Michael Nesmith

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Different Drum 03:00 Tools
Rio 00:00 Tools
Joanne 03:09 Tools
Silver Moon 05:11 Tools
Some of Shelly's Blues 00:00 Tools
The Crippled Lion 00:00 Tools
Two Different Roads 00:00 Tools
Harmony Constant 00:00 Tools
Calico Girlfriend 02:35 Tools
Grand Ennui 00:00 Tools
Mama Nantucket 00:00 Tools
Nine Times Blue 00:00 Tools
Rainmaker 00:00 Tools
Nevada Fighter 00:00 Tools
Little Red Rider 00:00 Tools
Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care) 00:00 Tools
I Fall to Pieces 00:00 Tools
The Keys to the Car 00:00 Tools
Beyond the Blue Horizon 00:00 Tools
Listen to the Band 00:00 Tools
Hollywood 00:00 Tools
You Are My One 00:00 Tools
Tumbling Tumbleweeds 00:00 Tools
I Looked Away 00:00 Tools
The Upside of Goodbye 00:00 Tools
Here I Am 00:00 Tools
Roll With the Flow 00:00 Tools
Cruisin' 03:51 Tools
In the Still of the Night 00:00 Tools
Texas Morning 00:00 Tools
Prairie Lullaby 00:00 Tools
Wax Minute 00:00 Tools
Lady Love 00:00 Tools
Listening 00:00 Tools
Only Bound 00:00 Tools
Keep On 00:00 Tools
Lady of the Valley 00:00 Tools
Tengo Amore 00:00 Tools
Thanx for the Ride 00:00 Tools
Continuing 00:00 Tools
Conversations 00:00 Tools
Winonah 00:00 Tools
The Candidate 00:00 Tools
She Thinks I Still Care 00:00 Tools
Dedicated Friend 00:00 Tools
Born To Love You 00:00 Tools
Bye, Bye, Bye 00:00 Tools
Release 00:00 Tools
Bonaparte's Retreat 00:00 Tools
Tomorrow & Me 00:00 Tools
The Upside of Good-Bye 00:00 Tools
Mama Rocker 00:00 Tools
René 00:00 Tools
Tommorrow And Me 00:00 Tools
The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart) 00:00 Tools
Talking to the Wall 00:00 Tools
Lazy Lady 00:00 Tools
In the Afternoon 00:00 Tools
One Rose 00:00 Tools
Laugh Kills Lonesome 00:00 Tools
Rose City Chimes 00:00 Tools
Light 00:00 Tools
Highway 99 With Melange 00:00 Tools
Hello Lady 00:00 Tools
Yellow Butterfly 00:00 Tools
Magic 00:00 Tools
Dance 00:00 Tools
Juliana 00:00 Tools
Tomorrow and Me 00:00 Tools
Casablanca Moonlight 00:00 Tools
Papa Gene's Blues 00:00 Tools
I Am Not That 00:00 Tools
Tonite 00:00 Tools
Rising in Love 00:00 Tools
Propinquity 00:00 Tools
Carioca 00:00 Tools
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke 00:00 Tools
You Told Me 00:00 Tools
Capsule 06:47 Tools
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette 00:00 Tools
Tapioca Tundra 00:00 Tools
Some of Shelley's Blues 00:00 Tools
Begin the Beguine 00:00 Tools
Brazil 00:00 Tools
1st National Dance (instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Navajo Trail 00:00 Tools
don't call on me 00:00 Tools
More Than We Imagine 00:00 Tools
Twilight On the Trail 00:00 Tools
...For the Island 00:00 Tools
Moon Over the Rio Grande 00:00 Tools
Sweet Young Thing 00:00 Tools
Factions 00:00 Tools
You Just May Be The One 00:00 Tools
We Are Awake 00:00 Tools
Love's First Kiss 00:00 Tools
Rays 00:00 Tools
Cantata & Fugue In C&W 00:00 Tools
Carlisle Wheeling 00:00 Tools
Dance Between The Raindrops 00:00 Tools
Hello, Lady 00:00 Tools
Horserace 00:00 Tools
Flying 00:00 Tools
Wisdom Has Its Way 00:00 Tools
While I Cried 00:00 Tools
The Other Room 00:00 Tools
Don't Cry Now 00:00 Tools
Marie's Theme 00:00 Tools
One... 00:00 Tools
Cantata and Fugue In C & W 00:00 Tools
Tanya 00:00 Tools
Total Control 00:00 Tools
Elusive Ragings 00:00 Tools
Chow Mein and Bowling 00:00 Tools
Tahiti Condo 00:00 Tools
Zip Ribbon 00:00 Tools
Eldorado to the Moon 00:00 Tools
I've Just Begun to Care (Propinquity) 00:00 Tools
The Back Porch And A Fruit Jar Full Of Iced Tea 00:00 Tools
Formosa Diner 00:00 Tools
Capsule (Hello People A Hundred Years From Now) 00:00 Tools
I'll Remember You 00:00 Tools
Boomcar 00:00 Tools
Moon Over Rio Grande 00:00 Tools
Dynaflow 00:00 Tools
Dreamer 00:00 Tools
Opening Theme - Life, the Unsuspecting Captive 00:00 Tools
Friedrider 00:00 Tools
The Back Porch And A Fruit Jar Of Iced Tea 00:00 Tools
Hear Me Calling? 00:00 Tools
