Former Monkee Michael Nesmith died last week at the age of 78. Variety has a good obituary by Chris Morris as well as Morris's sidebar based on an interview with manager Andrew Sandoval. Nesmith's death prompted John's tribute to the Monkees. John linked to Andy Greene's Rolling Stone obituary. John's appreciation of the group made me pause to think about Nesmith's long career in music. Taking advantage of John appreciation