RIP Mike Nesmith

GlowGirl
GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,271
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Gotta love the Monkees. RIP!

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  • DC29940
    DC29940 Tucson, AZ Posts: 723
    GlowGirl said:
    Gotta love the Monkees. RIP!
    RIP indeed. A true musician and tremendous songwriter. Back in 2016, I bought tickets to see The Monkees when they passed through town, so I could say I got to see them (even if it was just Micky and Peter touring), and planned on taking my Dad. The day before the show I got an email from the venue telling me that Peter Tork had to bow out of that specific date due to a personal matter BUT Nez was coming to fill in. I couldn't believe it. I mean, after their heyday Mike wasn't too keen on being a Monkee, so I felt like I hit the jackpot. My dad and I had a blast and they put on a really good show. They played a bunch more Nesmith stuff that they hadn't been playing since he was there. It was this show that spurred Mike and Micky to do a couple tours together after Peter passed - the farewell of which just wrapped up in the middle of November. Feel very honored to say I got to see him live.
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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    edited December 2021
    Loved the Monkees.  

    I was just listening to “Me and Magdalena” the other day.  He sings so well on it.  Damn RIP

    https://youtu.be/FfruDTmFDUA
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,271
    DC29940 said:
    GlowGirl said:
    Gotta love the Monkees. RIP!
    RIP indeed. A true musician and tremendous songwriter. Back in 2016, I bought tickets to see The Monkees when they passed through town, so I could say I got to see them (even if it was just Micky and Peter touring), and planned on taking my Dad. The day before the show I got an email from the venue telling me that Peter Tork had to bow out of that specific date due to a personal matter BUT Nez was coming to fill in. I couldn't believe it. I mean, after their heyday Mike wasn't too keen on being a Monkee, so I felt like I hit the jackpot. My dad and I had a blast and they put on a really good show. They played a bunch more Nesmith stuff that they hadn't been playing since he was there. It was this show that spurred Mike and Micky to do a couple tours together after Peter passed - the farewell of which just wrapped up in the middle of November. Feel very honored to say I got to see him live.
    I saw the Monkees sometime in the late 80s when Mike Nesmith was not with them, but the other 3 were there. I also remember seeing his son Jason Nesmith's band Nancy Boy play in a club in NYC in the mid 1990's. That band also had Donovan's son - a progeny super group I guess.

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    Oh no.  Tears falling down for Michael Nesmith.  The Monkeys were a lot of fun, but Nesmith was so much more than just the that band.
    First National Band, great song writing, Repo Man, Tape Heads, two novels.  A talented and amazing, creative man.
    R.I.P. Michael Nesmith.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,634
    only monkee still alive is Micky Dolenz. I used to watch the show when i was a kid, it was stupid but fun.
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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,031
    Sad news.
    RIP Mike.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Yefa
    Yefa Posts: 1,134
    There's a nice tribute to Nesmith by writer Tim Lucas at his blog which I have linked below.  Tim and his wife Donna are longtime fans.

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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,271
    Just read an interesting article on Mike Nesmith. Apparently he came up with a show that he sold to Warner that later evolved into MTV. He was also the first person to put a barcode on a vinyl record. 
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,101
    Another part of my youth passes on hopefully to a better place RIP Mike! 
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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,954
    I loved the Monkees when I was a kid.  I think they were right up their Batman reruns for my favourite things to watch.  It's a shame I never got around to seeing a show :(

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