There It Is 00:00 Tools
Carhop 00:00 Tools
Opening Theme (Life, The Unsuspecting Captive) 00:00 Tools
Follows the Heart 00:00 Tools
Best of It 00:00 Tools
Bells 00:00 Tools
Waking Mystery 00:00 Tools
Garden's Glow 00:00 Tools
Ficus Carica 00:00 Tools
Just a Little Love 00:00 Tools
Ed's October Cafe 00:00 Tools
Until It's Time For You To Go 00:00 Tools
Magnolia Simms - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
1st National Dance - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Dead Man's Duds 00:00 Tools
One 00:00 Tools
Back Porch And A Fruit Jar Full Of Iced Tea 00:00 Tools
Born to Love You - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Life Becoming 00:00 Tools
Wisteria 00:00 Tools
Escape to San Marcos 00:00 Tools
Land O' Pies 00:00 Tools
city 00:00 Tools
Closing Theme (Lampost) 00:00 Tools
Hills of Time 00:00 Tools
Flowers Dancing 00:00 Tools
Lost in the Weeds 00:00 Tools
Hollywood - Alternate Backing Track 00:00 Tools
Life, The Unsuspecting Captive 00:00 Tools
Scared to Death 00:00 Tools
Different Drum - Alternate Version 00:00 Tools
The Baja 1000 00:00 Tools
Murder at Swallow's Camp 00:00 Tools
Capsule (Hello People A Hundret Years From Now) 00:00 Tools
Somewhere Around 1875 00:00 Tools
How Can You Kiss Me 00:00 Tools
Silks and Sixguns 00:00 Tools
I Want That Machine 00:00 Tools
The New Recruit 00:00 Tools
Rio (Re-Master) 00:00 Tools
Pretty Little Princess 00:00 Tools
A Journey With Michael Blessing 00:00 Tools
Reprise 00:00 Tools
Claire's Cabin 00:00 Tools
Out of Ammo 00:00 Tools
Wanderin' 00:00 Tools
Looks Like Rain 00:00 Tools
All The King's Horses 00:00 Tools
Claire's Rescue 00:00 Tools
1st National Dance 00:00 Tools
Up the Hill to Nowhere 00:00 Tools
One And Twenty 00:00 Tools
No Jurisdiction 00:00 Tools
First National Rag 00:00 Tools
Lampost 00:00 Tools
Medley: The Back Porch and a Fruit Jar Full of Iced Tea 00:00 Tools
Prarie Lullaby 00:00 Tools
Curson Terrace 00:00 Tools
Well, Well 00:00 Tools
American Airman 00:00 Tools
Hear Me Calling 00:00 Tools
I Am Not That (Reprise) 00:00 Tools
Nadine Is It You 00:00 Tools
What Seems To Be The Trouble, Officer 00:00 Tools
Circle Sky 00:00 Tools
Two Swanns at the Pond 00:00 Tools
I've Been Searchin' 00:00 Tools
Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil) 00:00 Tools
Main Theme 00:00 Tools
The Flying Telecaster story 00:00 Tools
Capsule (DJ Supermarkt's slow softrock disco jam edit) 00:00 Tools
Some of Shelly's Blues - Alternate Version 00:00 Tools
Jump Down, Turn Around (Live 1963) 00:00 Tools
Color Of A Skin 00:00 Tools
Breakdown 00:00 Tools
Bye, Bye, Bye - Alternate Version 00:00 Tools
Five Second Concerts 00:00 Tools
Walking Mystery 00:00 Tools
Loose Salute (Radio Spots) 00:00 Tools
Rollin' 00:00 Tools
Marie's Theme - Alternate Version 00:00 Tools
Keep On - Alternate Version 00:00 Tools
Little Red River 00:00 Tools
Sleep, My Child 00:00 Tools
Cruisin' (Sunset Sam) 00:00 Tools
Flying (Long Version) 00:00 Tools
Different Drums 00:00 Tools
Pretty Little Princess (Home Demo) 00:00 Tools
Back Porch And A Fruit Jar Full Of Iced Tea a) The F.F.V. b) Uncle Pen 00:00 Tools
The Drive-In 00:00 Tools
Cantata and Fugue In C & W - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Roll with the Flow - Alternate Version 00:00 Tools
Propinquity (Alt Live Mix) 00:00 Tools
10 - The Beatles 00:00 Tools
Rodan (Elephant Parts 1980) 00:00 Tools
The World Is Golden Too 00:00 Tools
Listen To The Band (Live 1995) 00:00 Tools
Back Porch And A Fruit Jar Full Of Iced Tea (The F.F.V._Uncle Pen) 00:00 Tools
Road Song #3 00:00 Tools
Don't Cry Now (single mix) 00:00 Tools
The Barn (reprise) 00:00 Tools
Back Porch and a Fruit Jar Full of Iced Tea/ The F.F.V. / Uncle Pen 00:00 Tools
The First National Dance 00:00 Tools
I've Been Searchin' (Backing Track) 00:00 Tools
Road Song #1 00:00 Tools
The Barn 00:00 Tools
5 Second Concerts 00:00 Tools
Lord Please Make Me Happy #2 00:00 Tools
Dedicated Friend - Alternate Version 00:00 Tools
