Live At The Palais
Overview
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singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Michael Nesmith
Michael Nesmith
Robert Michael Nesmith is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a member of the musical group The Monkees and star of the TV series of the same name...
, initially released in 1978.
The material covered on the album was primarily derived from the half-dozen albums Nesmith did on RCA Records in the early 1970s. The album reunited Mike with drummer John Ware, who'd worked with him on the albums Magnetic South
Magnetic South
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, Loose Salute
Loose Salute
Loose Salute is the second solo album by American singer-songwriter Michael Nesmith during his post-Monkees career. Released by RCA Records in 1970 and dedicated to Tony Richland, it peaked at No...
, and Nevada Fighter
Nevada Fighter
Nevada Fighter is the third solo album by American singer-songwriter Michael Nesmith during his post-Monkees career. The album is also the third and final album with the First National Band. Released in 1971, it peaked at No...
, and also marked one of Mike's first collaborations with guitarist John Jorgenson
John Jorgenson
John Jorgenson is a US musician. Although best known for his guitar work with bands such as the Desert Rose Band and The Hellecasters, Jorgenson is also proficient in the mandolin, mandocello, Dobro, pedal steel, piano, upright bass, clarinet, bassoon and saxophone...
and keyboardist John Hobbs; both would play in the group The Hellecasters with help from Nesmith.
Although the album did not sell very well, Nesmith would ridicule the recording in his comedy video, Elephant Parts
Elephant Parts
Elephant Parts is a collection of comedy and music videos made in 1981 by Michael Nesmith, former member of the Monkees. Nesmith produced the video through his company Pacific Arts, using money he inherited from his mother, the inventor of Liquid Paper...
.
In the early '90s, when the rest of his back catalog was being issued on CD, Nesmith refused to allow Live at the Palais to be included in the releases, citing dissatisfaction with the performance.