Micky Dolenz has signed a deal to record an album of cover songs written by his fellow Monkee Michael Nesmith, 'Dolenz Sings Nesmith'
Micky Dolenz has signed a deal to record an album of cover songs written by his fellow Monkee Michael Nesmith, 'Dolenz Sings Nesmith.'has been singing songs written by his fellow Monkee Michael “Nez” Nesmith since his earliest days in the group — when producers pegged tunes like “Mary Mary” for inclusion on their TV show and studio albums.
The team plans on combing through Nesmith’s entire catalog to find material for the LP, beginning with songs Nez wrote in his pre-fame days under the name Michael Blessing, through his stint in the Monkees when he generated classic tunes like “You Told Me” and “Tapioca Tundra,” to his“I’m staying back because I’m too close to the material and to Nez,” Dolenz says. “I want Christian and Andrew to put their thinking caps on and pick some stuff because they know my voice.
That said, Dolenz does have some preliminary thoughts about what might work. “[The 1971 First National Band song] ‘Grand Ennui’ is one of my favorite Nez tunes ever,” he says. “That certainly would be on the top of my list. But I’m not sure I’d do ‘Different Drum.’ How the heck are you going to do that after it’s been recorded so many different times? Then there’s ‘Listen to the Band’ and ‘Mary Mary,’ but I don’t know how I do ‘Mary Mary’ without just covering myself. It gets tricky.
What’s also tricky is recording an album during a pandemic. Fortunately, Christian Nesmith lives just a close drive away from Dolenz. “There’s no way it’ll be a typical, old-school recording session,” Dolenz says. “Everything besides live drums can be done in a fairly safe condition with one little overdub at a time. Then I’ll go in with Christian in a month or two and start doing vocals. I can’t do those remotely. It’s not possible.
In the meantime, Dolenz is spending his time cooking gourmet meals at home with help from online classes, hiking in the woods and working on his businesswith his daughter Georgia. “Tomorrow I’m going out on the lake and having a fishing lesson,” he says. “I have a vegetable garden and I grow my own stuff. I hate to say that I’m enjoying this time off because of all the difficulties and tragedies people are going through, but I am enjoying it.
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