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Music Review: Carolyn Wonderland - Peace Meal

"She should be nationwide! What's she doing?"

Michael Nesmith - London 1974

Michael Nesmith - London 1974 This is Michael Nesmith live at the Roundhouse, London, back on April 28th, 1974. This is a very laid back performance and Michael chats a lot with the audience. The audio quality is a little below par for FM and may be down to a fairly average recording set up used, that said this is a fine record of Michael Nesmith at a time where despite the number of solo records he had already put out, still seemed to be under the shadow of The Monkees in terms of wider audience expectations. [...]

Hey Hey We're The Monkees and we're playing The Tower Theatre (sans Michael Nesmith)

Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville (lyrics)
The Monkees are doing a 45th anniversary tour with a stop at the Tower Theatre on Wednesday, August 31st. Though we're excited that Davy Jones, Peter Tork, and Micky Dolenz will be helping us relive the past, we can't help but express our sadness that Michael Nesmith won't be on the tour as he turned down being a part of this reunion. Complete ticket information is here . Below, a couple of why we still love The Monkees.

Music Diary: Thursday

Joni Mitchell-California (BBC)
7:45 am: My wife plays a YouTube clip of Joni Mitchell performing "California." 8:45 am: On a damp and overcast morning, I put on Rene Hell's The Terminal Symphony again , this time on headphones. I give up after a few tracks because it can't compete with the noise of traffic while I wait for the bus. I switch to the "We've All Got Wheels" playlist I mentioned on Monday . I make it through most of the playlist [...]
Artist:Cluster
Title:Caramba
Link Text:Caramba
File Name:05-caramba.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Genre:Krautrock
Year:1974
Artist:Merle Haggard & The Strangers
Title:The Girl Turned Ripe
Link Text:The Girl Turned Ripe
File Name:06-the-girl-turned-ripe.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Genre:Country
Year:1966
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:Some Of Shelly's Blues
Link Text:Some Of Shelly's Blues
File Name:11-some-of-shellys-blues.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Country
Year:1973
Artist:Midlake
Title:Kingfish Pies
Link Text:Kingfish Pies
File Name:03-kingfish-pies.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Indie Rock
Year:2004
Artist:Philip Glass
Title:Escape! (from The Hours Solo Piano)
Link Text:Escape! (from The Hours Solo Piano)
File Name:08-escape-from-the-hours-solo- piano.mp3
Bitrate:226 kbps
Genre:Avant-Garde
Year:2009
Artist:The International Submarine Band
Title:I Must Have Been Somebody Else You've Known
Link Text:I Must Have Been Somebody Else You've Known
File Name:01-i-must-have-been-somebody-e lse-youve-known.mp3
Year:1968

Leftovers (Other People's Songs): Different Drum

Leftovers (Other People's Songs): Different Drum The Stone Poneys: Different Drum [ purchase ] The Version of "Different Drum" that most of us know is the one released by Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys in 1967, but that version was neither the original nor the first cover of the tune. Michael Nesmith of The Monkees penned the tune in 1966, and its first release came later that year on The Greenbriar Boys album Better Late Than Never (if anyone has that version, I'd love to hear it). Even before [...]
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:Different Drum
Link Text:Different Drum
File Name:13 Different Drum.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1972
Artist:The Stone Poneys with Linda Ronstadt/The Stone Poneys with Linda Ronstadt
Title:Different Drum
Link Text:Different Drum
File Name:18__Different_Drum.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2008

Weekend YouTube: Michael Nesmith

Michael Nesmith - Joanne live
Had former Monkee Michael Nesmith on the brain today for some reason... enjoy.

Different Drum

I remember hearing "Different Drum" by The Stone Poneys (featuring a young singer named Linda Ronstadt) on AM radio a lot when I was a kid. Released in 1967, the Stone Poneys' version of the song would not have been new at the time, but it would not have been old enough to be an "oldie" either. As far as I can remember our local AM station (WNAV in Annapolis) did not change their heavy rotation very often. When they found a song they liked, they stuck with it for ten to fifteen knots years. I [...]

