The Monkees most lucrative venture the three had ever seen in their days as the Monkees, far surpassing the money they had made in the 1960s. Nesmith had little financial need to join in Monkees-related projects, mostly as his mother Bette Nesmith Graham was the inventor of Liquid Paper, leaving Nesmith an inheritance of over $25 million upon her death in 1980. A new album by the touring trio, "Pool It!" (the Monkees' tenth), appeared the following year and was a moderate success. From 1986 to 1989, the Monkees would conduct major concert tours in the United States, Australia, Japan, and Europe.
Christian Nesmith Air Supply in 2009 as lead guitarist. He toured with his father for The Monkees' reunion tours between 2012-2014. He currently resides in Los Angeles, CA Christian Nesmith Christian DuVal Nesmith (born January 31, 1965) is a musician from Los Angeles, CA, and the eldest son of Monkee Michael Nesmith and Phyllis (Nesmith) Gibson. He has worked with his father (on the album "The Garden"), Michael Sherwood (on "Tangletown" and in the band GLP), Ty Tabor (backing vocals on 2002's "Safety"), Doug Pinnick of King's X (touring band from 1998) and formerly Cindy Alexander. Played in the band Chodle's Trunk