#jack keller

[jamieontheroof]

god damn davey and jack are kinda gayer in 92sies

[comic-covers]

(1966)

[singeratlarge]

SATURDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO: “Early Morning Blues & Greens” (live 2013) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v_Aud76QR8 This song was written by Diane Hildebrand and Jack Keller, who wrote several cuts in the early Monkees album catalogue. Keller was part of the Brill Building/Don Kirshner songwriting stable in league with Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka. Hildebrand was more of a free spirit. In 1969 she released her own "underground pop" album with this song as the masthead. She also wrote for other artists and TV shows and released music under the name Joya Diane Skye.

Peter Tork adopted this song, usually associated with Davy Jones as a "deep cut" from The Monkees's HEADQUARTERS album. On this performance, Peter sang lead and played a bluesy guitar at a Monkees Convention in New Jersey 3-2-13. I sang harmonies and played bass in a "Monkees House Band" (i.e. Monkees road band alumni) with (the late) David "Loafy" Alexander, Rich Dart, Aviva Maloney + guitarist Damian Fanelli sitting in. We backed Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork with a night of music. We were celebrating the dearly departed Davy Jones + Micky’s birthday, with guest appearances from David Cassidy, Ron Dante (The Archies), and Deana Martin..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v_Aud76QR8

#blues #petertork #monkees #davyjones #mickydolenz #johnnyjblair #davidcassidy #rondante #deanamartin #damianfanelli #loafy #dianehildebrand #jackkeller #brillbuilding #donkirshner #neilsedaka #jonadianeskye

[thislovintime]

Peter Tork in the studio, 1960s.

“[Peter Tork] did that [‘Your Auntie Grizelda’] all in one take — no second take, that was it what you heard there. He made up the whole thing. I was in a total state of shock when I heard it.” - Jack Keller, More of the Monkees 2006 liner notes

“Lester [Sill] came to me and said, ‘We’ve got a kind of protest song for you.’ It certainly wasn’t what you call a protest song. That was what they thought a protest song should be for The Monkees. I believe it was Jeff Barry (who) got me to do that. He had me doin’ those funny vocal things in the middle there. I tried it and it worked out – kind of.” - Peter Tork, Music Box liner notes

"Diane [Hildebrand] and I began to visit socially just through the songs. We became friends somewhat, 'cause I loved the lyrics for 'Goin’ Down,' and I thought 'Early Morning Blues And Greens' was a good song, which she wrote with Jack Keller. At one point when we met together, I played her the music for the verses [of 'Merry Go Round' - listen here] and she said, 'This is what it sounds like,’ and she wrote those lyrics. Then she gave it to me and said, 'Well, it now needs a bridge.’ So I walked to the piano and what flew out of my fingers was the bridge. It’s one of those things where you just watch it happen. You go, 'My God, this seems to be working out OK.’ She had written the lyric for the bridge in the same rhythm so that it was easy." - Peter Tork, The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees box set liner notes

Also on Peter's acetate, Peter Tork's efforts; read more here.

More about Diane Hildebrand, Peter, and The Monkees here.

[dirtyriver]

Hot Rods and Racing Cars #85, June 1967, cover by Jack Keller

[browsethestacks]

Surf N' Wheels #04 (1970)

Art by Bill Fraccio And Jack Keller (Left Cover) / Tony Tallarico And Jack Keller (Right Cover)

[thecomicon]

Marvel Collects Every Comic It Published In August 1961 In One Omnibus

Marvel Collects Every Comic It Published In August 1961 In One Omnibus

As a Marvel Unlimited subscriber, every so often I read about someone that intends to read every issue Marvel has published since the beginning. That’s a monumental task and few actually go through with it. Now, Marvel Comics is offering a way to start that in print with a new omnibus collecting every comic published in August 1961. That might seem like an arbitrary date, but August 1961 was…

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[racingcomics]

HOT RODS AND RACING CARS #66 - November 1963 (Charlton Comics)

Cover art: Jack Keller