Tapioca Tundra - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Six Days On the Road 00:00 Tools
1st National Dance [#][*][Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Cruisin' (Lucy And Ramona And Sunset Sam) 00:00 Tools
Crippled Lion 00:00 Tools
Papa Gene's Blue 00:00 Tools
Semi Man (Garland Frady) 00:00 Tools
Grand Ennui (Live 1981) 00:00 Tools
The Crippled Lion (Live 1995) 00:00 Tools
Rally 00:00 Tools
The Massacre 00:00 Tools
(5 Second Concerts) 00:00 Tools
Tengo Amore - Alternate Instrumental 00:00 Tools
The One Rose (That's Left In M 00:00 Tools
02 - High School Rock & Roll 00:00 Tools
Silver Moon (Extended Quad Mix) 00:00 Tools
Dr Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce 00:00 Tools
Conspiracy 00:00 Tools
Lord Please Make Me Happy #1 00:00 Tools
Some Of Shelly's Blues (live on Later - 1994) 00:00 Tools
Crusin' 00:00 Tools
Listen to the Band - Alternate Version 00:00 Tools
Texas Morning - Alternate Take 00:00 Tools
Carlisle Wheeling (Conversations) 00:00 Tools
06 - Jimi Hendrix 00:00 Tools
Go Somewhere & Cry (W-Denny Ezba) 00:00 Tools
Joanne (Kpfk Folk Scene 1984) 00:00 Tools
Revenge 00:00 Tools
Nine Times Blue [Demo Version] 00:00 Tools
Funny (Elephant Parts 1980) 00:00 Tools
Road Song #2 00:00 Tools
Contata and Fugue In C&W 00:00 Tools
Papa Gene's Blues (Live) 00:00 Tools
Cruisin' (Lucy & Ramona & Sunset Sam) 00:00 Tools
Road Song Variations 00:00 Tools
Different Drum (Live) 00:00 Tools
Rene - Uncut Version 00:00 Tools
The Battle 00:00 Tools
Rio (Alt Mix 1) 00:00 Tools
Papa Gene's Blues - Live Recording 00:00 Tools
Kpig Videoranch Ad 00:00 Tools
Introduction to Different Drum 00:00 Tools
04 - The Monkees 00:00 Tools
Dancing In The Dark (Elephant Parts 1980) 00:00 Tools
Some Of Shelly's Blues (Later 1994) 00:00 Tools
Elodrado To The Moon 00:00 Tools
Rio (Alt Mix 3) 00:00 Tools
What's So Dusty About The Dustbowl (TV Parts 1985) 00:00 Tools
The Monkees 00:00 Tools
Chapter 01 00:00 Tools
Roll With The Flow (Alt Live Mix) 00:00 Tools
Don't Call On Me (demo) 00:00 Tools
Welcome & Introduction Of The Band 00:00 Tools
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke [*] 00:00 Tools
i've just begun to care 00:00 Tools
As Time Goes By (Elephant Parts 1980) 00:00 Tools
Tapeheads Promo 00:00 Tools
Roses Are Blooming - Come Back to Me Darling? - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Introduction to Grand Ennui 00:00 Tools
Different Drummer 00:00 Tools
Capsule (Hello People Of A Hundred Years From Now) 00:00 Tools
Introduction To Calico Triptych 00:00 Tools
Rio (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
19 - Thought Processes 00:00 Tools
All The King's Horses (demo) 00:00 Tools
09 - Carioca 00:00 Tools
01 Nine Times Blue 00:00 Tools
Flying (Live 1981) 00:00 Tools
Baby Called (TV Parts 1985) 00:00 Tools
Rio (Alt Mix 2) 00:00 Tools
I Fall To Pieces (Patsy Cline cover) 00:00 Tools
Rio (Alt Mix 4) 00:00 Tools
Rose City Chimes [*] 00:00 Tools
Tan My Hide - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Propinquity (Live) 00:00 Tools
03 - Magic 00:00 Tools
05 - Tonite 00:00 Tools
1st National Dance (Instrument 00:00 Tools
15 - Infinte Rider On The Big Dogma 00:00 Tools
Roll With The Flow (Alt Mix) 00:00 Tools
One Ton Tomato - Ratt Buoy (TV Parts 1985) 00:00 Tools
Upside Of Good-Bye 00:00 Tools
Capsule (Live 1981) 00:00 Tools
Joanne - Interview (American Bandstand 1971) 00:00 Tools
Some Of Shelly's Blues (Live) 00:00 Tools
Jimi Hendrix 00:00 Tools
Back Porch and a Fruit Jar Full of Iced Tea: a) The F.F.V. b) Uncle Pen 00:00 Tools
January (Unreleased Track 2001) 00:00 Tools
The Beatles 00:00 Tools
Road Song #4 00:00 Tools
Sunset Sam 00:00 Tools
Joanne (Live) 00:00 Tools
01 - Intro - Dance 00:00 Tools
The LA Music Scene 00:00 Tools
You Are My One - Alternate Instrumental 00:00 Tools
The Candidate (Country Suite Show 1972) 00:00 Tools
Canata & Fugue in C & W [*] 00:00 Tools
Chapter 02 00:00 Tools
