Page 45 - Michael Nesmith News Today

The Monkees' Michael Nesmith never had a country hit but he inspired a sound that would lead to one of the best-selling albums of all time.

Linda Ronstadt's band, the Stone Poneys, scored a Top 20 hit with the late Michael Nesmith's rejected Monkees tune, Different Drum.

Remembering the ‘Quiet Monkee’ and country-rock innovator

Looking around on YouTube over the weekend for videos illustrating Michael Nesmiths career in music, I came across Steve Haywards 2014 Hillsdale College lecture titled A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Global Warming. Video of the lecture was posted here on YouTube (embedded below). Steve adapted the the title of his lecture from the musical that introduced the comic Roman playwright Plautus to Broadway with a little help

Micky Dolenz said that Michael Nesmith was absolutely determined to complete the Monkees farewell tour in a December 2021 interview.

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Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith performed their final show as the Monkees on November 14, 2021, less than a month before Nesmiths death.

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Linda Ronstadt's band, the Stone Poneys, scored a Top 20 hit with the late Michael Nesmith's rejected Monkees tune, Different Drum.

Micky Dolenz spoke to Rolling Stone about the death of Michael Nesmith on Friday from heart failure less than a month after the end of their farewell tour. #BigShow #KBGO #BigClassicHits