Episode 2: Ep. 1 - How Can You Kiss Me?

Happy 2024 and welcome to the first episode of Questions But No Answers. Before he auditioned for, and got the part on The Monkees television series, thus altering the course of his music career and indeed his life, Michael Nesmith was an ambitious, industrious and prolific new singer-songwriter trying to make a name for himself, first as a folkie on the San Antonio, TX scene and then as a "folk n' roller" in his new home of Los Angeles. This episode is focused on the catchy, danceable 1965 single by Mike and John and Bill called "How Can You Kiss Me" but also backtracks to young Mike's first recorded efforts from 1963-4 and discusses how quickly he started writing, performing and getting his name and his songs out there barely a year after getting his first guitar. How would his career have progressed had he never answered that fateful ad in Variety? Not to disappoint, but that alternate universe scenario is one question with no answer that I don't discuss. Maybe in a future episode a round table can muse about that. But I've no plans for that at the moment. For now, I hope you enjoy this episode while you consider your new years resolutions. Mine is to keep this series going and growing. Thanks for all the kind words upon the launch. I'm not kidding when I say that knowing you're our there digging this is my fuel to keep on keeping on. I think this is going to be a lot of fun. Listen for a cameo by super musician Ken Maiuri!