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NORMALLY what goes on tour stays on tour ... but when you're on the road with Billy Bob Thornton And The Boxmasters, you just have to tell someone.
I met up with the movie icon and his band before they played an exclusive party at the 700-capacity
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The Daily Record
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/2009/03/28/exclusive-we-go-on-tour-with-hollywood-star-billy-bob-thornton-86908-21233534/
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...Nesmith of Shallowater; two sons, Christopher Shawn Collier and his wife, Leslie, of Lockhart, Texas, and James Joshua Vitaly Nesmith of Shallowater; two grandchildren, Austin Michael Collier and Faith Emma Collier; two sisters, Vernetta Graham of Abilene,...
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
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Con man Barry John Faulkner posing as singer Michael Nesmith from band The Monkees
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Con man Barry Faulkner dressed in a Virgin Airlines outfit
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A court in Sydney heard Barry Faulkner, 59, had "a lengthy criminal
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The Telegraph
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This year marks the 200th anniversary of the first U.S. patent awarded to a woman for her invention. It
didn't happen until 19 years after the Patent Act of 1790 was enacted to protect individuals' rights to their inventions,
and the recipient was
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FOX Business
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On the occasions when I've let slip that I don't really mind the Jonas Brothers, people tend to react with over-exaggerated shock and horror. But if you think about it, they're just another example of innocuous guitar pop. When discussing these
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Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/mar/10/monkees-pop-authenticity
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The Monkees as they appeared on their 1966-68 television show. From left are Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Mickey Dolenz and Peter Tork.
It’s been 30 years since the television show that made him a star went off the air, but Mickey Dolenz knows that
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Houston Chronicle
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Onetime Monkees drummer Mickey Dolenz is performing at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Fla., today through Saturday. "They're going to hear all the Monkees' hits for starters, most of which I sang originally," he said. "I do them just as people remember them."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents The Tragically Hip on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 8:00pm at the Moore Theatre.
Formed in 1983 in Kingston, Ontario, The Tragically Hip came together with childhood friends Gordon Downie (vocals), Bobby Baker (guitar)
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Broadway World
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On the 6th of January we reached Teneriffe, but were prevented landing," wrote Charles Darwin. In the winter of 1831-32, 10 days out of Plymouth, the first shore excursion from his "ten-gun brig", HMS Beagle, was thwarted. Not because of bad weather,
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The Independent
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"I plan to quit CSI and train to be the QB for the Cardinals. Yeah, I know Beatty sorta' did that in Heaven Can Wait.
As I head off to Arizona to watch my Cardinals host the NFC Championship Game, I immediately check ESPN.com (nice redesign, by the way)
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ESPN
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Scandal in McDonaldland: In 1970, the top-rated Saturday morning kids show was "H.R. Pufnstuf," about a boy named Jimmy who ends up on an island where everything is alive. That year, show runners Sid and Marty Krofft got a call from an ad agency,
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Inside Bay Area
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Tribune Staff Writer
Chip Douglas knows that good, hard work is its own reward.
Douglas, who produced the latest CD by the local group Jetta and the Jellybeans, “Tell Me What You Want to Be,” learned that lesson through his work with the 1960s
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South Bend Tribune
http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090110/Ent/901090243/-1/XML
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If you think The Monkees were a fake band, then let the cute one, Davy Jones, tell you about a real fake band. "I appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964 the same night The Beatles were on," says Jones, 63, who appeared on the show with the Broadway
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New York Post
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NEW YORK (AP) ―
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 30, the 365th day of 2008. There is 1 day left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Dec. 30, 1853, the United States and Mexico signed a treaty under which the U.S. agreed to buy some 45,000 square
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Here's round two. I stumbled into a kind of weather theme today, for no good reason. Especially since this week has been the kind of shitty weather I thought was illegal in Southern California. Special shout-out to the Michael Nesmith track (2009 will
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Pretty Goes with Pretty
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- In 1965, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz came together to form The Monkees, a fictional band created by Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider for a television pilot with the goal of capitalizing on
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Los Angeles, CA - infoZine - Darrow also recorded with Leonard Cohen, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Corvettes, James Taylor, Michael Nesmith, Kim Fowley and more. Package contains testimonial from Mudhoney’s Steve Turner.
Chris Darrow may not be a household
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Kansas City Infozine
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It is on the KSHE Classic List!! Nesmith was an only child, and his parents, Warren Audrey Nesmith and Bette Nesmith Graham, separated when he was very young. With his father gone, Nesmith's mother worked as a secretary. Their fortunes changed when Bette invented typewriter correction fluid, later known commercially as Liquid Paper. Nesmith was an indifferent student, and in his teen years an occasional prankster. An urban legend says a prank with a firecracker went wrong, leaving Nesmith ...
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1)TH: At the moment, you are offsetting all of your touring with carbon credits as well as performing in your hometown using a portable solar powered system. What is the next step for you in your future of green touring ? Name one immediate, easily
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Treehugger
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Michael Nesmith is an American musician, songwriter, perhaps best known for his time in the musical group The Monkees and on the TV series of the same name. Nesmith has been considered one of the pioneers of country-rock and had moderate commercial success with the First National Band.
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Think a mistake is the end of the world? In some cases, making a mistake (and learning from it) can be the best thing to happen to you.
Back in the 1950s, a secretary and commercial artist named Bette Clair McMurray started using a tempera
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TechRepublic
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There’s something undeniably cheeky and charming about The Monkees, even after all these years. Well, 40 years to be exact. In November of 1968, America’s fun-loving answer to The Beatles teamed up with Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson to make Head, the
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Forty years ago, the Monkees' only feature film, "Head," hit theaters -- and people have been scratching their heads ever since.