Some Of Shelley's Blues - Paris Theatre 1975 00:00 Tools
50 Years Ago - Live Recording 00:00 Tools
The Crippled Lion [*] 00:00 Tools
Monologue 00:00 Tools
Chapter 10 00:00 Tools
Television 00:00 Tools
Chapter 12 00:00 Tools
Upside Of Goodbye 00:00 Tools
Nevada Fighter [*] 00:00 Tools
08 - The LA Music Scene 00:00 Tools
07 - Flying 00:00 Tools
Contuining 00:00 Tools
13 - The Record Business 00:00 Tools
Walking In The Sand 00:00 Tools
Hills Of Time (Uk Radio Edit) 00:00 Tools
The Record Business 00:00 Tools
The World Is Golden Too (Single Edit) 00:00 Tools
Chapter 03, Part 1 00:00 Tools
Chapter 06 00:00 Tools
Hear Me, Calling 00:00 Tools
Marie's Theme (Alternate Version) 00:00 Tools
Intro - Live Recording 00:00 Tools
Introduction to Propinquity 00:00 Tools
Silver Moon (Live) 00:00 Tools
Calico Girlfriend - Live Recording 00:00 Tools
Two Different Roads (Live) 00:00 Tools
Chapter 03, Part 2 00:00 Tools
Nine Times Blue - Live Recording 00:00 Tools
Introduction To Some Of Shelly's Blues 00:00 Tools
Land o Pies 00:00 Tools
01 - Joanne 00:00 Tools
Mana Nantucket 00:00 Tools
05 - Rio 00:00 Tools
17 - Video Art - Computer Future 00:00 Tools
Calico Girl Friend 00:00 Tools
Capsule [DJ Supermarkt Lazy Softrock Disco Jam Edit] 00:00 Tools
04 Don't Call On Me 00:00 Tools
14 - Factions 00:00 Tools
11 - Television 00:00 Tools
Tonite (The Television Song) 00:00 Tools
High School Rock & Roll 00:00 Tools
Video Art - Computer Future 00:00 Tools
Chapter 04 00:00 Tools
El Dorado to the Moon 00:00 Tools
Candidate 00:00 Tools
Long Black Veil 00:00 Tools
Chapter 05 00:00 Tools
Sleep 00:00 Tools
Propinquity (I've just begun t 00:00 Tools
Introduction To Rio - Casablanca Moonlight Diptych 00:00 Tools
Tomorrow And Me (Live) 00:00 Tools
Introduction To Joanne - Sliver Moon Diptych 00:00 Tools
Introduction To Light - Rays Diptych 00:00 Tools
Nevada Fighter - Live Recording 00:00 Tools
Joanne (Country Suite Show 1972) 00:00 Tools
Chapter 08 00:00 Tools
Infinte Rider On The Big Dogma 00:00 Tools
Little Red Rider - Live Recording 00:00 Tools
Joanne - Paris Theatre 1975 00:00 Tools
Intro 00:00 Tools
16 - Light 00:00 Tools
Naked Persimmon (The Only Thing I Believe Is True) 00:00 Tools
Thought Processes 00:00 Tools
Intro - Dance 00:00 Tools
Different Drum [Live] 00:00 Tools
Introduction To Crusin' - Dance - Tonite Triptych 00:00 Tools
Chapter 09 00:00 Tools
Introduction to Yellow Butterfly 00:00 Tools
Naked Persimmon 00:00 Tools
I Am Not That - Reprise 00:00 Tools
The Crippled Lion - Live Recording 00:00 Tools
03 - Yellow Butterfly 00:00 Tools
04 - Twilight On The Trail 00:00 Tools
"Bye, Bye, Bye" 00:00 Tools
18 - Horserace 00:00 Tools
Wisdom Has It's Way 00:00 Tools
Chapter 11 00:00 Tools
Marie's Theme - Paris Theatre 1975 00:00 Tools
Lord Please Make Me Happy 2 00:00 Tools
08 You Just May Be The One 00:00 Tools
05 Don't Cry Now 00:00 Tools
20 - Capsule - Outro 00:00 Tools
10 You Told Me 00:00 Tools
Walkin' in the Sand 00:00 Tools
Dr. Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce 00:00 Tools
If I Ever Get To Saginaw Again 00:00 Tools
Some Of Shelly’s Blues 00:00 Tools
The Crippled Lion [Mix #1] 00:00 Tools
The Upside Of Goodbye (Live) 00:00 Tools
Some of Shelly's Blues (Alternate Version) 00:00 Tools
Here I Am [*] 00:00 Tools
Chapter 07 00:00 Tools
Joanne - Live Recording 00:00 Tools
Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care) - Live Recording 00:00 Tools
Rose City Chimes (ultra rare track) 00:00 Tools
Dedicated Friend - Live Recording 00:00 Tools
Dialog 1 00:00 Tools
Untitled 00:00 Tools
Bye Bye Bye - Live Recording 00:00 Tools
How Can You Kiss Me [demo] 00:00 Tools
Searching [demo] 00:00 Tools
Love Is Only Sleeping 00:00 Tools
Road Song 3 00:00 Tools
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) 00:00 Tools
I'll Go Somewhere And Cry 00:00 Tools
09 Sweet Young Thing 00:00 Tools
Carioca (Blue Carioca) 00:00 Tools
(Flying Down To) Rio 00:00 Tools
