A great song is a great song. I have been blessed to have such amazing material offered to me from the get go. I sing. I just sing. You just took part in a virtual tribute to Schlesinger, and obviously he is still on your mind. What made him iconic? What a loss. He was amazing, just one of the best producers I ever worked with.
He knew what he wanted, and was pretty strict about getting it. Maybe strict is a strong word — he just had a vision, and would follow that through. Which I respected. He was happy to hear my ideas and variations, and if he thought it worked, it was fine. If not, no. I liked having a director with a clear vision, and not one who just wafts around. Both you and Nesmith seem to be at one of your personal and professional peaks. Why stop now? Why call this a last tour?
Mike and I might hook up for single dates… you never know. As far as a Monkees tour goes, this one — a really long one at that, long enough for me — is probably enough. Touring is grueling. Talking with Nez, he feels likewise. But we have a great show, and we love seeing the fans. You mention your ages for the reason of there being a last roundup. That news, however, caught me by surprise a bit. Which was true of many bands back then.
You just took the flak. It was like they had found something. They are in here looking for their old memories so they can take them home with them. Remember when you rushed home from school to get down the basement floor and watch The Monkees?
That music is still here. We play the same. We look the same. Bring them to the show. They will change their mind. I see so many bands these days that are doing farewell tours… Oh, no! Do you ever think about a Monkees farewell tour?
Well, I had that heart attack about three tours ago. I know how this music goes. I can play it well. I can sing it well.
Go out there and do it. Have you thought about a European tour? You know what? You were talking to the press in Australia a few months back and you said something about Peter Tork that surprised a lot of fans. They knew Pete and I went our own ways. Then we just left it at that. Partners in silence. We enjoyed, to a degree, playing music. Sure, it was fun to go to the big shows where we were the big headliners.
I was 16, I was 13, I was 11, and there were five people onstage. Maybe it was. Think that might happen at some point? The East Coast is kind of like the U. I am Michael Nesmith! How are you feeling these days, health-wise? I feel great. Maybe the Monkees were simply a stone too heavy to carry into the next phase.
He didn't participate in their early reunions — including the Monkees' celebrated 20th-anniversary tour, appearing only for a single encore in at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. After Justus , a decade later, he largely stayed away until returning for consecutive summer tours in the wake of Jones' death in He took part in sessions for 's Good Times , but didn't tour behind it. After Tork died , Nesmith performed some duo shows with Dolenz. He never could let go of the First National Band, however, and eventually reissued their albums then resurrected the band in By then, Rhodes and London had also died, and Ware said he wasn't up for a return to the road.
Mike's son Christian, who at that point was also part of the Monkees' touring band, assembled the new lineup. They played to a series of packed crowds, finally gifting Nesmith with the attention this phase always deserved.
The First National Band was to be my private yacht to take me to shore. It still serves that purpose — and I think it is a beautiful boat. Home News. Nick DeRiso Published: April 14, Mike was dressed in a non matching white suit, which may have suggested that his mother, years ago, invented Liquid Paper and made their family very rich. This was always a great story, like Beaver getting killed in Vietnam. But Nesmith hung with John Lennon back in the day, made music like the Byrds, and wrote lots of songs for the series.
Dolenz has never stopped working, whether as the Monkees or on his own, acting and singing. His voice remains perfectly intact and idiosyncratically his own. Meaning: you could pick it out of any crowd of singers.
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