SATURDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO : The Monkees “Someday Man”
…Paul Williams wrote the confessional “Someday Man” for The Monkees. Upon release in 1968, the single under-performed and got lost as a “deep cut.” Yet over the years the sophisticated and art-y track grew in popularity, in part because Davy Jones revived it for his solo set in 2009. Now it’s considered to be a Jones/Monkees evergreen and (speaking as a former band member) it was one of our favorites to play. Sidebar: Shred-guitar legend Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big, Racer X) hired me to play bass on a workshop in 2012. Gilbert is a fan of vintage funk and pop and told me, “I’d love to do a version of ‘Someday Man’ and if we had more time to learn it I’d do it in this set.” (We did “Steppin’ Stone” instead).
Paul Williams has had quite a run as an actor and singer-songwriter. He wrote or co-wrote (with Biff Rose and Roger Nichols) songs covered by David Bowie, The Carpenters (“Rainy Days & Mondays,” We’ve Only Just Begun”), Jack Jones, The Muppets, Helen Reddy, 3 Dog Night (“Old Fashioned Love Song”—also covered by Micky Dolenz), and Dionne Warwick—not to mention award-winning film and TV scores.
Here’s “Someday Man” from the last tour Davy did w/The Monkees before he passed away in 2012.
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