R.I.P. Michael Nesmith (1942-2021)

[Dback Jon]

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[AZ Native]

RIP Michael. I always believed the story that a firecracker went off in his hand and he started playing guitar to regain dexterity in his fingers. But now with the internet, we find out that was false. He was a man of many talents.

 

[TRW]

IMO Nez had some good music post Monkees and wrote some of their best songs. R.I.P. 78 years old.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

RIP Michael. I always believed the story that a firecracker went off in his hand and he started playing guitar to regain dexterity in his fingers. But now with the internet, we find out that was false. He was a man of many talents.

Here is a true story about him: Nesmith was the only child of Bette Nesmith, the inventor of Liquid Paper, a typewriter correction product; she sold the company to Gillette in 1979 for $48 million, a fortune her son would inherit after her death in 1980.

He was also the only Monkee to write original material for the group. He also wrote Different Drum for Linda Ronstadt (then of the Stone Poneys).

RIP.

 

[Dback Jon]

He also created basically the first real music video show, a show that would be morphed into MTV

 

[Brian in Mesa]

He also created basically the first real music video show, a show that would be morphed into MTV

And produced the films Repo Man and Tapeheads.

 

[TRW]

Here is a true story about him: Nesmith was the only child of Bette Nesmith, the inventor of Liquid Paper, a typewriter correction product; she sold the company to Gillette in 1979 for $48 million, a fortune her son would inherit after her death in 1980.

He was also the only Monkee to write original material for the group. He also wrote Different Drum for Linda Ronstadt (then of the Stone Poneys).

RIP.

I believe the other 3 wrote some songs for the album "Justus" in the 90's but was too lazy to look up to verify that

 

[Passepartout]

It leaves only Mickey Dolenz the drummer the sole Monkee member alive. RIP to all three!