“I would not work with those guys again if my life depended on it,” says Jones, who was born in Manchester, England, but has owned a home in this rural Florida town for 20 years.
“I can’t be responsible for their attitudes and the way they treat people. The way they talk.”
Jones, who performs Sunday at the Taste of Minnesota in St. Paul, says part of the bitterness from the last reunion came — in his opinion — because Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork — and, to a lesser extent, Micky Dolenz — think of themselves as rock stars, and not veterans of a popular 1960s sitcom about rock stars. The four rarely agree on anything.
“I’ve got friends that I’ve known for 40 years, and a lot of people that I don’t know that talk to me as if they do know me,” he says. “Which makes me feel good. I’ve touched a lot of people’s lives. The Monkees touched a lot of people’s lives, and I can’t destroy that by going out with those guys and having bad attitudes around me.”
Davy is just the ginchiest!
He has applied for U.S. citizenship — something he says he should’ve done years ago.“This is such a beautiful, amazing country; there are so many places you can go,” Jones says. “This is where my loyalty lies now … I want to be American. I’ve been here since 1962, and everything was given to me. So I want to die an American, 30 years from now.”
Peter’s never been anything but professional and nice to all in my presence during the many occasions I’ve seen him live or been around him..
Funny how nobody ever mentions the 98% of the time somebody goes out of his/her way for fans, but let that person have an “off night,” and..
Al Bigley
The reason nobody mentions the 98% of the time is because that’s they way a person is supposed to behave. Peter was rude. I don’t see any reason to protect him.