Keith Urban

[eaglesvet]

Wow, that is one great picture....
Maybe "monkeyville" is as simple as this? Jimmy Buffett fans are called Parrotheads because parrots are common in the Florida Keys, where Jimmy is from. So maybe the monkey became Keith's mascot simply because they are common in whatever part of Australia/NZ he is from?

[TimothyBFan]

Wow, that is one great picture....
Maybe "monkeyville" is as simple as this? Jimmy Buffett fans are called Parrotheads because parrots are common in the Florida Keys, where Jimmy is from. So maybe the monkey became Keith's mascot simply because they are common in whatever part of Australia/NZ he is from?

AND you all know who gave Jimmy's fans that nickname right???

(Hint to those who have never heard before--Mr. Timothy B. Schmit!!)

[Prettymaid]

Thanks for the hint, Willie!

Actually I read it somewhere on here just the other day!

[TimothyBFan]

Thanks for the hint, Willie!

Actually I read it somewhere on here just the other day!

Just the other day huh? Shoot--here I thought I had something really clever to tell some folks here and someone beat me to it!

[Freypower]

Wow, that is one great picture....
Maybe "monkeyville" is as simple as this? Jimmy Buffett fans are called Parrotheads because parrots are common in the Florida Keys, where Jimmy is from. So maybe the monkey became Keith's mascot simply because they are common in whatever part of Australia/NZ he is from?

He was born in Whangarei, New Zealand. To my knowledge neither New Zealand nor Australia have any native species of monkey. In fact we have no primates at all.

http://www.learnaboutwildlife.com/wildlife.htm

If anyone is interested here is Whangarei:

[eaglesvet]

AND you all know who gave Jimmy's fans that nickname right???

(Hint to those who have never heard before--Mr. Timothy B. Schmit!!)

I DID know that!!!

[eaglesvet]

He was born in Whangarei, New Zealand. To my knowledge neither New Zealand nor Australia have any native species of monkey. In fact we have no primates at all.

http://www.learnaboutwildlife.com/wildlife.htm

If anyone is interested here is Whangarei:

Well, that kills that theory...

What a beautiful harborside town, however!

[Prettymaid]

This is all I could find from the Monkeyville site

The fanclub is called Monkeyville because early on Keith used a guitar monkey as a logo and the name came from there.

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[EasyFeeling]

Wonderful picture, FP.

I asked in our forum and that's what they answered:

Keith answered this question in 2005 on the kutube. He asked a local Nashville artist(can't think of his name) to design a logo that was organic,funny, and earthy. When he saw the monkey he liked it straight a way and than called his fc Monkeyville. these aren't Keuth's exact words. It was funny little clip.

As far as I can remember, when Keith was getting ready to do the "Be Here" tour, he was looking for something sort of "tribal" as an image. An artist he knows (maybe from Oz?) came up w/ the GuitarMonkey idea (obviously the guy had heard Ray Steven's song "Guitarzan"! LOL) and Keith's team had the little guy plastered on everything.

The fans loved it, and the fan club was re-named "Monkeyville". Keith didn't mean for it to be that big of a deal, but that tour and album really cemented his place in the country music scene and he was headlining, so tons of new people ONLY knew Monkeyville. It was one of those things that became "bigger than all of us". LOL

He's moved his tour and fan club stuff away from the monkey, but he won't ever be able to get rid of it. From what I've heard him say about it, he's come to terms with it - "if the fans like it, well, that's great," seems to be his philosophy.

[Brooke]

Ok, thanks for the explanation Pm and EF.

That's a beautiful picture Fp.