Yeah, I’m feeling nostalgic about this today.

I loved the TV show, and I remember not even being too upset upon learning that they didn’t really play their instruments (although they did on their later albums). I just loved the show, and their music was a result of the best studio musicians and songwriters the pop world could offer at the time.

But I have one small correction, Charles - Peter Tork was also a professional musician, albeit not in rock. He was a folk-bluegrass performer in New York prior to singing on as a Monkee.