The Back Porch and a Fruit Jar Full of Iced Tea: The F.F.V. /Uncle Pen 00:00 Tools
Papa Gene's Blues [Live] 00:00 Tools
Nine Times Blue [Mix #1] 00:00 Tools
5 Second Concerts (Live) 00:00 Tools
Harmony Constant (Live) 00:00 Tools
Introduction by Nesmith 00:00 Tools
Sunny Girlfriend 00:00 Tools
Carioca (Alternate Mix) 00:00 Tools
Mama Nantucket [Mix #1] 00:00 Tools
Mama Nantucket - Live Recording 00:00 Tools
Ed's October Café 00:00 Tools
Rio (Alternate Mix) 00:00 Tools
Capsule - Outro 00:00 Tools
Lady of the Valley - Live Recording 00:00 Tools
Thanks for the Ride 00:00 Tools
Neveda Fighter 00:00 Tools
Beyond The Blue Horizon [Mix #1] 00:00 Tools
Dialog 3 00:00 Tools
Release [*] 00:00 Tools
Introduction to Wax Minute 00:00 Tools
Two Swans at The Point 00:00 Tools
Introduction 00:00 Tools
06 - Marie's Theme 00:00 Tools
I've Never Loved Anyone More (composed by Michael Nesmith, unfortunally sings by Charly McClain) 00:00 Tools
... For the Island 00:00 Tools
Nevada Fighters 00:00 Tools
NIne Time Blues 00:00 Tools
Monkee Tripper Spot # 2 – Khj, Los Angeles - 9/7/66 00:00 Tools
Dance (Dance & Have a Good Time) 00:00 Tools
Flying (Silks & Satins) 00:00 Tools
Mike Nesmith - Rio 00:00 Tools
Wax Minute [Live] 00:00 Tools
Nadine (Is That You) 00:00 Tools
Silvermoon 00:00 Tools
Little Red Rider [Mix #1] 00:00 Tools
I Fall To Pieces [Mix #1] 00:00 Tools
Joanne [Mix #1] 00:00 Tools
The Grand Ennui 00:00 Tools
The Beginning Of The Change 00:00 Tools
Grand Ennui - Live Recording 00:00 Tools
Closing Theme (Lamp Post) 00:00 Tools
One & Twenty 00:00 Tools
Dialog 2 00:00 Tools
Lord Please Make Me Happy 1 00:00 Tools
The Grand Ennui - Michael Nesmith 1970-1975 00:00 Tools
Some of Shelly's Blues - Live Recording 00:00 Tools
Thanx for the Ride - Live Recording 00:00 Tools
Cariooa 00:00 Tools
Roll With The Flow (Alternate Version) 00:00 Tools
Keep On (Alternate Version) 00:00 Tools
Until Its Time For You To Go 00:00 Tools
Rio (1977) 00:00 Tools
Rodanne 00:00 Tools
Joanne - Interview (American Bandstand - 1971) 00:00 Tools
02 - Dance Between The Raindrops 00:00 Tools
Magic (Extended Coda) 00:00 Tools
1st National Dance [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Tengo Amor 00:00 Tools
Life The Unsuspecting Captive 00:00 Tools
07 - Lampost 00:00 Tools
Capsule (Hello Everybody 100 Years From Now) 00:00 Tools
Road Song 2 00:00 Tools
Don't Let The Deal Go Down 00:00 Tools
04 - Waking Mystery 00:00 Tools
07 Papa Gene's Blue 00:00 Tools
The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora (Unabridged) 00:00 Tools
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Robert Michael Nesmith (born December 30, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, perhaps best known as a member of The Monkees. A pioneer of country rock, Nesmith notably composed "Different Drum", a hit for Linda Ronstadt (by way of The Stone Poneys). In 1981, Nesmith won the inaugural Grammy Award for Video of the Year for Elephant Parts, a "video record" consisting of humorous sketches and visual representations of songs, breaking new ground for the concept of music videos, which would shortly become ubiquitous with the advent of MTV. Biography Born in Houston, Texas, Nesmith was an only child, and his parents, Warren Audrey Nesmith and Bette Nesmith Graham, separated when he was very young. With his father gone, Nesmith's mother worked as a secretary. Their fortunes changed when Bette invented typewriter correction fluid, later known commercially as Liquid Paper. Nesmith was an indifferent student, and in his teen years an occasional prankster. An urban legend says a prank with a firecracker went wrong, leaving Nesmith with a hand injury, and that a doctor suggested he learn to play guitar to recover his dexterity (the incident never actually happened). An early accident with a hammer smashed the ring finger on Nesmith's right hand, and he did not learn to play guitar until his twenties. He did, however, participate in choral and