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Singer, songwriter, and pioneer, Michael Nesmith, will visit the GRAMMY Museum for an intimate discussion on his celebrated career and recent work, moderated by Scott Goldman. Following the discussion, Nesmith will perform live. Starting in the Texas folk scene in 1963, Nesmith quickly blossomed into a brilliant tunesmith during his time on the Emmy award-winning The Monkees. His melodic, country-tinged songs were regularly featured on the band’s multi-million selling albums and singles, but he heard a greater creative calling to find his own voice as a record maker. During 1968, Nesmith ventured to Nashville and formed the band the First National Band (pedal steel virtuoso Red Rhodes, bassist John London, and drummer John Ware). After being signed to RCA by A&R man Felton Jarvis, the band released a few critically acclaimed albums, including Magnetic South (1970), followed by Loose Salute (1970) and Nevada Fighter (1971), which spun off the chart hits “Joanne,” “Silver Moon,” “Nevada Fighter” and “I’ve Just Begun To Care (Propinquity).” In January 2018, Michael Nesmith sold out The Troubadour in West Hollywood, performing his First National music for the first time in four decades. Songs like “Different Drum” (a Top 20 hit for Linda Ronstadt & The Stone Poneys), “Some of Shelly’s Blues” (covered by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), and The Monkees’ classic, “Papa Gene’s Blues” filled the room with warmth and splendor. Nesmith will once again perform this music and share stories from his recent autobiography, Infinite Tuesday, while on tour in October 2019. 
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Michael Nesmith & The First National Band Redux to appear at California musical festival in October9/3/2019 This is a free event - no tickets are required 
October 2: Lobero Theatre / Santa Barbara, California
October 3: Largo at the Coronet / Los Angeles, California October 5: Fremont Theater / San Luis Obispo, California
A pre-sale for the Santa Barbara concert will take place Thursday, July 25. The code for the Lobero Theatre presale is "LEO." The pre-sale begins Thursday, July 25 at 10am PT, and ends at 10pm PT that evening.
(Artwork by Dawn Aquarius & John Sellards / Courtesy of Videoranch)
Andrew Sandoval spoke about the upcoming shows on Instagram:
 (Photo courtesy of West End Celebration on Facebook)  (Click the image above for more information about West End Celebration) Tour Dates & Ticket Links: "It Was Fifty Years Ago Today" co-starring Micky Dolenz (UPDATED 9/12)6/5/2019  (Photo credits: Larry Marano/Shutterstock, Greg Chow/Shutterstock, Brandon Nagy/Shutterstock) "It Was Fifty Years Ago Today," a tribute to The Beatles' White Album and co-starring Micky Dolenz, Christopher Cross, and Todd Rundgren, will be on tour this September and October: September 21: Golden Nugget / Atlantic City, New Jersey September 24: Ruth Eckerd Hall / Clearwater, Florida September 25: Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center / Fort Lauderdale, Florida September 26: MSU Riley Center / Meridian, Mississippi September 28: Akron Civic Theatre / Akron, Ohio September 29: Norton Center/ Danville, Kentucky October 1: Arcada Theatre / St. Charles, Illinois October 2: Pabst Theater / Milwaukee, Wisconsin October 3: Muriel Kauffman Theatre / Kansas City, Missouri October 5: The Cabot / Beverly, Massachusetts October 6: Capitol Center for the Arts / Concord, New Hampshire October 7: Collins Center for the Arts / Orono, Maine October 8: Ridgefield Playhouse / Ridgefield, Connecticut October 10: St. George Theatre / Staten Island, New York October 11: Berklee PAC / Boston, Massachusetts October 12: NYCB Theatre at Westbury / Westbury, New York October 13: Mayo PAC / Morristown, New Jersey October 15: Keswick Theatre / Glenside, Pennsylvania October 17: Count Basie Center for the Arts / Red Bank, New Jersey October 18: Garde Arts Center / New London, Connecticut October 19: Wind Creek Event Center / Bethlehem, Pennsylvania October 20: Warner Theatre / Washington, D.C. November 30: Palace Theatre / Greensburg, Pennsylvania December 4: Verizon Wireless Theatre / Grand Prairie, Texas December 6: Celebrity Theatre / Phoenix, Arizona December 7: Westgate Las Vegas Casino & Resort / Las Vegas, Nevada December 8: Magnolia Performing Arts Center / El Cajon, California December 11: The Wiltern / Los Angeles, California Tickets in most markets go on sale Friday, June 7!  