Listen to the band

Saturday was an epic day. I booked the day off and Kath and i went to the falls view casino to see the Monkees. For those of you living under a rock in the 1960's The Monkees was a popular tv show and rock and roll band. There were 4 guys in the band Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones. They have had a few reunion tours in the last 25 years minus Nesmith who actually went on to become a successful businessman.

Here's where i start to feel old. They had a massive reunion tour in 1986 for their 20th anniversary. Their show was being re broadcast everywhere amd their original 9 albums from the 60's had been re released. Thats when i got into their stuff. That means I've been a fan for 25 years. My favorite member of the band was Nesmith. I just really liked his songs a lot and in the 90's managed to track down almost all of his solo material. I finally got to see the band in 1996 and it was an awesome show.

So fast forward to 2011 and the band is celebrating its 45th anniversary. There had been some tensions within the band over the last 10 years. Tork left the band in 2001. Jones and Dolenz stopped performing together shortly after that. We were pretty sure they were done. Earlier this year it was announced that Tork, Dolenz and Jones would reunite. Kath and i bought tickets right away at a reasonable price.


The night of the show finally came. We went a few hours early to go to the all you can eat buffet at the casino. I pigged out on desserts. We gambled 20 dollars at the slot machines. It was 8 o clock so we went to the theater. I like that theater there isn't a bad seat in the house. They have pictures all over the place of past performers and i had to laugh at the picture of Vicky Lawrence dressed as mama from mamas family,

The show started at 9. It was pretty cool. I couldnt believe how awesome these guys were. Micky played drums a lot. He didn't drum at all at the concert in 1996. They did a few nesmith songs as well. All through the show they played old clips from the show behind them. Here is what they played
I’m A Believer
Mary, Mary
The Girl I Knew Somewhere
When Love Comes Knockin’ (At Your Door)
Randy Scouse Git
Your Auntie Grizelda
Valleri
Papa Gene’s Blues
That Was Then, This Is Now
She Hangs Out
All Of Your Toys
What Am I Doing Hangin’ ‘Round
Sometime In The Morning
Someday Man
As We Go Along
Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again?
Porpoise Song (Theme From Head)
Daddy’s Song
For Pete’s Sake
A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
Cuddly Toy
Goin’ Down
It’s Nice To Be With You
Last Train To Clarksville
I Wanna Be Free
Saturday’s Child
(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone
Daydream Believer
Listen To The Band
Pleasant Valley Sunday
I’m A Believer
(Theme From) The Monkees

The only sucky thing is they had to cut the show short. They had been doing a 2 and a half hour show--with an intermission but i guess there is different rules when playing at a casino so it was done after an hour and a half. I don't feel ripped off or anything because they played over 30 songs and it was really entertaining. They did a few songs that they have never performed live before and that was really cool. I'm happy Kath got to finally see them and i hope they play somewhere close that isn't a casino so we can see the full show.