RIP: "The Monkees" Michael Nesmith, 78.

[K'Tesh]

Just learned that Michael Nesmith, one of the last two surviving members from The Monkees has passed away from natural causes at the age of 78
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https://variety.com/2021/music/news...Mz0Ya7SjgoTzxXASK9Ls5P6KBP3HyHq8bP80XNuYxRRwc
Thanks for the Songs and the Laughs Michael.

God Speed

 

[Bat-mite]

Dang, three down. He was by far the most talented of the bunch. Wrote some great songs, and could play a mean guitar. Bummed.

 

[Rob Campbell]

Dang, three down. He was by far the most talented of the bunch. Wrote some great songs, and could play a mean guitar. Bummed.

All the musicians I listened to in my youth are dying off. Graeme Edge, drummer for the Moody Blues, passed away at the age of 80 a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Bat-mite]

All the musicians I listened to in my youth are dying off. Graeme Edge, drummer for the Moody Blues, passed away at the age of 80 a couple of weeks ago.

Don't I know it. Soon the only one left will be Keith Richards.

But seriously, half The Who, half the Beatles, three quarters of the Monkees, two thirds of ELP, one third of Rush, two fifths of Renaissance ...

 

[MClark]

Monkees we’re better than many gave them credit for.
Just reading his name you will have a song stuck in your head for a day or two.

 

[Cape Byron]

I've been an unashamed Monkees fan since the TV series.

Vale, Michael.

 

[lakeroadster]

78... that's a pretty good run. RIP

 

[Bowman]

I've been an unashamed Monkees fan since the TV series.

I remember watching the show as a kid.
That and "It's Happening" with Paul Revere and the Raiders and of course the Beatles stuff that came out back then.

 

[Cape Byron]

Nes was also an author. This is a pretty good read as I recall.

https://www.bookdepository.com/Long...192969?ref=grid-view&qid=1639175655290&sr=1-2

 

[David_Stack]

and filmmaker/producer. Elephant Parts had some really amusing skits in it…

 

[John Kemker]

Michael Nesmith was executive producer for the movie Repo Man (1984). Even had a cameo in it. He was dressed up in a hazmat suit and couldn't see his face, but the body language was all Mike.

His mother invented Liquid Paper correction fluid.