“We did a version of ‘You Told Me,’ the vocal part, that was really electrifying,” says Nesmith. At first, it was just the two of them and Nesmith’s son Christian poring through the 12 Monkees studio albums, picking tunes they felt like singing and trying them out vocally without any band. Rehearsals began at Nesmith’s home in Carmel, California, a couple of months ago. “From the old Mike and Micky stuff I felt there may be some creative fun to be had here.” “I realized if there was going to be any more Monkees music played live that Micky and I were going to have to do it,” says Nesmith. But once those dates wrapped in December 2016, Tork told Dolenz that he wouldn’t be available for any shows in the foreseeable future. The group was in the middle of a huge 50th-anniversary tour, but Nez sat out nearly every date, leaving Dolenz and Peter Tork to carry the Monkee banner as a duo. Less than two years ago, he retired “Monkee Mike” after an emotional farewell show at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles. Perhaps the most amazing thing about the tour is that Nesmith agreed to it in the first place. It’s so great to recapture all these moments.”īlack Sabbath on the Making of 'Vol.
“But it’s so exciting to hear these songs done in their original context and harmonies. “It’s been a lot of work because Nez is quite the perfectionist,” says Dolenz. It’s going to be a very different show than anything any incarnation of the Monkees has ever presented since there won’t be screens displaying vintage clips of the group and they’re dipping deep into the catalog to resurrect songs that have never been played live. It has taken over 50 years, but their dream of the Mike and Micky Show is finally coming true in June when the “The Monkees Present: The Mike and Micky Show” kicks off a month-long run of dates in Chandler, Arizona. “We just never had the big money support for it because it was all about the Monkees, so we’d just set up on some of the set furniture and sing songs while the crew set up lights.” “We even had this odd idea about doing the Mike and Micky Show because we enjoyed playing together and singing together so much,” says Nesmith. Their harmony blend was a crucial part of the group’s signature sound, and on the group’s television show they shared impeccable comic timing and loved nothing more than to go off script and improv with one another. From the earliest days of the Monkees, Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith had a special bond.
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