This podcast pays tribute to Michael Nesmith, the singer-songwriter and guitarist with The Monkees who has died at the age of 78. The hour-long special was broadcast on 88.3 Southern FM from 6 PM on Saturday 11 December 2021. Thanks for the memories Mike.
Read moreJoin special guest interviewer & chief ‘Monkeemaniac‘ Anne O’Reilly as we at Purple Haze chat to ex-Cherokee member Doug Trevor who was also The Monkees’ Musical Director for many years. The Monkees are touring Australia & New Zealand June/July 2019 for more information, dates etc. & tickets go to DRW Entertainment: Click Here Purple Haze is sponsored by Classic Cars
Read moreHi Everyone, My guests on this show will include : Beatle’s recording engineer Richard Lush, talking about his presentation with fellow Beatle’s sound engineer Geoff Emerick, ‘the Masters Of Sgt Pepper’ presentation, coming up in Melbourne in February 2017. I’ll also ask Richard about his recent Lifetime Achievement Award for his many years work at the iconic recording studio Studio
Read moreTo celebrate the upcoming tour to Australia by The Monkees (Mickey Dolenz and Peter Tork), Mark will present his past interview with Mickey Dolenz about his time with The Monkees. Mark will also spin some tracks from the new Monkees studio cd, Good Times. Mark’s in-studio guest will be top Australian music entrepreneur Aldo Lennard, who will talk about &
Read moreThe Wrecking Crew were a group of gun LA studio musicians who, often unknown to the public, played on many of the big pop music hits of the 50’s and 60’s. They provided much of the musical accompaniment to The Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Sonny and Cher, The Byrds and perhaps most famously The Monkees. They also worked on
Read moreAs part of the Classic series of The Purple Haze Archive we present former guest of Purple Haze, Davy Jones of the Monkees, one of the great teen idols of the late 20th Century. Along with Mickey Dolenz, Davy Jones, was basically co-lead singer of the Monkees, the phenomenally successful pop group & TV stars of the 1960s, some of his signature
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