Michael Nesmith inheritance from his mother's Liquid Paper fortune in 1980 eased those concerns. In a 1980 interview with "Playboy", he said of that time: "I had to start telling little tales to the tax man while they were putting tags on the furniture." While Nesmith had continued to produce his compositions with the Monkees, he withheld many of the songs from the final Monkees albums, only to release them on his post-Monkees solo records. Nesmith did not participate in the Monkees' 20th-anniversary reunion. However, he did appear during an encore with the other three members at the Greek Theatre on September
The Garden (Michael Nesmith album) Jorgenson (guitar/sax/bassoon/mandolin/oboe/bandurila/mandocello), Joe Chemay (bass), and John Hobbs (keyboards), as well as studio maven Sid Page (violin)". According to the liner notes, the album was recorded at various times between October 1991 and September 1993 at Footprint Studios and Trax in Los Angeles. Additionally, "The Garden" is the first studio album Nesmith does not use a steel pedal guitar on any track. "The Garden" novella features seven paintings of Claude Monet at the beginning of each chapter. All songs written by Michael Nesmith. Production notes The Garden (Michael Nesmith album) The Garden is Michael Nesmith's 11th full studio album and