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
Joanne (Michael Nesmith song) Joanne (Michael Nesmith song) "Joanne" is a song written and performed by Michael Nesmith. It was his only hit as a solo artist. The single was issued by RCA Records in 1970, from the album "Magnetic South", the first album released by Nesmith and The First National Band after he left The Monkees. In the United States, the song peaked at No. 21 on the "Billboard" Top 100 on 3 October 1970. It went to No. 4 in Canada, No. 3 in Australia, "Joanne" was the second single issued from "Magnetic South", following the release of "Little Red Rider" (which