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Jim Fogle
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Posted 12 Dec 2021 4:29 pm |
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Great story Herb. Five Fender 2000s, really?
I'm enjoying seeing the photos and reading the stories.
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Pete Finney
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Nashville Tn.
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Skip Edwards
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LA,CA
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Posted 13 Dec 2021 1:27 pm
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Well written & well said, Pete. My condolences to you & to all his family & friends.
I played with him only once, at the NAMM show in '94. I enjoyed every minute of it, and once was definitely not enough.
Vaya con Dios, Nez... |
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 13 Dec 2021 3:44 pm
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| Thanks for sharing that, Pete. |
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 13 Dec 2021 6:40 pm
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Great remembrances, but I also want to extend my sympathies on the loss of your friend and hero.
I was fond of the Monkees TV show as a little kid. I remember him as the most serious one, the dad of the Monkees (and in turn, my least favorite—ha!). I didn’t actually learn about Mike’s own music until I became a part of this community, so I am thankful for that. |
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Jim Fogle
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North Carolina, Winston-Salem, USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2021 12:43 pm
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Nice write up Pete. Thanks for sharing the link.
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Jim Fogle
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North Carolina, Winston-Salem, USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2021 5:30 pm
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I've always considered Mike to be a pretty good guitar player no matter if the guitar is acoustic or electric. Through the years I've read multiple times that Mike considered Peter Tork the better guitar player of the two. I do know both played multiple instruments well.
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Dennis Lee
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Forest Grove, Oregon, USA
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Posted 16 Dec 2021 8:38 am Michael Nesmith
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Rest In Peace, thank you for your huge contribution and great songs. I also thought his voice was very special.
I love Herb's story too, that is classic inside information that was a pleasure to learn. |
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Peter Dollard
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Posted 16 Dec 2021 2:45 pm Different Drum
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| Didnt he write different drum? I remember hearing it and wondering who wrote it perhasps for Linda ronstadt... |
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Pete Finney
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Nashville Tn.
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Posted 16 Dec 2021 4:03 pm Re: Different Drum
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| Didnt he write different drum? I remember hearing it and wondering who wrote it perhasps for Linda ronstadt... |
Michael Nesmith wrote "Different Drum" early on, before the Monkees show started, and demoed it in 1965. The Greenbriar Boys got it directly from Nesmith and recorded it first; their version was released in 1966. The Stone Poneys (with Linda Ronstadt) got it from the Greenbriar Boys version and recorded it in 1967.
At some point, probably late '65 or early '66, Nesmith pitched the song to the music supervisors on the Monkees TV show, but they weren't interested in using it for the group or the show. Then Ronstadt had the big hit with it, and went solo soon after.
Nesmith has recorded it several times in the years since, and Micky Dolenz recorded and released it earlier this year on his "Dolenz Sings Nesmith" album. Nesmith wrote a lot of great songs; I've been a fan for over 50 years and am still finding ones I never knew about! |
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Joe Alterio
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Irvington, Indiana
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Posted 16 Dec 2021 6:00 pm
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While Nez was a fan and champion of great pedal steel guitar, let's not forget he, too, was a steel player. When The Monkees won the right to play their own instruments, he played steel on several tracks for their "Headquarters" album (photos of those sessions are here in this thread)...you can hear his playing on:
Mr. Webster https://youtu.be/OZPro5Rc8w0
Shades of Gray https://youtu.be/D9ZxRjItD1o
I'll Spend My Life With You https://youtu.be/UI0vBvjuSbY
Interestingly, he didn't utilize the pedal steel on his own country-tinged tracks for that album ("You Told Me," "Sunny Girlfriend" and "You Just May Be The One"). |
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Larry Dering
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Missouri, USA
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Posted 16 Dec 2021 7:07 pm
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| This got me listening to a number of his solo works and I'm completely impressed. I wasn't aware of his material and for that I am sad. What a talented writer and singer. |
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Peter Dollard
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Posted 16 Dec 2021 9:01 pm
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| I had forgotten about the Greenbriar Boys version and I even have their CD thanks for the history lesson!!!! |
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Joe Alterio
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Irvington, Indiana
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Posted 18 Dec 2021 2:11 pm
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Just over two years ago, Jim Palenscar was tasked with tuning up Nez' Baldwin Crossover - possibly this is the one he bought in 1968 when doing his famous Nashville sessions with Lloyd Green. The steel has his initials inlaid on it.
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Jim Fogle
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North Carolina, Winston-Salem, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2021 4:40 pm
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Joe, great pictures. Two observations if I may. First I've never seen a pedal steel with a wrist lever. Second, that steel looks so heavy it could mess up your back setting up and tearing down.
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John Brabant
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Calais, VT, USA
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John Brabant
From:
Calais, VT, USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2021 10:34 am
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Listen to Nez discuss his being asked to play pedal steel with the Byrds in 1968 by Roger McgGuinn...humble guy Michael is...also mention of doing a two man show with Pete Finney. starts at 12:08 mins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCuadqN7SXQ
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Joe Alterio
From:
Irvington, Indiana
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Posted 30 Dec 2021 6:44 pm
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Note that today would have been Nesmith's 79th birthday. Going a different route today and listening to his "Elephant Parts"-era music in remembrance.
Also note that Red Rhodes shared a birthday with a Nez, and he would have been 91 today.
Both are greatly missed. |
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