Davy Jones Solo - July 19, 2003 - Westbury Music Fair

As part of the Westbury Music Fair's "Hot Summer Night" package concert, Davy appeared as the headline act. At 8pm, before Davy and his band came on were The Buckinghams, who played an entertaining half hour set of their hits, The Grass Roots, who surprised me by putting on one of the best performances I've ever seen, and The Turtles, whose show didn't seem to fit in the family/oldies theme of the night. Finally, after over two hours, Davy's band set up the stage and started off the show with the musical introduction of each band member, which I first saw last September. Following Dave Alexander's announcement that Davy was about to take the stage, I was expecting Davy to run onstage with his usual energy. Instead, we saw him yawning as he walked down the isle in his nightwear with a blanket and pillow! He looked around with a confused face, staring at what looked like a sold out crowd and after about a minute finally exclaimed, "I was a teenager when this show started!" and asked "Why don't we just call it a night?" After a loud response from the crowd, he took off his pajamas and began what seemed like a five minute stand up comedy act. He said "I was late coming to the show and saw flashing lights. When I got here, the police officer asked me why I didn't stop. I said 'My wife left with a cop about two years ago and I was afraid you were coming to give her back!'" After a few minutes of joking around, he asked if we wanted to hear any Monkees songs. After a roar from the crowd, the band started into "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You," followed by "Valleri." Toward the end of "Valleri," when Davy throws his arm around & around, guitarist, Dave Robicheau, went right along with him. Dave brings a lot of animation, energy, and excitement to the shows and it seems like the rest of the band enjoys being on the road with Davy. When the song ended, Davy jokingly said "They don't make songs like that anymore...thank God." Next, they played "(Look Out) Here Comes Tomorrow" and the song made famous by Davy's 1971 appearance on "The Brady Bunch," which is, of course, "Girl." Before the song, Davy took Dave Alexander to the front of the stage for him to do his Meatloaf impression. When he was through, Davy joked about how most people think he married Marcia Brady. But, he said "I wasn't interested in her at the time, because she was 15 and I was about 21. Now, I date the younger girls. Ya know...the ones in their 40s or early 50s." After they finished "Girl," Davy told us "One of the good things about being in The Monkees was that I got to sing those little ditties like this," which was "It's Nice To Be With You." Keeping the show rolling, Davy said "You know that dance I used to do on 'The Monkees?'" "I still do it!" he responded to the cheers from the audience as they began "She Hangs Out." Next, Davy brought Dave Alexander back to the front of the stage along with drummer, Sandy Gennaro, to do their "All In The Family" skit, before an excellent version of "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone." Like most of the songs in the show, the musical arrangement for "Steppin' Stone" was very similar to what was used on The Monkees' 1986 reunion tour. To close out another outstanding show by Davy & the band, they performed two of The Monkees' most popular songs... "Daydream Believer" and the finale, "I'm A Believer." The energy level couldn't of been higher for both the crowd and everyone onstage at the end of "I'm A Believer." By the time it had all ended, Davy's show lasted 45 minutes & the whole night went for about 3 and a half hours. The concert was much of the same that I've seen from his past Monkees & solo concerts, but Davy was in a great mood and added some entertaining new elements, such as the pajamas bit & some jokes I've never heard before, to an already amazing show!