I got Davy's autograph!
Read on for more details.
The First Time We Met
It was in Boston at a book signing and I think I was about 12 at the time. Davy was at Fannuel(sp?) Hall signing copies of his book "They Made A Monkee Out of Me". Anyway, my mother brought me, my sister, and my cousin to the signing. It was very crowded as I'm sure you can imagine. Davy was up on the second floor signing away and there was a huge line leading up the stairs to where he was.
We were kind of late getting there and Davy was running out of time to sign, he can't give everyone an autograph you know. But as I was saying, whoever was in charge came down stairs to where the crowd was gathered and announced that Davy wasn't signing anymore autographs. I hadn't gotten anything signined yet so, as I'm sure you may have guessed, I was a little upset at this. They cut the line in half and told most of us that Davy needed to get to the airport to catch his flight home so we might as well go home too.
But I wasn't going anywhere without his autograph. I made my mom stay because I was determined to find a way to meet Davy. She agreed because Davy's always been her favorite Monkee. So I looked around for some way to get up to where Davy was signing his last few autographs for the day.
At the other side of the hall was another stairway. And what do you think I did? I grabbed my mom, sis, and cuz and went up that stairway. Someone must've seen us do this because as soon as we got half way up the stairs they closed the gate that blocks them off so no one else could do the same thing.
As we started getting closer to Davy I kept saying to my sister "Oh, my god! We're about to meet Davy Jones!" We were both totally freaking out! My mom and cousin were calm. My cousin hated the Monkees at the time which is why it was strange that she even wanted to come with us.
But anyway we finally made it to Davy. I was shaking so bad I could hardly speak! I thought I was going to die right there. I think I was in shock. There I was standing face to face with DAVY JONES!!!! I was totally freaking!!! He signed my book, a few records, and some postcards, he also joked around with us a bit. He really was very sweet.
Then as we were going down the other stairway me, sis, and cuz all screamed at the top of our lungs! I know Davy must've heard us. I just couldn't believe it actually happened. I still can't and it's been about 13 years! But it happened!!!
The Second Time
This happened at the Cape Cod show on July 13, 2001. After the show we hung around for a while like we always do. We were hoping to catch a glimpse of the guys. But we ended up doing more than just that. Micky was in a hurry to leave. So when he came out we couldn't get an autograph. But we came so close to him that I almost died! He got into his ugly green mini van and nearly ran me over backing up.
After he left we went back to stand by the buses to see if Davy and Peter would come out. Peter came out next and got into a camper. He waved as they drove by. So, we waited for Davy. The security guards were telling us to go home the whole time we were standing there. They kept saying the guys wouldn't sign autographs. But we knew better so we hung around.
Then finally Davy came out. And we were about 50 feet from him. There were a few girls standing by the gate where he came out. He stopped and signed thier autogrqphs. And he started walking towrds us. We knew he was gonna sign autographs for us. The crowd was pretty small. Most people had already gone home.
So, anyway, I was standing with my back against one of the buses and Davy came right over to me. He stopped for a second then said, "Let's go over this way." He didn't want to stand to close to the bus because the engine was running. So, I walked with him and the crowd a little way away from the buses.
I was Davy's bodyguard. hehehe I was right at his side and was not about to move. We walked shoulder to shoulder and I just stayed beside him and kept the girls from getting too close. They started crowding around him as he was signing my picture and he said he needed some room. So, I pushed the crowd back and told them to give him some room. Then I was back at his side.
I watched him sign autographs for a bunch of the girls and as he was signing my picture I asked him for a hug and he said,"Tell you what. You start hugging me and I'm gonna have to hug everyone." I said the last part with him because I knew what he was gonna say. But I hugged him anyway and he said,"Oh, see, now you started hugging me."
And I said,"I know. I couldn't help it. You're just so huggable." Then I thanked him for the autograph and I gave him a kiss. He didn't seem to mind that I hugged him. I could tell because as I put my arm around him he leaned into the hug. He knew I was gonna hug him no matter what he said. Davy is just so sweet! I love him. So, that was the highlight of my night.
If anyone else has any stories about meeting
any of the Monkees send them along!
