Michael Nesmith Net worth
Michael Nesmith Net worth – Michael Nesmith was a musician, songwriter, and producer from the United States, with a net worth of $50 million at the time of his death. Michael was most known for being a member of The Monkees, a popular 1960s musical band.
Michael Nesmith Biography
Michael Nesmith was born in 1942 in Houston, Texas. Warren and Bette Nesmith (née McMurray) divorced when he was four years old, leaving him an only child.
He was a musician, composer, actor, producer, and novelist from the United States. He was most known for being a member of the Monkees, a pop rock band, and co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1988). “Different Drum,” a hit for Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys, is one of Nesmith’s songwriting credits.
Michael Nesmith Career
Nesmith was a member of the television pop-rock band the Monkees, which was founded for the television situation comedy of the same name, from 1965 to early 1970. Nesmith landed the part partly due to his laid-back demeanor during the audition.
Following the Monkees’ disbandment, Nesmith maintained his successful songwriting and playing career, first with the legendary country rock band the First National Band, with whom he had a top-40 hit with “Joanne,” and later as a solo artist.
He was a 12-string guitar player who performed with the Monkees on a custom-built Gretsch electric guitar and later on several 12-string acoustic variants.
In addition, he was an executive producer on the picture Repo Man (1984). For his hour-long television show, Elephant Parts, Nesmith won the first Grammy Award for Video of the Year in 1981.
Nesmith did not attend the Monkees’ 20th anniversary reunion, although he did perform an encore with the other three members on September 7, 1986 at the Greek Theatre.
Nesmith was a vocal and instrumental contributor to the Monkees’ 50th anniversary album Good Times! in 2016. He also contributed a song, “I Know What I Know,” and was said to be “thrilled” with the album’s outcome.
Despite not touring with Dolenz and Tork for the most of the Monkees’ 50th anniversary reunion in 2016, Nesmith filled in for the ailing Peter Tork twice and appeared for the tour’s final show, which featured the three surviving band members (the last show to do so).
Nesmith announced his departure from the Monkees at the end of the final gig, vowing never to tour again.
Due to a “small health crisis,” Nesmith was forced to cancel the final four performances of his 2018 tour with Micky Dolenz. In a July 26 interview with Rolling Stone, Nesmith said that he had undergone quadruple bypass heart surgery and had been hospitalized for more than a month.
Nesmith died of heart failure on December 10, 2021, at the age of 78, at his home in Carmel Valley, California.
