( Crosby Stills Nash and Young plus Buffalo Springfield ).
I just finished a post that went on a bit about Harry Nillson.
Well both of those musicians auditioned for the 1960's TV show, the Monkees. Can you imagine what the musical world would have been like if these masters of rock and pop might have detoured into a Saturday morning TV show?
Stephen Stills, best friends with Jimi Hendrix was once invited to be the bass player in Jimi's band.
He once commented on writing songs about women "there are three things that men can do with women, love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literature. I've had my share of success and failure at all three"
Stephen recommended a friend of his to the television producers, Peter Tork.
A great deal of the Monkees tunes were written by the song writing duo, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. Neil Diamond wrote "I'm a Believer". Glen Campbell and Leon Russell were session players for the TV soundtrack. ( as part of the "Wrecking Crew" of unknown, uncredited professional musicians.)
The song "Last Train to Clarksville" was a hit even before the full cast was in place for the show. The first TV version was performed by Boyce and Hart with their band, "the Candy Store Prophets"
The song was meant to be an anti-war song referring to a train that is heading to an army base during the Vietnam era draft..
The last line says " I don't know if I'm ever going home"
The team of Boyce and Hart wrote songs for Fats Domino, Chubby Checker, Jay and the Americans, Paul Revere and the Raiders...the theme tune for "Days of Our Lives", and performed on the TV shows "The Flying Nun" and "I Dream of Jeannie".
In the mid 70's and later in the 80's, they teamed up with ex-Monkees Davey Jones and Mickey Dolenz to tour the world performing the songs of the Monkees albums. This group called Dolenz Jones Boyce and Hart were the first American rock or pop group to play in Thailand.
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