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SUMMARY:Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
DESCRIPTION:The Monkees’ Michael Nesmith revives his early ‘70s Southern rock band\, earning much overdue critical acclaim. Songs like “Different Drum” (a Top 20 hit for Linda Ronstadt & The Stone Poneys)\, “Listen to the Band”\, “Some of Shelly’s Blues” (covered by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)\, and “Silver Moon” will join lesser-known but equally transcendent album sides in a rebirth of what was labeled by critics as “the greatest music that you never heard.”\nAlmost fifty years ago\, in May 1968\, Michael Nesmith ventured to Nashville to record a series of groundbreaking sessions with local musicians. What they produced is now recognized as the foundation of the country-rock and alt-country movements. “I could just feel this happening\, that there was this ‘thing\,’” recalled Nez. “So\, I headed off to Nashville to see if I couldn’t get some of the Nashville country thing into the rock’n’roll or vice versa.”\nDespite the eight innovative country-rock LP’s Nesmith created between 1970 and 1978\, he is one of the less heralded architects of the genre. The First National Band’s three classic albums — Magnetic South\, Loose Salute\, and Nevada Fighter — spawned four charting singles\, including “Joanne” which reached #21 on the Billboard Top 100. However\, live success for the fledgling band was harder to come by and the musicians Nez collected to bring his country-rock dream to market soon scattered. Nez played out his remaining RCA albums with Red Rhodes and toured with him throughout the ‘70s. Yet the full-blown sounds of the First National Band were never to be heard on the concert stage again until now! \n
URL:https://newcanaanite.com/new-canaan-event/michael-nesmith-the-first-national-band
LOCATION:The Ridgefield Playhouse\, 80 East Ridge Road\, Ridgefield\, CT\, 06877\, United States
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