After Kevin's tragic accident, Tom Behm took over on drums.  He played his first gig with the band on April 9, 1966 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. 

Rick:  That gig was at the Cheyenne Auditorium with Sam the Sham and the Pharaoh's of "Wooly Bully" fame.  These guys cracked us up.  They had about a pound of grease on their hair, could barely speak English, and only knew about 10 songs.  It was quite a night!  We had to play much longer than was planned, plus we had a new drummer and Tom hadn't learned all of our songs.  As I remember we had a few beers after that one!!!

These pictures were all taken at a park in Greeley.  Click here to see a current band info sheet from this time and more photos from this photo shoot.

(Tom, Rick, Jon, Don, Robb)

Click here for more photos from the above photo shoot.

The above photo relates to the Battle of the Bands contest at the Teen Age Fair that The Monocles won in late August 1966.  More information on this can be found on the Recordings page.  

Rick:  (shows me the above promo photo for Fender) That was such a kick, man.  We thought we died and went to heaven because the Beach Boys had one too (he shows me one of the Beach Boys Fender promos from the same time period) and they went up in Happy Logan’s Music Store.  When you got your picture in Happy Logan’s, you made it! 

Les:  Where was that store located? 

Rick:  Down near Larimer Square.  He was the biggest Fender instrument dealer.

Shortly after returning from recording in Hollywood, The Monocles played a dance that certainly was ahead of its time.  The dance took place on September 23, 1966.

The above article appeared in The Criterion that day along with a picture of the band in the tree as can be seen near the top of this page.

The Monocles also had a Fan Club with several members listed in the book above.  To the right is Caroll, President of the Fan Club.

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