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| From | "Drew MacDonald" <drewmacdonald@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Dolenz, Jones, Boyce, and Hart |
| Date | Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:00:58 -0800 |
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> > Does anybody remember a tour -- and possibly an album
> > -- with Dolenz, Jones, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart?
Yeah, I sure do. I was a pimply teenager working at Six Flags Over
Mid-America near St. Louis when DJB&H appeared at the outdoor amphitheater
there. Between steamin' up the corn dogs and spinning the cotton candy at my
"snack cart" on the theater's top landing, I caught their hour-long set at 2
p.m., then at 4 p.m. and once more at 6.p.m. My shift ended just before they
came on again at 8.
I learned several things:
Boyce & Hart's "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" is as good a pop song as
anything they wrote for the Monkees.
Stage patter can be just as well-rehearsed as the song performances.
Never confess to the pretty co-worker staffing the Glow-Whip wagon that you
like an uncool band.
Even if you like the band, two near-identical sets in a three-hour period is
enough. Three sets in five hours is just too damn much.
Drew
np: The Association - JUST THE RIGHT SOUND
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