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) The Garden (Michael Nesmith album) The Garden is Michael Nesmith's 11th full studio album and was released in 1994. "The Garden" is a companion release to Nesmith's 1974 album/book, "The Prison". Both "The Garden" and "The Prison" are written to have the music complement a novel included in the release (also written by Nesmith). "The Prison" and "The Garden" were re-released together on CD in 2004 by Video Ranch. The idea is for listeners to read the novel while simultaneously listening to the recording. Even though "The Garden" was released on Nesmith's record company, Rio Records, the novella/album concept was