drama activities during his years at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas. He also began to write verse poetry. In 1962, Nesmith's mother married Robert Graham, triggering a rebellious phase for Nesmith. He took the family car without permission and drove to California. Upon his return, he discovered that his mother had enlisted him in the U.S. Air Force. Nesmith was stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas and he later claimed that he had been discharged after he tipped over a general's airplane while washing it. After leaving the Air Force, Nesmith obtained a G.E.D. and then moved in with an uncle, Chick Adair. Nesmith enrolled in San Antonio College, where he met John Kuehne (later to be known as John London) and began a musical collaboration. He also met 16-year-old Phyllis Ann Barbour, whom he later married. During this time John Kuehne decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career, and Nesmith decided to follow him. Nesmith and Barbour moved back and forth from Texas. Nesmith landed a role in the Monkees pilot, which was filmed in October 1965. In October 1967, the episode "Monkees in Texas" was filmed, in which a brief cameo appearance was given to Nurit Wilde, a socialite and former mistress of John Phillips (of The Mamas & the Papas), and close friend of Peter Tork. In late 1967, Barbour was pregnant with the Nesmiths' second child when she suffered a head injury in a car accident. Because they were practicing Christian Scientists, they decided to just rest instead of seeking medical treatment. Their second son, Jonathan, was born in February 1968. Nesmith was divorced and remarried to Kathryn Bild from 1976 to 1988. In 2000, he married Victoria Kennedy. Early work After a tour of duty in the Air Force, Nesmith won a singing spot with a band by knowing a number of Chuck Berry's songs. He bought a guitar with his parents' help, learning as he went, and joined a series of working bands, performing folk, country, and occasionally rock and roll. His verse poems became the basis for song lyrics, and after moving to Los Angeles with Phyllis and friend John London, he published a number of his own songs. Nesmith's "Mary, Mary" was recorded by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, while "Different Drum" was recorded by Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys. "Pretty Little Princess", written in 1965, was recorded by Frankie Laine and released as a single in 1968 on ABC Records. Later, "Some of Shelly's Blues" and "Propinquity" were made popular by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on their 1970 album Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy. Nesmith began his recording career in 1965 with a one-off single released on Edan Records. He followed with two singles recorded under the name "Michael Blessing", released on Colpix Records—coincidentally also the label of Davy Jones, though they had not met. The Monkees From 1965 to early 1970, Nesmith and Jones were members of the pop rock band The Monkees, created for the television situation comedy of the same name. The only Monkee to learn of the audition from the famous press advertisement asking for "four insane boys", Nesmith won his role largely by appearing blasé when he auditioned. He further distinguished himself by carrying a bag of laundry to be done on the way home, and wearing a wool cap to keep his hair out of his eyes, riding his motorcycle to the audition. Producers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider remembered "Wool Hat", and called Nesmith back. Once he was cast, Screen Gems bought his songs so they could be used in the show. Many of the songs Nesmith wrote for The Monkees, such as "The Girl I Knew Somewhere", "Mary, Mary", and "Listen to the Band" became minor hits. One song he wrote, "You Just May Be The One," is in mixed meter, interspersing 5/4 bars into an otherwise 