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I said,'That's terrible.' I was a baritone and it was in the wrong key for my voice. He is quoted in the biograpy Monkeemania, 'We'd done twelve songs and the thirteenth was Daydream Believer. It became their last #1 single.Īt the time of the recording Davy Jones states that he was feeling somewhat tired. Which is something most of us can relate to at one time or another.ĭaydream Believer was recorded by the Monkees in 1967. It is just a nice song about being poor and being in love. I've searched high and low for hidden meanings in the lyrics, but I can find none. John states that he wrote this song just before leaving the trio. Stewart's relationship with the the Kingston Trio lasted until around 1964 when he left. He replaced Dave Guard when Dave left the group back in 1961.

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Of course this was not John Stewart the TV comedian, but John Stewart the folksinger/songwriter, formerly of the Kingston Trio. None-the-less this song still remains a favorite of mine. The string section and horn arrangement of Daydream Believer was a little over the top for a 4 piece garage band, so I don't think it appeared in our repetoire. My old buddy Stew Williams (former radio guy from Charleston SC) insisted we learn some of the Monkee's songs as he thought this would be a great way to impress girls. Oh yeah, I also met lots of beer-breathed jocks that would grab the microphone off the stage and launch into Nah-nah-nah-nah, hey-hey Good-bye. Mostly what I met were other guys in garage bands. I figured being in a garage band would be an excellent way to meet girls. We qualified as an official garage band since we actually rehearsed in a garage.

I must have been about 12 or 13 when they appeared on television. I actually was more fascinated with the girls that were fascinated with the Monkees.

I'll admit that as a boy I was fascinated with the Monkees. Daydream Believer is a classic song that will be remembered for a very long time.

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