NESMITH, MICHAEL
(*1942)
NESMITH, MICHAEL (b. Houston, Tex., December 30, 1942) One of the original pre-Fab Four, a member of TV's The Monkees, Nesmith was a creative SINGER/SONGWRITER who was one of the founders of COUNTRY-ROCK. The son of a secretary who invented Liquid Paper, and thus earned a small fortune, Nesmith learned to play the guitar after serving in the Air Force in the early 1960s. After a successful audition he became the only star of The Monkees TV show who actually played his instrument and wrote…