Though far from a masterpiece like the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" from 1964, the film, starring Davy Jones, Peter Tork, M...
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Los Angeles Times
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M.NESMITH & THE FIRST NATIONAL BAND
Uploaded by request - Joanne failed to chart in the UK. This song has been re-issued on 3 occasions for ex-Monkee Mike Nesmith.
Solo UK hit for former Monkee - Mike Nesmith in 1977.
Part 2 / 3 From the Collection: "Our Favorite Episodes" Michael Nesmith's favorite, "Fairy Tale"
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Can anyone say leaking oil derricks. Drill baby, drill.
My best Monkees trivia is that Michael Nesmith’s mother (Bette) invented “White Out”.
boyce and hart wrote some great songs. so did nesmith.
Wow, that was made in 1968? Pretty fine stuff. I’m
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Crooks and Liars
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The shirt was deep burgundy covered with golf-ball-size bright yellow circles. It was a Monkees shirt, the style worn by Davy Jones, Peter Tork, Mickey Dolenz and Michael Nesmith of the TV show and musical act. It is my
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RedOrbit, TX - 22 hours ago
But did you know that Michael Nesmith started the whole "pop stars dating avant-garde Japanese artists and alienating their fellow band members" trend? ......
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Net New Music
http://netnewmusic.net/reblog/archives/2008/08/music_imitation.html
This is the first tribute I have made to Mike using a song NOT BY HIM! Ahh! But its an incredible song. Its actually my boss, Katie Basile's old band named Atmosphere from when she was 15. I just first heard this song yesterday, and I'm in love with it. I hope you all like it and can forgive me for not using a Nez song.
I'm going to try to put the entire Roundhouse concert up for you guys. Joanne is the first song he performs.
Mike explains the origin of "Grand Ennui" and then performs the song. He is so funny XD "Its hard when you're drunk, isnt it?"
Well, its been awhile, hasn't it? I think this is a beautiful and sad song; Pre-Monkees era, of course. I hope you guys like it.
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Based loosely on The Beatles' films A Hard Day's Night and Help!, The Monkees featured the antics of a fictional pop-rock group. When they came walkin' down the street in 1966, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, and Mike Nesmith were virtual
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Squidoo
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(CBS)Â Billy Bob Thornton is the grizzled star of movies like "Bad Santa" and "Sling Blade," but he's also a singer-songwriter and the front man for the hillbilly rock group, The Boxmasters. Their new 2-CD set was just released this week.
"What we tried...
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CBS News
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In a failed attempt to disguise his identity, The Boxmasters list frontman Billy Bob Thornton under the moniker W.R. (as in William Robert…get it?) “Bud” Thornton. But there’s no mistaking the voice: it’s either the guy who starred in Bad Santa or the
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PopMatters
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The MTV Video Music Awards show at Radio City Music Hall this year was, as it is every year, music at its most outrageous. There was Britney Spears doing a bump-and-grind strip; there was Eminem singing bleep after bleep; there was Jennifer Lopez
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Vanity Fair
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2000/11/mtv200011
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...Yep. He said so! Or that, when the Monkees performed live back-in-the-day (uh-huh … they did, tooooo!), a song that Michael Nesmith insisted on doing was one of his faves (and Bo’s creation) “You Can’t Judge A Book by (Lookin’ At) Its Cover”. Or that the first...
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News in Punk
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A COUPLA MORE WORDS ON BO Okay … we’re still a little stunned by this rock legend’s death (I mean, the dude created his own name, his own sound, his own guitar and who knows what else?). But didja know he named himself after the slang for a silly,
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News in Punk
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From the album - Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash. Island Records
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The original musical "Dorian: The Remarkable Mr. Gray," which just finished a run at Pentacle Theatre, has found a new life.
Los Angeles producer Michael Butler, best known for producing the musical "Hair" on Broadway, has signed a contract with Salem
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Salem Statesman-Journal
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080519/NEWS/805190340/1001
"Joanne" By Michael Nesmith. Rendition performed by Eric Kinkel & Company at the Brotherly Love Benefit Concert held at The Prairie Center ForThe Arts in Schaumburg Illinois, July 16th, 2004 for his sister Linda Kinkel who suffered from MS.
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I would truly love to hear this. I love the Caravanserai/Lotus era of Santana, and I’m going to see Santana in a few weeks at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. This would be a great way to get excited for the show!
Would you be able to upload
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Talkin' About My Revolutions
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Back story: One of the seminal country rock bands. they influenced acts such as Jackson Browne, the Eagles, the Byrds and the Beau Brummels.
The sound: Jug band and bluegrass mixed with rock and folk
If you like Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, you'll like:
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The Desert Sun
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Just an image with audio, i like Mike Nesmith's solo stuff and this is an upbeat, amusing fun track.There's almost a minute of waves breaking at the end, it's part of the song so i've left it on.
Michael Nesmith Please go to videoranch.com to purchase the entire Live At The Britt DVD
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Posted by Leonard Hayhurst on 03.17.2008
Semi-Pro, S.W.A.T., The Blair Witch Project, The Green Mile, Soylent Green, The Green Berets and we fly an El Dorado to the moon!
I picked up some essentials from the Wal-Mart dump bin this week.
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411Mania.com
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Annapolis (Map, News)
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Maybe it was the big brown eyes, the shy kid’s smile or the diminutive stature (5-foot-3 and 100 pounds), but Davy Jones was always arguably the first among equals in The Monkees — certainly as far as making young girls’ heart
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