Michael Nesmith, the singer-songwriter, author, actor-director and entrepreneur who will likely be best remembered as the wool-hatted, guitar-strumming member of the made-for-television rock band The Monkees, has died at 78
Nesmith was a struggling singer-songwriter in 1966 when ‘The Monkees’ television debut turned him and fellow band members into overnight rock stars
After the group broke up in 1970, Nesmith moved on to a long and creative career, not only as a musician but as a writer, producer and director of films, author of several books, head of a media arts company and creator of a music video format that led to the creation of MTV. Jones, with his British accent and boyish good looks, was the group’s cute lead singer. Dolenz became the wacky drummer, although he had to learn to play the drums as the show went along. Tork, a folk-rock musician, portrayed the comically clueless bass player. Nesmith, with his twangy Texas accent and the wool hat he had worn to his audition, became the serious but naive lead guitarist.
Nesmith, meanwhile, had written several songs he hoped to debut on the show, but almost all were dismissed by music producer Don Kirshner as sounding too country. For years Nesmith would refuse to confirm or deny the incident, even as the other three gleefully recounted it to reporters. In his 2017 memoir, “Infinite Tuesday,” he did acknowledge it, saying he had lost his temper when he felt his integrity was being questioned.It did give the Monkees control over their music, however, beginning with the group’s third album, “Headquarters.”
He wrote scores of songs, including “Some of Shelly’s Blues,” “Papa Gene’s Blues,” “You Just May Be the One” and “The Girl That I Knew Somewhere” that he performed with the Monkees. Others, performed with the First National Band, included “Joanne,” “Propinquity ” and “Different Drum.”
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