On May 4, Micky Dolenz and his band (Coco Dolenz, Wayne Avers, Rich Dart, John Billings, and Dave Alexander) performed at Haugh Performing Arts Center in Glendora, California. Thanks to Jason Cunningham for the set list, and to Lisa Golden for the photo! Mary, Mary That Was Then, This Is Now A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You Sometime in the Morning Words Randy Scouse Git Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band The Girl I Knew Somewhere Last Train to Clarksville Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry) Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix) Me & Magdalena (sung by Micky and Coco) Different Drum (Michael Nesmith - sung by Coco while Micky took a break) Take a Giant Step For Pete’s Sake (Dedicated to Peter Tork) Steppin’ Stone Kicks Goin’ Down White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane - sung by Coco while Micky took a break) Daydream Believer (Dedicated to Davy Jones) Pleasant Valley Sunday Gimme Some Lovin’ (The Spencer Davis Group) I’m a Believer  Dave Alexander, Micky, and John Billings onstage in Glendora, California (Photo by Lisa Golden) On Saturday, April 27, Micky Dolenz will join longtime friend (and fellow Hollywood Vampire) Alice Cooper at Cooper’s Annual Rock & Roll Fundraising Bash, benefiting free music, dance, art, recording, and video classes for teenagers at Alice Cooper’s Rock Teen Center.   January 15-17: Fallsview Casino Resort / Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada April 13: Stage 954 - The Casino @ Dania Beach / Dania Beach, Florida April 14: Southwest Florida Event Center / Bonita Springs, Florida May 4: Haugh Performing Arts Center / Glendora, California June 29: Helwig Winery / Plymouth, California July 4: San Diego County Fair Solid Gold Concert Series / Del Mar, California July 5: The Coach House / San Juan Capistrano, California July 6: The Rose / Pasadena, California July 7: The Canyon / Agoura Hills, California August 17: Huntington Park / Columbus, Ohio August 24: Sugar Creek / Hinton, Oklahoma September 22: Arcada Theatre / St. Charles, Illinois September 27: The Theatre at Grand Prairie / Grand Prairie, Texas (with The Fab Four) Micky is also performing with Michael Nesmith this March and June in "The Monkees Present: The Mike Nesmith & Micky Dolenz Show." Click the image below for more information:  "It Was Fifty Years Ago Today," a tribute to The Beatles' White Album and co-starring Micky Dolenz, Christopher Cross, and Todd Rundgren, will be on tour this September and October. Click the following image for tour dates:  And, Micky already has a few concerts scheduled for 2020! February 8, 2020: Micky Dolenz, the Voice of The Monkees, with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra February 9, 2020: Micky Dolenz, the Voice of The Monkees, with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra February 13, 2020: The Center For Arts Natick / Natick, Massachusetts May 9, 2020: Fermilab Ramsey Auditorium / Batavia, Illinois Keep checking back for updates!  Last week, the Live Almanac covered the January 22 performance by Michael Nesmith and pedal steel extraordinaire Pete Finney at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, California. Michael and Pete performed a series of shows this month that highlighted the 1972 album And The Hits Just Keep On Comin' that was recorded by Nesmith and Red Rhodes. Sherri Hansen has now shared her set of photos from the show at the Coach House with the Live Almanac. Thanks, Sherri! Sherri also shared her video footage: Thank you very much to Kevin Barry for sharing his photos and videos from Michael Nesmith and Pete Finney's performance last evening at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, California. Nez and Pete will conclude this current round of shows highlighting the 1972 Nesmith album And The Hits Just Keep On Comin' in Mill Valley, California tomorrow night at the sold-out Sweetwater Music Hall.  (All photos by Kevin Barry)    The set list in San Juan Capistrano was the same as Tuesday night's show at the legendary Troubadour in West Hollywood. Notably, both Micky Dolenz and Chip Douglas were in attendance at the Troubadour.
