As one 'Rolling Stone' writer got to know Nesmith over the past decade, the Reluctant Monkee surprised him again and again. By the very end of his life, the man who was legendarily disgruntled over the Monkees' prefab ways had come to love the band as much as anyone
Death Cab for Cutie frontman remembers his friend and Monkees legend with acoustic takes on "The Crippled Lion" and "Joanne"
He was a musical visionary who fought for the group to write its own songs, and helped to invent country-rock on a series of cult-classic solo LPs
"You could never, never have talked him out of the farewell tour," says Dolenz of his 55-year Monkees bandmate. "He was absolutely determined to finish that tour"
“With infinite love we announce that Michael Nesmith has passed away this morning in his home, surrounded by family, peacefully and of natural causes,” his family said in a statement
"I will always be Micky, the wacky drummer on that classic old television show," says Dolenz, "just like Leonard Nimoy was always Mr. Spock"
Two-month tour will wrap up at L.A.'s Greek Theatre on November 14th
His new book 'The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story' is packed with previously unknown info drawn from 2,000 pages of unearthed legal documents from 1967
Dolenz Sings Nesmith will be packed with songs Nez wrote throughout his long career, including Monkees classics
On the previously unreleased live album, the pensive track rides on steel pedal magic
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