Deeper Digs in Rock: Michael Nesmith - More Than a Monkee
Happy Thanksgiving Diggers! This week we are serving up not a Byrd, but a Monkee!
Michael Nesmith sits down with the Rock N Roll Archaeologist to discuss much more than the Prefab Four! They delve into his Texas upbringing, his entrepreneurial streak and quite a bit about the highly influential First National Band, that helped usher in the Americana sound. They also devote a lot of our talk to Nez’s musical partner in crime, “Red” Rhodes, the sublime pedal steel guitarist who worked with Nez until he passed on in 1995.
See Nez went on a little rock n roll archaeology himself when a tape was discovered of the two “Cosmic Partners” playing a live show from McCabe’s guitar shop in 1973. After a lot of clean up work by producers Ed Heffelfinger and Nez’s son, Christian Nesmith, it is now out and available to purchase. Perfect for the holiday season!
Live archive release including 24 page booklet. Recorded at McCabe's in Santa Monica, CA, on August 18th, 1973, Cosmic Partners - The McCabe's Tapes is a rare and previously unreleased concert recording featuring Nesmith and a small coterie of fellow musicians, including long time recording partner and pedal steel player Red Rhodes. This recording is from a mini concert tour that was in support of what was to be Nesmith's final record on the RCA label, Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash. The dates would reunite him with the remnant players from Nesmith's Countryside label, under Elektra. Consisting of a rhythm section featuring Danny Lane on drums and Colin Cameron on bass, and the legendary O.J. "Red" Rhodes on pedal steel, this would be the last performance of it's kind and the beginning of an almost Homeric journey for Nesmith.
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