Last week, Micky Dolenz performed a series of sold-out performances at Avalon Theatre at Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Check out a report from the show along with some photos: You can view Micky's set list from these shows here and here, thanks to Scott Catton. You'll note that Micky performed "Kicks," a track The Monkees covered during their 1986 recording sessions for Then & Now...The Best of The Monkees. Micky added the song to his solo show in 2018. Michael Nesmith, along with Pete Finney on pedal steel, continue their mini-tour tomorrow evening at the famed Troubadour in West Hollywood, California as they highlight Michael's 1972 album, And The Hits Just Keep On Comin'. Here's a review of opening night in Seattle: And don't forget about Michael's recent conversation with the Los Angeles Times: Finally, thanks to Tracy Robison for sharing his video footage of Nez and Pete from the second stop of their tour in Grants Pass, Oregon at the Rogue Theater:  (Photo courtesy of Rebecca / Jodi Ritzen) This past Thursday night in Seattle, Washington, Michael Nesmith, along with pedal steel guitarist Pete Finney and special guest Ben Gibbard, performed the first in a series of shows highlighting his classic 1972 album, And The Hits Just Keep On Comin'. Here is the set list, thanks to Andrew Sandoval: Two Different Roads Tomorrow & Me Some of Shelly's Blues Keys To The Car Listening The Upside Of Goodbye With Special Guest Ben Gibbard Papa Gene's Blues Joanne The Crippled Lion Keep On The Candidate Propinquity Encore Different Drum Nine Times Blue Marie's Theme Silver Moon  Recently on Facebook, Michael Nesmith talked about his upcoming tour with pedal steel guitarist Pete Finney that will highlight his 1972 album, And The Hits Just Keep On Comin', and more:  (Photo courtesy of Videoranch) Here is a message from the stream. The show you are about to see is a show Red Rhodes and I put together in 1974 based loosely on the “Hits” album (And the Hits Just Keep On Comin’, 1972) we had just made. The record was different from the live show by a difference so subtle I hadn’t noticed, until night after night of playing, on one of those nights, we got airborne. For me this music is the most fun to play especially when Red would hit the secret switch. Magic. Untethered to space and time. Riding the space unconfined. Then, sadly Red was gone, and with him, his little secret switch. So it appeared that after the few shows we did in England, and a few in the States, the career of the First National Band would end. To say I wandered a few years is an embarrassing understatement -- but I did, always waiting for the little switch. I found it after playing a short tour with Pete Finney. I found out he had the switch, too. Turns out, all steel-players do --- some use it, some don’t. The switch comes bound to the steel-player and then includes whatever instrument they are playing so the sound is unique to their musical swirl. Come ride those swirls with Pete Finney and me and let him slide us away to this land and time where we all play. Best, Nez Don't miss Nez and Pete this January! And in the event you haven't heard, Ben Gibbard & Scott McCaughey will be the duo's special guests on opening night in Seattle! Ben is the lead vocalist and guitarist of Death Cab For Cutie who also wrote "Me & Magdalena" for The Monkees' 2016 album, Good Times! Scott is a respected singer/singwriter whose band The Minus 5 released Of Monkees and Men in 2016, described as "an imaginative tribute to the Monkees’ legacy in music and popular culture." Scott also co-wrote the title track with Peter Buck (R.E.M.) from The Monkees' new holiday album, Christmas Party, and was closely aligned with R.E.M. as an auxiliary musician in the studio and on stage with the group from 1994 until their their breakup in 2011. Here's a complete list of tour dates and ticket links for Michael Nesmith and Pete Finney in January 2019: January 17: Neptune Theatre / Seattle, Washington January 19: The Rogue Theater / Grants Pass, Oregon January 20: Sofia Center For The Arts / Sacramento, California January 22: Troubadour / West Hollywood, California January 24: The Coach House / San Juan Capistrano, California January 26: Sweetwater Music Hall / Mill Valley, California  Just announced! Michael Nesmith and Micky Dolenz will embark on a tour of Australia and New Zealand in June 2019. These concerts will represent Michael's first "Monkees" shows in Australia since 1968 (he last performed there as a solo act in 1977). Micky, along with Peter Tork, played to