4/4 structure. The Gretsch guitar company built a one-off natural finish 12-string electric guitar for Nesmith when he was performing with The Monkees (Gretsch had a promotional deal with the group). He earlier played a customized Gretsch twelve-string, which had originally been a six-string model. As with the other Monkees, Nesmith came to be frustrated by the manufactured image of the whole project. He was permitted to write and produce two songs per album, and his music was frequently featured in episodes of the series. The Monkees succeeded in ousting supervisor Don Kirshner (with Nesmith punching a hole in a wall, to make a point with Kirshner and attorney Herb Moelis), and took control of their records and song choices, but they worked as a four-man group on only one album. The band never overcame the credibility problems they faced when word spread that they had not played on their first records (at Nesmith's instigation, calling the band's first non-studio press conference, where he called More of The Monkees "probably the worst record in the history of the world"). However, their singles and albums continued to sell well, until the disastrous release of Head. Nesmith's last Monkees commitment was a Kool-Aid commercial, in April 1970. With the band's fortunes continuing to fall, Nesmith asked to be released from his contract, and had to pay a default: "I had three years left...at $150,000 a year," which he had to pay back. He continued to feel the financial bite for years afterwards, telling Playboy in 1980 "I had to start telling little tales to the tax man while they were putting tags on the furniture."[citation needed]. Indeed, while Nesmith had continued to produce his compositions with the Monkees, he withheld many of the songs from the final Monkees' albums, only to release them on his post-Monkees solo records. Later career As he prepared for his exit from The Monkees, Nesmith was approached by John Ware of The Corvettes, a band that featured Nesmith's friend John London (who played on some of the earliest pre-Monkees Nesmith 45s as well as numerous Monkees sessions) and had 45s produced by Nesmith for the Dot label in 1969. Ware wanted Nesmith to put together a band. Nesmith said he would be interested only if noted pedal steel player Orville "Red" Rhodes would be a part of the project, and a long musical partnership was born that would continue until Rhodes' untimely death in 1995. The new band was christened Michael Nesmith & The First National Band and went on to record a trilogy of albums for RCA Records in 1970. Nesmith has been considered one of the pioneers of country-rock (along with Gram Parsons) and had moderate commercial success with the First National Band. Their second single, "Joanne," hit #21 on the Billboard chart & #17 on Cashbox, with the follow-up "Silver Moon" making #42 Billboard/#28 Cashbox. Two more singles charted ("Nevada Fighter" #70 Billboard/#73 Cashbox & "Propinquity" #95 Cashbox) and the first two LP's charted in the lower regions of the Billboard album chart. No clear answer has ever been given for the band's breakup, the albums they recorded remain on par with the Flying Burrito Brothers, Poco and New Riders of the Purple Sage as some of the best country-rock music. Nesmith followed up with the Second National Band, a band that besides Nesmith, consisted of Michael Cohen (keyboards and Moog), Johnny Meeks (bass), Jack Panelli (drums) and the always present Orville Rhodes (pedal steel), as well as an appearance by singer, musician, and songwriter Jose Feliciano (conga drums). The album, [album artist=Michael Nesmith & The Second National BandTantamount to Treason, Volume One[/album], was a commercial and critical disaster. Nesmith then decided to cut one of the best albums of his career, featuring only him on guitar and Red Rhodes on pedal steel, And the Hits Just Keep On Comin'. Nesmith got more heavily involved in