Michael Nesmith planning short U.S. tour

They will line you up after the show, and you simply wait yourr turn...you can bring one Monkee item to get signed, and/or multiple Nez items. You can get a photo of you together with your own camera. He will generally chat with you a bit. It wasn't rushed at all.

I was towards the back of the line though and I noted he was getting tired , he was leaning some on the table (he stands, not sits) and after having stood for over 90 minutes on stage I rather hurried myself, but he was quite friendly in spite of it. The other band members wandered the lobby as well, which was nice for complimenting them.

 

Thanks very much, Mister Charlie. I look forward to the show and the chance to meet the man.

 

I agree. I was captivated for 10 songs, then the pacing bothered me a bit. I thought it would have been easily remedied by adding something Nesmith wrote for the Monkees near the end of the set. I understand that he was playing "Tapioca Tundra" rather than "Waves" in his UK sets...I think that would have been perfect. Still, an enjoyable show.

 

Now that Nez has returned to performing he seems to have created 2 separate identities, "Michael Nesmith Singer Songwriter" and "Mike Nesmith of the Monkees", they even billed him as Mike on the Monkees tour posters in December. To me his songs are a life's work, You Just May Be The One sits comfortably next to Joanne, Rio etc. I wish he would take a McCartney approach and play the full extent of his catalogue. In case anyone is interested, this is my fantasy Nez set:

Papa Gene's Blues
Sweet Young Thing
Girl I Knew Somewhere
You Just May Be The One
Sunny Girlfriend
Tapioca Tundra
Listen To The Band
Little Red Rider
Joanne
Silver Moon
Propinquity
Some Of Shelley's Blues
Texas Morning
Winonah
Two Different Roads
Different Drum
Rio
Thanx For The Ride

 

Yeah, couldn't agree more. I have no problems with his current setlist but I do find his distinction between his songs kinda weird.

I did notice that for one of the shows I'm going to, it went on sale as "Mike" and had been changed to "Michael" within a few days.

 

Great show in Portland last night! His band sounds great and he really seems to enjoy playing with them. He couldn't have been nicer at the after show...



I'll share my concert pics in a day or so...

 

Okay, but what I want to know is...

...is he wearing the Jimmy Choo shoes?

 

No. They belong to monkee mike.

 

Still plenty of seats left in Colorado.

Hard to believe that I'll be seeing Nez in 3 days!

 

Me too, I cannot wait.
Is there a "meet and greet" for this one?

 

http://www.monkees.net/monkees-to-tour-in-summer-2013/

I was hoping this would happen.

 

I believe that he offered limited meet and greets for all the shows, but they're long sold out.

 

Q & A in Rolling Stone

 

Dolenz told Rolling Stone. "I think my next CD is going to be Dolenz Does Nesmith."

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That could be good!

 

Really enjoyed the Seattle show. About 650 in a 850 capacity venue.

He did have mic at the foot of the stage pointed at the audience. Obviously that show was recorded.

 

Here's a link to my pictures from the Portland show: http://www.flickr.com/photos/52349527@N03/sets/72157633153229180/


78 by TBRob, on Flickr

 

Good shots! Feel like I was right back there again.

 

Love #63. Every now and then, distinguished elder statesman Michael Nesmith makes a face that makes me say, "Hey, it's Mike!"

 

For the curious, here's #63:


63 by TBRob, on Flickr

I didn't know I had captured that expression until I got home and looked at the raw images. Thanks for the positive feedback!

 

Who are the special guests at tonight's show? Do all shows mention special guests?

 

Just wondering - what time does Nez hit the stage?

 

8pm on the dot.

 

Thanks!

 

Great show tonight! The audience was a bit subdued, yet respectful, but the music was very good.

The drummer from the First National Band, John Ware, was there, so he got a little bit of applause (I thought it should have been more!), although I felt like most of the audience probably didn't recognize the name. Seeing Paul Leim on drums in person was nice though.

Funny enough, the audience really seemed to dig what he was doing on "Grand Ennui" at tonight's show--and it received one of the biggest reactions from the crowd. Although, I think the electric guitar brought some needed energy to the show at that point.

"Cruisin'" also got a nice reaction from the crowd, and Scruggs guitar sort of helped that one along.

Scruggs also received some applause for some of his nice pedal steel guitar playing. He is a nice player.


After seeing tonight's show, I think it would be great for him to record some songs with this band, which was mentioned earlier in this thread that he was doing.

 

If anyone in the Philly area is interested in going to the World Cafe Live show on the 15th, I have a spare ticket. (A transatlantic friend isn't able to make the trip after all.) Row 3 floor, just left of center.

From what I've read so far, these shows are basically duplications of last year's UK shows, but WITH A LIVE BAND. "Too many synths/not enough real band" was about the only criticism I had of those shows, so I'm very excited!!