The late Michael Nesmith loved returning to the Monkees and the foursome’s hit catalog in recent years as a celebration of his friendship with Mickey Dolenz. But during his tenure with the Monkees …
and the foursome’s hit catalog in recent years as a celebration of his friendship with Mickey Dolenz. But during his tenure with the Monkees in their NBC television days, Nesmith was the sole member vocal in his disgust with their label, Colgems’ employment of session musicians on the band’s recordings as well as its emphasis on outside songwriters such as Neil Diamond, David Gates, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, and Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
Nesmith was not only an ace guitarist influenced by the kings of Bakersfield, Buck Owens and Don Rich, but a songwriter whose melodies were ripe with the cosmopolitan country tones of the Texas where he was born and raised. His best songs – whether for the Monkees, Linda Ronstadt or through his lengthy solo career – often benefitted from a twang and a tang that would greatly influence latter-day Americana, C&W-inspired rockers and alt-country acts who followed in his wake.
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