Michael Nesmith performing Silver Moon at the Britt Festival in 1992. This performance video is taken from Live at the Britt Festival, a live video recorded on June 19, 1992, at the Britt Festival in Jacksonville, OR. The band is what Nez calls the Tropical Campfires band: Red Rhodes on pedal steel guitar, Joe Chemay on bass, Luis Conte on percussion, John Hobbs on keyboards, … [Read more...]
R.I.P. MICHAEL NESMITH: Beyond The Blue Horizon (1970)
Not to everyone’s taste, I’m sure, but my favorite of Michael’s non-Monkees performances was this LP track. A unique arrangement of the well-known 1930 song hit, complete with accompanying sound effects, this later provided the inspiration for Lou Christie’s more compact 1974 adult-contemporary hit single of the tune ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_zX17-NO4w ). Mike’s … [Read more...]
MICHAEL NESMITH – R.I.P – TRIBUTE TO THE MEMBER OF THE MONKEES WHO HAS DIED AGED 78
Tribute to Mike Nesmith, the member of the band The Monkees, who has died aged 78. Watch him perform “Different Drum” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMkiZ9tO-Zs Watch an interview with Michael and Micky Dolenz here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R39x-5p4Zjc Hear Michael on stage performing the brilliant "Silver Moon" … [Read more...]