mike nesmith. i know some people love to bag on the monkees, and i can appreciate where they're coming from, but i will defend michael nesmith. along with peter tork, michael was an actual, true, struggling musician when he auditioned for the television show back in 1966. he was newly married, hungry, with a baby on the way, and his laundry apparently in his car when he came in to try out. all of the songs that mike wrote for the monkees were exceptional. ('sweet young thing,' 'papa jean's blues,' and 'mary mary' were among some of his best-known early monkee efforts. ) in their later records, after they'd won the right to play their own stuff, he bloomed into an eclectic, creative, and daring songwriter. post-monkees, he burst into a prolific songstress. his 'first national band' and solo recordings are rare and wonderful examples of slightly-country-flavored pop genius. i suggest anyone who's curious to dig up a compilation of the 'first national band' recordings. its some of the catchiest, coolest, and most cohesive stuff i've ever heard. songs like 'the grand ennui' and 'nevada fighter' and 'silver moon' are absolute jewels. if you can stand a little twang, i implore you to seek it out.
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