Mike Nesmith claimed The Monkees’ music ‘wakes up something that lies dormant’ from childhood. The Monkees’ television show and music harken back to a simpler time for most people that ...

The genre of country rock was an original idea when Mike Nesmith began writing music with the members of what would later become The First National Band. Members Red Rhodes, John Ware and John ...

Michael Nesmith — Monkee Mike ... upheld his TV band’s legacy as an early explorer of the intersection of music, video and comedy. (It is said that his Nickelodeon video show “Pop Clips ...

He was into music of course. He was a singer songwriter ... That’s where I was heading vocally. In addition to Mike Nesmith, there’s Neil Diamond, Carole King, Gerry Goffin - all of these ...

Michael Nesmith is a prolific singer-songwriter-author-producer. Although best known by most as the toboggan-wearing Monkee, he has left a profound stamp on the arts world. He brings his "Music of ...

After starring with his bandmates on TV for two seasons, he won a Grammy, produced films and was a music video pioneer. By Chris Koseluk Michael Nesmith, the guitar-playing singer-songwriter with ...

The late Michael Nesmith loved returning to the Monkees and the foursome’s hit catalog in recent years as a celebration of his friendship with Mickey Dolenz. But during his tenure with the ...

Musician and producer Michael Nesmith has died. He rose to fame initially as a member of The Monkees, but went on to have a long and influential career in music, television and movie production ...

He went on to create some of the first music videos. By Neil Genzlinger Michael Nesmith, who rocketed to fame as the contemplative, wool-cap-wearing member of the Monkees in 1966, then went on to ...

Michael Nesmith wrote and performed some of the Monkees' biggest hits Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has ...

which touches on his days in the Monkees and his hand in creating MTV Michael Nesmith has done far more than just Monkee around. Famed as one-quarter of the legendary television/music/live ...

The late Michael Nesmith loved returning to the Monkees and the foursome’s hit catalog in recent years as a celebration of his friendship with Mickey Dolenz. But during his tenure with the ...