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Robert Michael Nesmith, born December 30, 1942 in Houston, Texas, is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman and philanthropist. His mother was Bette Nesmith Graham. He has two sons, Christian Nesmith and Jonathan Nesmith, and a daughter, Jessica Nesmith, by his first wife Phyllis Barbour, and son Jason Nesmith by photographer/socialite Nurit Wilde.
Biography
In his teen years, Nesmith was an indifferent student, and an occasional prankster. One such prank with a firecracker went bad on Nesmith, who suffered a hand injury. It was suggested that he learn to play an instrument to help his dexterity, and music became his new interest, through guitar lessons. After a tour of duty in the Air Force, Nesmith decided to try making a living with music, bought a better guitar with his parents' help, and joined a series of working bands, playing folk, country, and occasionally rock and roll. Another teen pastime, writing poetry, became the basis for original song lyrics, and after moving to Los Angeles with Phyllis and friend John London, he published a number of his own songs. Nesmith's "Mary, Mary" was recorded by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, while "Different Drum" was recorded by Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys. "Pretty Little Princess", written in 1965, was recorded by Frankie Laine and released as a single in 1968 on ABC Records. Later "Some Of Shelly's Blues" and "Propinquity (I've Just Begun To Care)" were made popular by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on their album Uncle Charlie and His Dog Teddy in 1970.
Nesmith began his recording career in 1965, with a one-off single released on Edan Records. He followed this with two singles recorded under the name "Michael Blessing", released on Colpix Records – coincidentally also the label of Davy Jones, though they had not yet met.
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