As most of you know from this point on, the Monkees all came together and did the whole television episode and album thing, only the Colpix label turned into Colgems. Not many people who just look at Davy Jones from the outside know much about his actual history, how he came into the Monkees and what he did before/after 1966-1969. The Monkees themselves were hired to be actors when in fact only Davy and fellow Monkee, Micky Dolenz, had ever had any acting experience. Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith were just musicians. In the end, it came out that there were four actors and four musicians. Davy and Micky stress to this day that they never really cared about becoming musicians. They understood they were hired to play a part. Aw, but who can ever forget the way Davy shook that tambourine? I can't imagine anyone doing a better job! All was not well with this set up though. Many problems came with fame and fortune. Davy was faced with living a life he wasn't accustomed to.

As the Monkees went through a second season, with an Emmy in their possession, Davy's biggest secret was revealed. The cutest and most available Monkee was taken! He had a wife named Linda! From this point on, the Monkees career went downhill. Many have specualted the reason this happened was because of Davy's secret while others just think it was the changing times, the Monkees-phase had been run out of town. Around the time Davy's marriage became public knowledge, his father passed away. He had to hide this from everyone because he was forced to maintain this "image" of being immortal and not having the same problems everyone else had. Nevertheless, one by one the barrelfull of Monkees dissipated into just an empty barrel. After the group had split up in the late 60's, Micky and Davy joined up with Monkee song-writers Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, to form an album, "Dolenz, Jones, Boyce, & Hart" and eventually a TV special, and a tour. This kept the Monkees' memory alive through the early to mid 70's but fickle fans soon forgot all about the fun-loving foursome. Davy had two daughters named Talia and Sarah and soon after, a divorce from Linda. His life seemed to be going downhill fast.

He made many bad business decisions, trusted the wrong people and went near bankruptcy. He openly admits to having had a problem with alcoholism at this time in his life, which became a common means of getting away from life's problems. He still toured off and on with fellow Monkee, Micky, but it wasn't the same. All seemed hopeless until he met his second wife, Anita. On January 24, 1981 the two were married. She seemed to lift his spirits and life for him suddenly became a little brighter. Around this time, he started touring in Japan and released several singles and a few albums over there. He was and still is quite a big solo success over there. This was something he could never accomplish in America without the help of the Monkees. In between this touring, he and Anita had two daughters: Jessica and Anabelle.

In 1986, the tables turned and for the Monkees' 20th Anniversary, Davy reunited with Peter and Micky, thus bringing the Monkees phenomenon into mass hysteria once again. In America, MTV was airing the episodes of the series to a brand new crew of fans and a world tour was in the works. The threesome put together a brand new Monkees album titled, "Pool It", which didn't feature Mike's vocals "anytime, anyplace, anywhere". Mike Nesmith was said to be too busy to be a Monkee again and rumor had it that he wanted nothing to do with the manufactured group...that is until September 7, 1986. This is when Mike made a surprise appearance on-stage with fellow Monkees Davy, Micky, and Peter at a Los Angeles, California concert. This was the first time in almost 20 years that he had been a part of the Monkees. After the 20th Anniversary in 1986, a "second anniversary of the 20th Anniversary" tour was formed in 1987. In 1994, Davy and Micky joined in a new tour called, "Together Again" which celebrated the Monkees fame much like the album "Changes" did...as a twosome but with more success!

Less than 10 years after this big 20th Anniversary tour, Davy rejoined with Peter and Micky yet again for a 30th Anniversary tour in America during the summer of 1996. The Monkees' name had been remembered and used in households across the globe once again, even though it had never totally gone away in the first place. Up until this point, Davy had spent time doing solo concerts in clubs, personal appearances, and also his one dream finally came true! On February 2, 1996 he won his very first horse race! To this day, he is aiming to get a professional jockey license! Rumor has it that he's pretty close to making his goal. Continued HERE!