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Monkee Business: The Revolutionary Made-For-TV Band [Kindle Edition]

Eric Lefcowitz (Author)
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Author of the bestselling biography "The Monkees Tale" (1985), Eric Lefcowitz has updated the story of rock's first made-for-TV band with the all-new biography "Monkee Business" (2011). The Monkees had everything—a popular TV show, hit records, and adoring fans. Everything but control over their careers. Author Eric Lefcowitz chronicles the kaleidoscopic journey of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork, following each of the four Monkees, together and apart, from 1965 to the present day. A must-read for music fans, “Monkee Business" is the definitive biography of a rock and roll legend.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 2972 KB
  • Print Length: 258 pages
  • Publisher: Retrofuture Products LLC (2 Mar 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004QGYCRG
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #50,960 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Can you dig it? 30 May 2011
By P. Rowe
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Whilst their albums have enjoyed frequent releases since their back catalogue was bought up by Rhino in the late 1980s there continues to remain a dearth of biographies for the biggest manufactured band of all time. Since the publication of Monkeemania The Monkees : Monkeemania in 1986 there has been just the excellent Sandoval book The Monkees: The Day-By-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation, a couple of editions of Micky Dolenz's autobiography and the odd execrable solo Monkee book (Total Recall anyone?). Therefore this newly revised book from Eric Lefcowitz is to be welcomed. It delivers a well researched and brutally honest account of the band's origins right through to their truculent and seemingly endless reunion tours sans Nesmith. There are new anecdotes aplenty and insights into the fault lines that existed between the four actors almost before the series went on air.

Refreshingly and as might be expected, all these years later, the heart throb turns out to be a diva, the Texan is the arch manipulator, the dumb one is ultimately most damaged by the instant stardom and only Dolenz comes out the other side with anything resembling a normal life intact. The book pulls few punches and so the other players in it who get a less than impressive description are the band creators - rich kids Rafelson and Schneider and the Simon Cowell of his day Don Kirshner. Kirshner knew what would make the charts but as the Monkees demonstrated their music was far more interesting when he had been pushed to the sidelines.

Whilst later years for each of the Monkees is covered it does feel a little cursory and in light of the regular fallings out its a shame that Lefcowitz couldn't have extended this part of the book. (I'd pay money to read more about Davy Jones and his difficulties to retain an audience or his composure when drunk on stage!)

Still it is an excellent read and should be for anyone interested in music from the sixties or those who having read Peter Biskind's book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-drugs-and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Changed Hollywoodnow realise that modern Hollywood started in the fall of 1966 with a comedy show on NBC.
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The recent death of Davy Jones has rekindled my memories of being a Monkees fan in the 1960's so I thought I'd download this to fill in the gaps.
I can't be bothered to write a long winded review, the previous contributors have made a good job of it anyway. I did find the last few chapters quite sad, as the remaining three scratched around for work, the glory days far behind them. I did find the author's constant sniping of Davy Jones quite wearing after a while, the only flattering thing he wrote about Davy Jones was:
'Adorable Davy Jones took to wearing love beads with his paisley-printed shirts and crisply laundered Nehru jackets. Stoned or not stoned, he always managed to look sharp'
And he even managed to make that sound peevish, I don't know what DJ had done to the author but he REALLY does not like him!!!!!!!
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This book is a must for all you Monkee fans its great read it a must for you monkee collection my book is worth a bit more than amazon are selling it for now as i have got Micky Dolenz & David Jones signatures in it.

Please Please Bye this book its the best
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