{"id":23932,"date":"2022-10-28T05:30:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T09:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=23932"},"modified":"2022-10-12T14:14:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T18:14:31","slug":"dolenz-jones-boyce-hart-remembering-the-feeling-part-5-of-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/28\/dolenz-jones-boyce-hart-remembering-the-feeling-part-5-of-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart: Remembering the Feeling (Part 5 of 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Continued from Part Four<\/a>\u2026 <\/i><\/p>\n

A stop in Singapore found the group encountering some difficulty. \u201cWe were the first American rock band to be allowed in to play in the country,\u201d Hart says. \u201cIt\u2019s very controlled, very buttoned-down. We were told ahead of time, \u2018When you get off the plane in Singapore, your hair cannot touch your collar.\u201d Allison added, \u201cIt can\u2019t cover you ears and it can\u2019t come down to your eyebrows.\u201d So they all got haircuts.<\/p>\n

After landing in Singapore, all members of the group had to undergo inspection. \u201cWe had to go to the police precinct,\u201d Hart says. \u201cThey took us individually into different rooms; the guy got really close to me, looking at me up and down.\u201d<\/p>\n

From there they flew to Hong Kong for a publicity junket. Though it\u2019s not listed on any fan-created tour lists, the group played Taipei, Taiwan as well. Hart and deWalden differ when recalling the location, but both emphasize that in at least one country (and not Japan), they were required to submit lyric sheets for all the music they intended to play. \u201cThey were looking for anything subversive,\u201d Hart says with a laugh. \u201cLike, \u2018\u201dI Remember the Feeling?\u201d What does that<\/i> mean?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Impressed by the Pacific Rim audiences\u2019 enthusiastic response, Japanese record executives encouraged the group to record a live album. DeWalden brought the idea to the group. \u201cBobby and Tommy said, \u2018Let\u2019s do it!\u2019\u201d he recalls. \u201cMicky said, \u2018Let\u2019s do it!\u2019 Mr. Jones said, \u2018What the hell. Are we getting Money?\u2019 I said, \u2018If it sells!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Bobby Hart recalls that it was Tommy Boyce who called Capitol Records and said, \u201cSend a sound crew over!\u201d Recorded live onstage at the Y\u016bbin Chokin Hall in Tokyo on July 20, Concert in Japan<\/i> is a faithful (if truncated) document of the group\u2019s live set, featuring four songs from the studio album plus Monkees medleys. The record closes with band leader Allison singing \u201cAction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Concert in Japan<\/i> didn\u2019t sell, and for good reason. It was released only in Japan, and didn\u2019t appear in stores until 1981, some five years after the group had played its final date. No one associated with DJB&H can explain the delay. \u201cBeats me,\u201d says deWalden.<\/p>\n

The Pacific Rim tour ended in late July, after a final show in Bangkok. From there, the group scattered, with various members making their way home to the U.S. or visiting elsewhere. After a five-day run at the place where they had started, Six Flags Over Mid-America, the group quietly disbanded.<\/p>\n

A mere six months later, the two ex-Monkees launched a tour that continued where DJB&H had left off. Billing themselves as The Dolenz & Jones Show, the pair toured under the same banner as before: The Great Golden Hits of the Monkees. They would play some two dozen dates between spring 1977 and late September of that year, performing mostly in clubs and resort hotel lounges. After a run of dates in Toronto, both joined the cast of Harry Nilsson\u2019s The Point<\/i> in London for a two-month run.<\/p>\n

After releasing a pair of non-charting singles in the UK only, Boyce would form his own group, The Tommy Band, in 1979; the group released one single. Hart released The First Bobby Hart Solo Album<\/i> in 1980; it remains his only solo release to date. Keith Allison landed on his feet, working with Ringo Starr (among others) and developing his acting career alongside his musical endeavors.<\/p>\n

Both Allison and Hart would look back fondly on the memories of their time in DJB&H. And deWalden shares that fondness. \u201cWhenever I had an idea, Tommy and Bobby were always very cooperative,\u201d he says. \u201cThey would say, \u2018Okay, now let\u2019s sell it to the others.\u2019 I was inexperienced, but the respect they had for me made me feel like the happiest man in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart discography<\/b><\/p>\n