The Monkees music came from the cream of contemporary songwriters in the ’60s in that period just before songwriters increasingly began to sing their own work. Neil Diamond, Carole King, Tommy Boyce ...
Micky Dolenz knows you don’t want a new version of “Last Train to Clarksville.” The Monkees star gets you just want the original because that's what he wants, too. “I was a huge Everly Brothers fan.