at large, one that still reverberates more than 50 years later.

Formed in Los Angeles for the eponymous television series, the quartet of Dolenz, Nesmith, Tork and the late Davy Jones brought a singular mix of pop, rock, psychedelia, Broadway and country to their music. The Monkees' first single, "Last Train to Clarksville," was released in 1966 and quickly headed for the top spot of the Billboard charts, where it would ultimately sit for 13 of the 78 weeks it remained in the Top 200. (Two decades later, in the midst of a new burst of Monkee-mania, The Monkees popped back onto the charts, bringing the total number of weeks to 102.)

By the time the series aired its final new episode on March 25, 1968, the Monkees had seen three further albums top the charts — More of the Monkees, Headquarters, and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. All were released in 1967, staggeringly enough, racking up several more hit singles, with "I'm A Believer," "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone," "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You," "The Girl I Knew Somewhere," "Pleasant Valley Sunday," "Words," "Daydream Believer," "Valleri," and "Tapioca Tundra" all finding their way into the Billboard Top 40. The final tally: 16 million albums and 7.5 million singles sold in a mere 2 1/2 years.

After the series' two-season run, the group went on to star in the cult feature film Head (co-written by Jack Nicholson) and a TV special (33 1/3 Revolutions per Monkee) while also continuing to record new material. But as the '60s gave way to the '70s, the members of the Monkees eventually gave in to their individual musical interests and went their separate ways . . . for awhile.

"I love being on stage with Micky," says Nesmith. "We've been collaborating for over 50 years, so it's hard to believe it's never been just the two of us. I'm excited to dust off some tunes that I haven't played for a long time too. These are going to be some fun shows."

"Right from the get-go, I admired Mike's songs. When we used to get together around the campfire to sing in the early days, we were always doing his songs," says Dolenz. "We always had such a great a vocal blend; he was the one who encouraged me to write songs of my own. I've always been a big fan and now we finally get to do the Mike & Micky show that we riffed on back when we were shooting The Monkees."

 

 

Side One:

Last Train To Clarksville

Sunny Girlfriend

Mary, Mary

You Told Me

For Pete's Sake

The Door Into Summer

You Just May Be The One

Side Two:

A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You

The Girl I Knew Somewhere

Birth Of An Accidental Hipster

St. Matthew

As We Go Along

Circle Sky

Side Three:

Pleasant Valley Sunday

Papa Gene's Blues

Randy Scouse Git

Tapioca Tundra

Me & Magdalena

Side Four:

Auntie's Municipal Court

Goin' Down

Sweet Young Thing

(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone

Daydream Believer

Listen To The Band

I'm A Believer

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