Your Sister's (Record) Rack: Singles, Part 2

Your Sister's (Record) Rack: Singles, Part 2 More singles from the back of my sister's closet: they're almost as good as albums! First up, an all-but forgotten band from the late 1960s-early 1970s era: Seatrain . Formed from the ashes of the ill-fated Blues Project by two of that band's former members, bassist Andy Kulberg and drummer Roy Blumenfeld, Seatrain hit its stride with a self-titled album in 1970. By this second album, there had already been a shift in the lineup - it now included folkie guitarist/singer Peter Rowan. Anyway, the big hit single was "13 Questions," which just missed making into the [...]

Back In Shellac (again)

Back In Shellac (again) "He ain't dead, he's just asleep" - Bob Dylan Aside from the usual harassment, that comes to my inbox daily from publicists, bloggers, special new acts with myspace pages, and eletro-DJ dudes from faraway places like Estonia and Omaha asking me to be a shill for things I couldn't possibly interested in, I've been getting a number of emails from friends and actual readers of this blog asking me where the hell I've been. Well, sometimes a man just needs to--as today's artist in spotlight, Gene Autry would say--drift along with the tumbling tumbleweeds. Well, [...]
Artist:Gene Autry
Title:Back In The Saddle Again
Link Text:"Back In The Saddle Again"
File Name:01SaddleAgain.mp3
Year:1946
Artist:Gene Autry
Title:Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Link Text:"Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
File Name:02TumblingTumbleweeds.mp3
Year:1946
Artist:Michael Nesmith & the First National Band
Title:Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Link Text:"Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
File Name:03TumblingTumbleweeds.mp3
Year:1971
Artist:Sonny Smith
Title:The Bad Energy from LA Is Killing Me
Link Text:"The Bad Energy From LA Is Killing Me"
File Name:04TheBadEnergy.mp3
Year:2009

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No Title Michael Nesmith: Joanne Hey, hey, hey, it's a Monkey
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:Joanne
Link Text:Joanne
File Name:Joanne.mp3
Year:1970

Billy Wallace – The Road Spit Me Out

Billy Wallace – The Road Spit Me Out I've never heard of an indie folk collective called The Wading Girl nor was I familiar with it's frontman, Billy Wallace . I'm still not sure how that pertains to Wallace's solo debut, The Road Spit Me Out , but it's a cool little album full of what sounds like almost vintage sounding folksy old-timey country music that I might picture being played during the less-raucous operating hours of a dusty old saloon. It's a bit twangy, a bit ragtime, and (overall) very traditional and authentic sounding (what I mean is that it sounds old without [...]
Artist:Billy Wallace
Title:Different Drum
Link Text:Billy Wallace - Different Drum
File Name:billy_wallace_different_drum.m p3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Billy Wallace
Title:Wrecking Ball Blues
Link Text:Billy Wallace - Wrecking Ball Blues
File Name:billy_wallace_wrecking_ball_bl ues.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Title:Different Drum
Link Text:Me First  The Gimme Gimmes - Different Drum
File Name:me_first_and_the_gimme_gimmes_ different_drum.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:Different Drum
Link Text:Mike Nesmith - Different Drum
File Name:mike_nesmith_different_drum.mp 3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1972
Artist:The Lemonheads
Title:Different Drum
Link Text:Lemonheads - Different Drum
File Name:lemonheads_different_drum.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:The Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt
Title:Different Drum
Link Text:Linda Ronstadt  The Stone Poneys - Different Drum
File Name:the_stone_poneys_different_dru m.mp3
Bitrate:213 kbps
Year:1967

Hidden Americana: The Monkees

Hidden Americana: The Monkees I've been working as an Americana DJ for the better part of the last decade now, and I'm always coming across new music that I'd love to share on my show (& now my blog). Most of this music comes from the usual sources and the usual suspects... but every now and then, I'll find Americana music in the strangest of places. Lots of times, artists who are not typically considered as Americana or Roots artists will release a song or an album that crosses over into our rootsy realm. I may not always be able to put [...]
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:Propinquity (I've Just Begun To Care)
Link Text:Michael Nesmith: Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care)
File Name:06 Propinquity (I've Just Begun To C.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1971
Artist:The Monkees
Title:Papa Gene's Blues
Link Text:The Monkees: Papa Gene's Blues
File Name:05 - Papa Gene's Blues.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1966
Artist:The Monkees
Title:The Kind Of Girl I Could Love
Link Text:The Monkees: The Kind of Girl I Could Love
File Name:08 - The Kind Of Girl I Could Love.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1967

