#(wish someone had hyped Peter's songwriting back then... especially with masterpieces like Can You Dig It and Long Title...)

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The Monkees, November 1968; photo courtesy of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“‘That’s why I say the Monkees are defunct,’ Tork, the oldest at 26, began. ‘We’re a far more eclectic group than the Beatles, for example. They started together because one guy knew another and they were drawn to each other naturally. We met in an office where we were all applying for work. Therefore, we don’t go together in the same way. ‘We plan two TV specials, perhaps another movie and some concert appearances. But, in the meantime, we’ll each be getting on with our individual work. I’m interested in the production end of the industry, Mike’s a song writer, one of the best in the country, and Davy and Micky are actors.’ ‘I don’t see that it will be as simple as Peter thinks to break away from the Monkees,’ Davy interjected. ‘I think we’ll all be too busy with our Monkee commitments to do much of anything else. He’s really wrong. The Monkees aren’t defunct.’” - The San Francisco Examiner, November 23, 1968