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Title: RIP Mike Nesmith. Post by: Henry Tompkins (Pete) on December 10, 2021, 06:34:22 PM Very sad news.
Title: Re: RIP Mike Nesmith. Post by: giottoscircle (Robert) on December 10, 2021, 08:46:26 PM Not sure it’s Fairport news (but Peggy and Dave M played with him and Iain produced him) but still the saddest news. First gig I ever went to was Mike at Victoria Palace. Will dust down my green bobble hat and remember.
Title: Re: RIP Mike Nesmith. Post by: ddratb on December 14, 2021, 05:05:55 AM I have known of him for a long time, but I've just begun to care [;-)
Title: Re: RIP Mike Nesmith. Post by: GubGub (Al) on December 14, 2021, 08:38:04 AM Not sure it’s Fairport news (but Peggy and Dave M played with him and Iain produced him) but still the saddest news. First gig I ever went to was Mike at Victoria Palace. Will dust down my green bobble hat and remember. Other way round I think. He produced Iain on the Valley Hi album. Title: Re: RIP Mike Nesmith. Post by: David (terrrrrrrr) on December 14, 2021, 08:53:20 AM I was not a fan of The Monkees. My younger sisters were of the "teenybopper" age that loved them. Over the years my attitude to the Monkees has softened though. They were part of that time, and I now recognise that. I have been genuinely saddened by the passing of Mike Nesmith.
I'm hearing the light from the window, I'm seeing the sound of the sea, My feet have come loose from their moorings, I'm feeling quite wonderfully free. And I think I will travel to Rio Using the music for flight... Title: Re: RIP Mike Nesmith. Post by: GubGub (Al) on December 14, 2021, 10:24:39 AM I was not a fan of The Monkees. My younger sisters were of the "teenybopper" age that loved them. Over the years my attitude to the Monkees has softened though. They were part of that time, and I now recognise that. I have been genuinely saddened by the passing of Mike Nesmith. I'm hearing the light from the window, I'm seeing the sound of the sea, My feet have come loose from their moorings, I'm feeling quite wonderfully free. And I think I will travel to Rio Using the music for flight... I think the Monkees can be a barrier to some people's appreciation of Nez. The old canard about them not playing on their records still haunts them, even though it was only partially true and even then only of their first couple of albums and there were plenty of other 60s bands for whom this was also true to a greater or lesser extent. But the point with Nez is that irrespective of who was in the backing band (which sometimes included the likes of Glen Campbell, Neil Young and Hal Blaine), he was a wonderful songwriter both for the Monkees and perhaps even more throughout his solo career. Title: Re: RIP Mike Nesmith. Post by: Jules Gray on December 14, 2021, 04:54:03 PM Big time +1 for what Gub just said. Nes is a cornerstone of my musical path.
Jules Title: Re: RIP Mike Nesmith. Post by: fat Billy(Bill) on December 15, 2021, 09:44:30 AM I'm with you guys very sad. The TV programme can along at a time when I was just developing a liking for music. The Monkees stuff was high quality pop and most of the songs still stand up today. Listen to their last album, most of it was written by Tork and Nesmith this gives a better idea of what they were.
His solo career proved what a good songwriter he was and some of Shelley's blues remains a firm favourite (although I discovered it through the Michael Chapman version) A sad loss. I really enjoyed hid work. Title: Re: RIP Mike Nesmith. Post by: davidmjs on September 26, 2022, 12:47:09 PM Decent piece here on Nez's '75 tour featuring Peggy and DM
https://focusonnez.wordpress.com/2022/09/25/uk-tour-november-1975/?fbclid=IwAR3rgrdTpW1slBT0f7Jxj-iJJsFlnq-SMniL8kfmqClprOzg_Fp5w3I0dNM Title: Re: RIP Mike Nesmith. Post by: Jules Gray on September 26, 2022, 12:55:45 PM Decent piece here on Nez's '75 tour featuring Peggy and DM https://focusonnez.wordpress.com/2022/09/25/uk-tour-november-1975/?fbclid=IwAR3rgrdTpW1slBT0f7Jxj-iJJsFlnq-SMniL8kfmqClprOzg_Fp5w3I0dNM Cool. Thanks, David. Jules Title: Re: RIP Mike Nesmith. Post by: quodlibet (Ian) on September 26, 2022, 08:27:20 PM Decent piece here on Nez's '75 tour featuring Peggy and DM https://focusonnez.wordpress.com/2022/09/25/uk-tour-november-1975/?fbclid=IwAR3rgrdTpW1slBT0f7Jxj-iJJsFlnq-SMniL8kfmqClprOzg_Fp5w3I0dNM Very sad news. I was lucky enough to catch the Drury Lane show. Nes & Red Rhodes were fab, but sadly DP & DM were woefully under rehearsed. Title: Re: RIP Mike Nesmith. Post by: Harbottle (Martin) on October 14, 2022, 10:59:13 AM I was not a fan of The Monkees. My younger sisters were of the "teenybopper" age that loved them. Over the years my attitude to the Monkees has softened though. They were part of that time, and I now recognise that. I have been genuinely saddened by the passing of Mike Nesmith. I'm hearing the light from the window, I'm seeing the sound of the sea, My feet have come loose from their moorings, I'm feeling quite wonderfully free. And I think I will travel to Rio Using the music for flight... The first two albums are the stuff made by session musicians (With Tork and Nes on a few tracks) but after that they got control and did a couple of great albums of diverse stuff that was not really much like the first two albums. Then they effectively became 4 and then 3 separate musicians doing stuff by themselves with session musicians again. |