100b's School Of Learnin': Michael Nesmith

100b's School Of Learnin': Michael Nesmith Everyone knows Michael Nesmith as the dry, sarcastic, hat-wearing member of 60s 'boy band' the Monkees. Of course that's part of his story, but only one part, and the rest seems to be widely overlooked. I can't say why, except that the post-Monkees prejudice is widespread and long-lasting, and that most of music history chooses to see them as nothing other than - and only capable of being - television puppets. Barely anybody knows that, among other things, Michael Nesmith was a huge part of what made the Monkees a genuinely great pop band, that he helped to develop areas [...]
Artist:Michael Blessing
Link Text:Michael Nesmith (as Michael Blessing) - The New Recruit
File Name:MichaelNesmith-TheNewRecruit.m p3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1965
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:Different Drum
Link Text:Michael Nesmith - Different Drum
File Name:MichaelNesmith-DifferentDrum.m p3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2004
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:Listen to the Band
Link Text:The First National Band - Listen To The Band
File Name:FirstNationalBand-ListenToTheB and.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1970
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:Little Red Rider
Link Text:The First National Band - Little Red Rider
File Name:FirstNationalBand-LittleRedRid er.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1970
Artist:The Monkees
Title:Mary Mary
Link Text:The Monkees - Mary, Mary
File Name:Monkees-MaryMary.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Monkees
Title:Papa Gene's Blues (Remastered)
Link Text:The Monkees - Papa Genes Blues
File Name:Monkees-PapaGenesBlues.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:The Monkees
Title:You Just May Be The One
Link Text:The Monkees - You Just May Be The One
File Name:Monkees-YouJustMayBeTheOne.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001

1973: Some of Shelly's Blues

1973: Some of Shelly's Blues Michael Nesmith: Some of Shelly's Blues [ purchase ] Michael Nesmith was a member of The Monkees... but don't hold that against him. I will admit to being a fan of the "Pre-fab Four," as I was still an impressionable child during the Monkees revival of the '80s. I loved the show, loved the music... still do. It's a guilty pleasure. Nesmith was the only member of the group who had a background in music before the Monkee phenomenon of the 60's. In fact, Nesmith fought for the right to have some [...]
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:Some Of Shelly's Blues
Link Text:Michael Nesmith: Some of Shelly's Blues
File Name:11 Some Of Shelly's Blues.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1973

Sidebar: Mike Nesmith

Dana Carvey's is still better. In reference to the Linda Ronstadt hit penned by Mike Nesmith, Different Drum , RTH's own Mr. Moderator said that it was: more evidence that Nesmith was an untapped force in The Monkees Indeed. But he wasn't completely untapped and in fact wrote many of my favorite Monkees tunes. Including: Mary, Mary The Girl I Knew Somewhere [...]
Link Text:Sunny Girlfriend
File Name:sunny.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Link Text:You Told Me
File Name:told.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:Hollywood
Link Text:Hollywood
File Name:hollywood.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1970
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:Little Red Rider
Link Text:Little Red Rider
File Name:rider.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1970
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:Nine Times Blue
Link Text:Mary, Mary
File Name:mary.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1970
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:Nine Times Blue
Link Text:Nine Times Blue
File Name:nine.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1970
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:Nine Times Blue
Link Text:The Girl I Knew Somewhere
File Name:somewhere.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1970