producing, and was given a label of his own through Elektra Records, Countryside. It featured a number of artists that were produced by Nesmith, including Garland Frady and Red Rhodes. The staff band at Countryside also helped Nesmith on his next, and last, RCA album, Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash. In the mid-1970s Nesmith briefly collaborated as a songwriter with Linda Hargrove, resulting in the tune "I've Never Loved Anyone More," a hit for Lynn Anderson and recorded by many others, as well as the songs "Winonah" and "If You Will Walk With Me" which were both recorded by Hargrove. Of all three songs, only "Winonah" was recorded by Nesmith himself. During this same period, Nesmith started his multimedia company Pacific Arts, which initially put out audio records, 8-tracks and cassettes, followed in 1981 with "video records." Nesmith recorded a number of LPs for his label, and had a moderate worldwide hit in 1977 with his song "Rio", the single taken from the album From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing. More importantly, Nesmith created a video clip for "Rio" which, in a roundabout way, helped spur Nesmith's creation of a television program called Pop Clips for the Nickelodeon cable network. The concept was sold to Time Warner/Amex, who developed it into the MTV network. His single "Cruisin'" was the first video of the MTV generation. Nesmith also won the first Grammy Award (1981) given for Video of the Year for his hour-long Elephant Parts and also had a short-lived series inspired by the video called Television Parts. Pacific Arts Video became a pioneer in the home video market, producing and distributing a wide variety of videotaped programs. Pacific Arts eventually ceased operations after an acrimonious contract dispute with PBS over home video licensing rights and payments for several series, including Ken Burns' The Civil War. On February 3, 1999, a jury awarded Nesmith $46.8 million in compensatory and punitive damages, prompting his widely-quoted comment, "It's like finding your grandmother stealing your stereo. You're happy to get your stereo back, but it's sad to find out your grandmother is a thief." PBS appealed the ruling and a settlement was reached with the results kept confidential. He was the executive producer for the movies Repo Man, Tapeheads, and Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann, as well as his own solo recording and film projects. In 1998, Nesmith published his first novel, The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora. His latest studio album, Rays, was released on April 4, 2006. Since 1990, Nesmith has hosted the Council on Ideas, a gathering of intellectuals from different fields who are asked to brainstorm solutions to world problems. In 1992, Nesmith undertook a concert tour of North America to promote the CD release of his RCA solo albums (although he included the song "Rio", from the album From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing. The concert tour ended at the Britt Festival in Oregon. The Live at the Britt Festival recording was released on both video and compact disc. In 1995, he reunited with The Monkees to record their last studio album (and first to feature all four since Head) titled Justus, released in 1996. He also wrote and directed a Monkees television special, and briefly toured the UK with the band in 1997. He re-departed when the tour came to America later in the year, following media criticism of his recent stage performances. Nesmith spent a decade as a board of trustees member and nominating member of the American Film Institute and is currently President and chairman of the board of trustees of the Gihon Foundation. Nesmith's current project is Videoranch 3D, a virtual environment on the internet that hosts live performances at various virtual venues inside the Ranch. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.