And so going into a talk with one of them, did you have to go in with a specific mindset in order to how to approach them? Or did you kind of use the same style on everybody?

Well, I did use the same style on a lot of people.

However, there were some difficult characters.

One of the most amusing ones was going to Aretha Franklin's house to interview her in her living room.

And that was most intimidating.

I was doing, there was a radio network called Westwood One.

And I think it's blossomed into iHeart Radio.

Definitely.

And so going into a talk with one of them, did you have to go in with a specific mindset in order to how to approach them? Or did you kind of use the same style on everybody?

Well, I did use the same style on a lot of people.

However, there were some difficult characters.

One of the most amusing ones was going to Aretha Franklin's house to interview her in her living room.

And that was most intimidating.

I was doing, there was a radio network called Westwood One.

And I think it's blossomed into iHeart Radio.

Definitely.

But as we always do to start off, always love to hear from the author to kind of hear in his or her own words what the book is about.

Well, this is a book I wrote with Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees.

And it started out in 1993.

I got a phone call from a friend of mine, Barbara Shelley, at Rhino Records.

And Rhino Records is responsible for reissuing all the Monkees albums starting in the 90s.

and then bringing it up to date and doing some of their more recent releases including good times 10 years ago which put all the all four of the monkeys on the same a brand new album which was great so barbara called me and she said would you like to do a book with mickey dolan's the monkeys he's going to write his autobiography and he's interviewing writers i was like oh absolutely absolutely So, you know, and one of the reasons being is that I remember exactly what I was doing on September 12th, 1966.

I was in front of the family television watching the first episode of The Monkees on TV.

What surprised you, if anything, during the writing and the research of this book?