About The Author: Mitch Mitchell was the drummer for the band "The Jimi Hendrix Experience", who was one of the opening acts on The Monkees' 2nd U.S Tour in the Summer of '67. They lasted 7 dates before quitting the tour, but, as Mitchell describes in his book "The Hendrix Experience", there were some....interesting....times on the road with The Monkees. Here's an excerpt.

"There were some nice things about the tour. We did a couple of days on Greyhound buses and we discovered that Peter Tork could play banjo, Mike Nesmith could play guitar, Micky Dolenz was one hell of a nice guy and Davy Jones was extremely short......"

"The next day before the gig--I think we were playing the Jackie Gleason Memorial Hall in Miami--we were taken out on these boats around the inland waterways. All part of The Monkees touring party. The other thing about that was that Jimi was the only person I've ever seeen wear a fur coat in 90 degree weather."

"The gigs all in all were OK, but by about the third day Davy Jones really started getting on our nerves. Noel, at some point discovered he had an amyl nitrate capsule which he claimed belonged to his grandmother for her heart condition. He broke it under Davy Jones nose, who passed out on the floor. A sight to behold."

"I'm glad we did the tour as it was something I would never have experienced otherwise."