Wednesday 29 February 2012

Farewell to the Daydream Believer

I was sad to hear the news this evening that Davy Jones has died. It seems that he died in his sleep at his home in Florida, a peaceful way to go. He was only 66 , not a great age these days.

Davy is an icon from the '60s. I have a clear memory of walking down the hill to my junior school on a sunny day in summer 1969 or 1970 pondering who my favourite Monkee was and deciding that it was Davy, largely because he was British. Here is the song he's most closely associated with for many people - including me - 'Daydream Believer', one of the many Monkees classics.

Farewell Davy, you brought a lot of happiness...

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