As we used to say back in the day, "Far out, man, far out". I think he had a brownie in honor of Red.

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ROCKMAN

Good article. Thanks.

Amusing reference, Terry. Thank you for sharing the article, dmay. I read the book last year. I liked it. Much like the article, there isn't a lot about The Monkees. Nesmith is hard on himself, but he's also pretentious and funny in turns. He's a goofball who earned (and, as Terry alluded, inherited) the right to indulge himself. His return to touring and recording with his old bandmates since Davy Jones died is interesting to say the least.

My father, a country music fan, used to play a Mike Nesmith
album all the time in the mid-70s, in the car on 8-track.

Nesmith was the natural musician of the Monkees.

As an actor, Micky Dolenz was a natural, and talented.

In 1965, he was in 3 episodes of the U.S. nighttime soap Peyton Place (as Kitch Brunner), where he drugs someone's
drink in a teen club and subsequently beats him up. Dolenz was very convincing as a menacing, rough character.

Micky Dolenz gets decked by Ryan O'Neal: [www.youtube.com]

Micky Dolenz as Kitch Brunner, about to mix it up on Peyton Place, 1965.

Love the Monkees and Love Nesmith even more.

You have to love these guys. I still think Dolenz had one of the best rock and roll vocals.

Saw Mike & Micky at The Orpheum in Los Angeles last night. They were both in great voice, incredible band, and an insane setlist.

Good Clean Fun
Last Train to Clarksville
Sunny Girlfriend
Mary, Mary
You Told Me
For Pete's Sake
The Door Into Summer
The Girl I Knew Somewhere
You Just May Be the One
Steam Engine
Some of Shelly's Blues
(Michael Nesmith song) (live debut by The Monkees this tour)
Birth of an Accidental Hipster
St. Matthew
(live debut this tour)
Porpoise Song (Theme From "Head")
Circle Sky
As We Go Along
Me & Magdelena

Acoustic Set:
Papa Gene's Blues
Randy Scouse Git
Nine Times Blue
(Michael Nesmith & The First National Band cover) (live debut by The Monkees this tour)
I'll Spend My Life With You
Different Drum
(live debut by The Monkees this tour)

Take a Giant Step
Auntie's Municipal Court
(live debut this tour)
Sweet Young Thing
(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
Grand Ennui
(Michael Nesmith & The First National Band cover) (live debut by The Monkees this tour)
Goin' Down
Daydream Believer
What Am I Doin' Hangin' 'round?
Pleasant Valley Sunday

Encore:
Listen to the Band
I'm a Believer

Cool article about how the tour and setlist took shape...

[www.rollingstone.com]



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That sounds like a great show!

Nice to see that they did "St. Matthew," a real favorite of mine with it's Nashville wall-of-sound.

That's a great setlist if you're a Nesmith fan. Glad you were there.

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Rocky Dijon
That's a great setlist if you're a Nesmith fan. Glad you were there.

Funny thing is, I didn't know probably six songs in the set (mostly the Nesmith solo/National Band stuff), but the band was so good it didn't matter. I wasn't even particularly familiar with the opener (Good Clean Fun from "The Monkees Present"), but it worked really well.

As Micky said in the article I linked, "I've learned over the years that once the audience knows they are getting those hits they will listen to just about anything else."

They not only listen to those unfamiliar songs, but enjoy them too!

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Jah Paul
Saw Mike & Micky at The Orpheum in Los Angeles last night. They were both in great voice, incredible band, and an insane setlist.

Good Clean Fun
Last Train to Clarksville
Sunny Girlfriend
Mary, Mary
You Told Me
For Pete's Sake
The Door Into Summer
The Girl I Knew Somewhere
You Just May Be the One
Steam Engine
Some of Shelly's Blues
(Michael Nesmith song) (live debut by The Monkees this tour)
Birth of an Accidental Hipster
St. Matthew
(live debut this tour)
Porpoise Song (Theme From "Head")
Circle Sky
As We Go Along
Me & Magdelena

Acoustic Set:
Papa Gene's Blues
Randy Scouse Git
Nine Times Blue
(Michael Nesmith & The First National Band cover) (live debut by The Monkees this tour)
I'll Spend My Life With You
Different Drum
(live debut by The Monkees this tour)

Take a Giant Step
Auntie's Municipal Court
(live debut this tour)
Sweet Young Thing
(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
Grand Ennui
(Michael Nesmith & The First National Band cover) (live debut by The Monkees this tour)
Goin' Down
Daydream Believer
What Am I Doin' Hangin' 'round?
Pleasant Valley Sunday

Encore:
Listen to the Band
I'm a Believer

Cool article about how the tour and setlist took shape...

[www.rollingstone.com]

Wow, this IS quite the set-list. Boy, I am going to have to take a look at their touring schedule and see if they are gonna be playing anywhere near me because for me Dolenz and (especially) Nesmith did the best stuff. I really like Mike's contributions to the Headquarters album.

After all these years, just learned that Michael Nesmith wrote Different Drum.
He was always my favorite Monkee watching the tv show back in the day.

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