I'm sitting here watching a Monkees concert on AXS TV and feeling a little emotional. This is a Mickey and Peter concert. I've never really cared whether Nesmith was involved. We accepted this as fact in the '80s and JUSTUS proved that he just muddied the water.
Anyway, they did "Shades of Gray" with Davy on a track and Peter doing his part live. I got a bit wet in the eyes. Peter's death was sadder to me for some reason. I felt like he suffered the most after their 60's fame. He still seemed to be in a fog when I saw them at Cardinal Stadium in 1998? When the "Good Times" album came out, I really enjoyed all his songs on that one. He seemed to have gotten it back together in a meaningful way. He and Mickey carried the torch until they got the critical appreciation they well deserved. I miss him.