Where's That Sound Coming From Presents: Questions But No Answers with Brian Marchese11 Nov 2024

Episode 9: Ep. 9 You Just May Be The One

I'm back! Is anyone still here? Sorry about the longer-than-intended break. Life happens. Also, excuse the fact that I introduce this as Episode 9, disregarding the summer reruns. I'll be taking those down so it's not so confusing. This episode traces the life of one of the best, most concise pop songs Nesmith ever wrote and I think the only song in the Monkees catalog that was released in a session musician version as well as full band version ("Words" and "She Hangs Out" don't count as Micky's not on drums). We'll also hear a great acoustic cover version by a guy one might normally associate with experimental noise rock. And listen at the end for a couple newsy items, like how I'll be playing a gig of Nez covers with the great Mick Lawless (of Monkees Mania Radio) and his band Loose Salute on December 7 in Worcester, MA. I believe it's their farewell show and I'm honored to be the drummer. I finished this episode just as election results were coming in. Sigh. While he was never a political activist, one can do the research and and surmise that Michael Nesmith believed in gender and racial equality and that "we're all brothers under the skin" as he said in his 1968 interview with John Gilliand. He was raised by a poor, single mother who started her own billion dollar company and Nez spent a good bit of his resources championing woman artists and entrepreneurs, keeping his mother's Gihon Foundation alive. Good luck out there. Be nice to each other.

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