3/8/05
FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATE
CONTACT: TAMARA PETTIT
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
304-387-8335 (OFFICE) 304-479-8097 (CELL)
CHESTER, WV - Mickey Dolenz, popular star of the Monkees
TV show in the sixties, will appear in concert at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort on March 24. The group, spiraled
to stardom in both music and TV after their number one single,
“Last Train to Clarksville,” debuted Sept. 10,
1966 featuring Dolenz on lead vocal. Two days later, the
group’s television show debuted on NBC to great success.
The Monkees’ TV ratings remained high for two seasons
with Dolenz and the band also starring in their own feature
“Head,” a 1969 psychedelic romp written by a
young Jack Nicholson. The movie is now considered a cult
classic.
As recording artists, the Monkees achieved great success.
Their first four albums reached number one on the charts
and three consecutive singles, “Clarksville,”
“I’m a Believer” and “Daydream Believer”
hit number one. The group’s first five albums also
went gold.
Born in Los Angeles in 1948, Dolenz first established himself
as a performer at age 10 when under the stage name of Mickey
Braddock he starred in his first TV series , “Circus
Boy,” which aired on NBC from 1956-58. In his teens
he starred on a number of television shows.
Dolenz was one of four actors chosen from 400 applicants,
who auditioned for the new TV show inspired by the Beatles’
film, “A Hard Day’s Night.” While he had
learned to play the guitar as a teen, his role of a singing
drummer on The Monkees required him to learn to play the
drums.
Dolenz has continued to make his mark in other areas of
the entertainment business throughout his varied career
as an actor, director, producer and performer. In 1986,
MTV broadcast episodes of the Monkees show and exposed a
new generation to Monkeemania. Dolenz and Peter Tork recorded
“That Was Then, This is Now” which hit the Top
Twenty. Dolenz, Tork and Davy Jones subsequently reunited
for a tour that was so successful it sparked the reissue
of all the Monkee’s classic LPs.
The concert, which will be located in Mountaineer’s
Grande Ballroom, begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 –
Gold and $25 – Reserved and are available through
all Ticketmaster locations or on site at Mountaineer at
the Downtown Speakeasy Roarin’ 20’s Players
Club.
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