The Monday Mixtape

With the SXSW updates behind us, SVB presents this week's Weekend Mixtape on a weekday. Different Drum - Michael Nesmith She Cries Your Name - William Orbit & Beth Orton Stoned Soul Picnic - Laura Nyro Call Me The Breeze - J.J. Cale (you do know this song) Mothership Connection - Parliament [...]
Artist:Black Flag
Title:Rise Above
Link Text:Rise Above - Black Flag
File Name:01 Rise Above.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:1989
Artist:Brother Jack McDuff
Title:Hunk of Funk
Link Text:Hunk of Funk - Brother Jack McDuff
File Name:05 Track 5.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Del Tha Funky Homosapien
Title:Mistadobalina (Radio Edit)
Link Text:Mistadobalina - Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
File Name:01 Mistadobalina (Radio Edit).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:1991
Artist:J.J. Cale
Title:Call Me The Breeze
Link Text:Call Me The Breeze - J.J. Cale
File Name:09 Call Me The Breeze.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:1984
Artist:Laura Nyro
Title:Stoned Soul Picnic
Link Text:Stoned Soul Picnic - Laura Nyro
File Name:1-08 Stoned Soul Picnic.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:1968
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:Different Drum
Link Text:Different Drum - Michael Nesmith
File Name:13 Different Drum.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:1972
Artist:Parliament
Title:Mothership Connection
Link Text:Mothership Connection - Parliament
File Name:04 Mothership Connection.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:1984
Artist:The dB's
Title:Amplifier
Link Text:Amplifier - The dB's"
File Name:05 Amplifier.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:1989
Artist:William Orbit Feat. Beth Orton
Title:She Cries Your Name
Link Text:She Cries Your Name - William Orbit & Beth Orton
File Name:02 She Cries Your Name.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:1995

Finally Friday

Let's go country on this late Finally Friday. Here we have Johnny Cash doing his own cover of "Ring of Fire" in Spanish, then an English version by Elvis Costello. My favorite is Michael Nesmith (who watched "The Monkees"?) doing this cover of a great old Patsy Cline song. "Juan Cash": Fuego d'Amor (Ring of Fire en español ) Elvis Costello: Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash) Marshall Crenshaw: Let Her Dance (Bobby Fuller Four) Michael Nesmith: I Fall To Pieces (Patsy Cline) From [...]
Artist:Elvis Costello
Title:Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash cover)
Link Text:Ring of Fire
File Name:Elvis Costello_07_Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash cover).mp3
Bitrate:193 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Marshall Crenshaw
Title:Let Her Dance (Bobby Fuller Four cover)
Link Text:Let Her Dance
File Name:Marshall Crenshaw- Let Her Dance (Bobby Fuller Four cover).mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1989
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:I Fall To Pieces (Patsy Cline cover)
Link Text:I Fall To Pieces
File Name:Michael Nesmith_I Fall To Pieces (Patsy Cline cover).mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1970

Mike Nesmith :: And The Hits Just Keep On Comin’

Oh yes, it's that Mike Nesmith...the one from The Monkees...the one who always moved to the beat of a different drum. After the sixties television sensation ended, Nesmith went on to follow his muse which took him back, stylistically, to his Texas roots. The result were a number of under-the-radar country rock gems that [...]
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:The Upside Of Good-Bye
Link Text:Mike Nesmith :: The Upside Of Good-Bye
File Name:02 The Upside Of Good-Bye.mp3
Bitrate:224 kbps
Year:1972
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:Tomorrow & Me
Link Text:Mike Nesmith :: Tomorrow  Me
File Name:01 Tomorrow & Me.mp3
Bitrate:224 kbps
Year:1972

Michael Nesmith “Magnetic South”

Michael Nesmith “Magnetic South” Michael Nesmith was never really a Monkee. At least, not in the way that most folks imagine the Monkees - as 60s bubblegum phonies in a TV show. The Monkees eventually got with it enough to deserve much more cred than that, but Nez was always ahead of the game. By 1965, Nezzy was writing and selling hits in LA that were recorded by artists like The Stone Poneys and The Paul Butterfield Blues Band. His only mistake was showing up for an audition advertising their need for "four insane boys." While there's no telling if it was [...]
Artist:Michael Nesmith
Title:Hollywood
Link Text:Hollywood
File Name:09-hollywood.mp3
Bitrate:193 kbps
Year:1970

MONKEE MAGIC

After having spent some time inventing MTV and shaking off the image of the Monkee in the wool cap, Michael Nesmith is returning to making music . Not videos, though: I did music videos in the '70s and that was fun because it was the launch of the basis of it and I was discovering some really interesting principles that govern the form. But after that I lost interest. MTV took off and it became this maze, this massive amount of information. I don't want to contribute any more to that. [...]