They may have been a manufactured band, but the Monkees nonetheless created some of the greatest pop-rock music of the 1960s.

as the Monkees played their first live music in public.” The two songs performed were “Papa Gene's Blues,” written by Mike Nesmith, and a cover of “She's So Far Out, She's In” by Baker ...

Ipswich Town appeared to be the club who has stolen a march on their rivals by submitting a bid for Philogene and his team-mate Jacob Greaves - who the Blues were also strongly linked with - and ...

Michael Nesmith, the singer-songwriter, author, actor-director and entrepreneur who will likely be best remembered as the wool-hatted, guitar-strumming member of the made-for-television rock band ...

However, the members were writing from the off, with Nesmith’s ‘Papa Gene’s Blues’ appearing on the ... psychedelic wave with abstract lyrics and progressive composition. Many fans began to see The ...

“Papa Gene’s Blues” from The Monkees, written by Michael Nesmith ... As Nesmith was prone to doing, this title appears nowhere in the lyrics. The tune boldly sits right in the middle of ...

On April 11, acclaimed musician Micky Dolenz was able to celebrate The Monkees’ musical legacy ... with “Take a Giant Step” and “Papa Gene’s Blues.” Dolenz went on to cover songs ...

Nesmith said The Monkees’ “Papa Gene’s Blues” was one of the song that played like a movie in his head. “It was one of the first songs I ever wrote and it has an idea at its core and a ...

The Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations,” Frank Sinatra’s “Strangers in the Night,” Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were,” The Ronettes’ “Be My Baby” and The Monkees’ “Papa ...

Micky Dolenz, former drummer of The Monkees, will appear in concert ... Nesmith (“Different Drum,” “Mary, Mary,” “Papa Gene’s Blues,” and “Listen To The Band”) and Peter Tork ...