I later met up with Tommy, and then also met Bobby Hart (& Tommy’s 1st wife Bobbi) in Chicago Aug 1990 at a Monkees Convention. I first met Tommy Boyce in Jun 1986 at a Monkees concert in Des Moines, Iowa. in an interview I did with Bobby Hart in 1993 I asked Bobby about this and Bobby confirmed what my Dad had said was true. my Dad said to me “You know that Monkees song you like “Last Train to Clarksville” well it was written about this town here, Clarksdale, AZ. I thought those are the guys that wrote songs for the Monkees?!?!?!? Cool, they have their own songs out too … ! One time on a trip with my parents to Jerome, Az. I saw they wrote some of my favorite songs on the record like “Last to Clarksville” “Tomorrow’s Gonna be Another Day” “This Just Doesn’t Seem to be My Day” Then one day after school I was watching “I Dream of Jeannie” and it was the episode “Hip, Hippy” from with Boyce & Hart performing the songs “Out and About” & “Love Everyday”. I first heard of “Boyce & Hart” when I was playing my Uncle John’s Monkees 1st LP from 1966. I decided I would cover my favorite musical duo:
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