[Ipg-smz] So bummed

[Tim Walker]

Great story, Stephen!

On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 12:19 AM Stephen Lawton <sl at afab.com> wrote:

> In the mid-1960s I lived in North Hollywood, Calif. There was a band that
> used to play in an elderly woman’s garage (elderly? I’m probably older now
> than she was then). It wasn’t a very good band but they practiced a lot and
> improved. Years later I came to learn that it was the Monkees practicing in
> Mickey Dolenz’s grandmother’s garage. The studio had put the band together
> and they were just getting to know each other. I never did go to visit the
> band – at that point in my life I was a lot more interested in playing and
> listening to baseball than listening to a band try to figure out what it
> was. Years later two of my sisters-in-law ended up working for Mike Nesmith
> as babysitters.
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> In 1967, about a year after the Monkees was formed, a new TV live dance
> show starting filming in the Los Angeles area – The Groovy Show. It
> generally filmed near Santa Monica Pier, but would occasionally film at
> local parks around the LA. It once took over the baseball diamond where I’d
> play to film an episode. I ended up meeting Linda Ronstadt and the Stone
> Poneys.  Ah, to live in LA during the ‘60s. Rock & roll. Griffith Park
> love-ins with the Jefferson Airplane (when they weren’t in San Francisco),
> and a ton of great bands playing free concerts in parks every weekend.
> That – and the Monkees.
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> Stephen
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> *From:* Ipg-smz [mailto:ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org] *On Behalf Of *Pam
> Baker
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 21, 2019 12:20 PM
> *To:* Ken Hess; Ipg-smz at netpress.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Ipg-smz] So bummed
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> Dang. I hate that
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> On Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 2:39 PM Ken Hess <kenneth.hess at gmail.com> wrote:
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> about Peter Tork. RIP.
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> Ken
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