audiences in Australia and New Zealand most recently in 2016 during The Monkees' 50th Anniversary Tour. "The Mike & Micky Show" officially returns to the road this March when it stops in 12 US cities before making its way down under. Tour dates for Australia and New Zealand can be found below, and tickets go on sale Friday, December 14! June 8: Isaac Theatre Royal / Christchurch, New Zealand June 9: Great Hall / Auckland, New Zealand June 10: Michael Fowler Centre / Wellington, New Zealand June 12: Queensland Performing Arts Centre / Brisbane, Australia June 15: Palais Theatre / Melbourne, Australia June 16: Astor Theatre / Perth, Australia June 18: Sydney Opera House / Sydney, Australia  Today, Andrew Sandoval announced on Facebook that Michael Nesmith will perform the songs from his 1972 album And The Hits Just Keep On Comin' with pedal steel guitarist Pete Finney for a series of shows on the West Coast throughout January 2019. Here is the text of Andrew's announcement: "I am pleased to announce that in a few weeks, Michael Nesmith will return to the concert stage to perform his classic 1972 album, And The Hits Just Keep On Comin’ for a series of West Coast shows. Accompanied by just his trusty pedal steel guitarist, Pete Finney, these performances will mark the first time Nez has toured in a duo format since 1975. Tickets will go on sale Wednesday, November 21, 2018. VIP Meet & Greet packages will also be available in limited numbers. "Although his recent performances have focused on his legendary 1970s albums recorded for RCA, this is the first time he will perform any of his albums in its entirety. And The Hits Just Keep On Comin’ is significant in Nesmith’s catalog, because it returned him to his roots as a singer-songwriter where his career began before The Monkees. Featuring just the accompaniment of Red Rhodes on pedal steel, his music and message achieved real purity on the album’s ten original songs. "Hits served as the truest songbook that Michael would ever issue on record and it remains among his most satisfying albums. In addition to the album’s ten songs, you can expect to hear many of Nesmith’s other key tracks of the era, such as “Joanne,” “Silver Moon,” “Some Of Shelley’s Blues” and “Propinquity.” If I don't see you in January for these shows, I hope to catch up with you for the Mike & Micky Show, which is hitting the Northeast & Midwest in March!" A complete list of venues and cities appears below, and tickets go on sale this Wednesday, November 21: January 17: Neptune Theatre / Seattle, Washington January 19: The Rogue Theater / Grants Pass, Oregon January 20: Sofia Center For The Arts / Sacramento, California January 22: Troubadour / West Hollywood, California January 24: The Coach House / San Juan Capistrano, California January 26: Sweetwater Music Hall / Mill Valley, California  After a series of critically acclaimed shows in June 2018 that were ultimately cut short due to illness, Michael Nesmith and Micky Dolenz are bringing their "Mike & Micky Show" back to US concert venues in 2019. In an announcement made this morning on The Monkees Tour Facebook page, the duo revealed an expanded tour itinerary that not only includes the four cities rescheduled from last June but another eight shows in brand new markets. Here are the dates and links to purchase tickets for "The Mike & Micky Show" tour this March. Tickets go on sale Friday, November 16! February 28: Mohegan Sun Arena / Uncasville, Connecticut (Private Show) March 1: Chevalier Theatre / Medford, Massachusetts March 2: Ovation Hall / Atlantic City, New Jersey March 3: American Music Theatre / Lancaster, Pennsylvania March 5: Count Basie Theatre / Red Bank, New Jersey March 6: Keswick Theatre / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 8: The Paramount / Huntington, New York March 9: Beacon Theatre / New York, New York March 10: Palace Theatre / Albany, New York March 12: Royal Oak Music Theatre / Royal Oak, Michigan March 14: Mystic Lake Casino / Prior Lake, Minnesota March 15: Silver Creek Event Center at Four Winds / New Buffalo, Michigan March 16: The Family Arena / St. Charles, Missouri The Monkees Live Almanac chronicled the 2018 "Mike & Micky Show" tour as it happened. Complete coverage of those concerts, including reviews, photos, videos, and more can be found in the Live Almanac's archives. UPDATE 12/5/2018: Just announced - "The Mike & Micky Show" will also visit Australia and New Zealand in June 2019.  (Image courtesy of The Monkees Tour Facebook page) |
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