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E-mail to: mojoreaders@bauermedia.co.uk THE TALE OF THE MONKEES, AND MIKE Nesmith’s role in the band, has often been framed as a battle for authenticity; a great American songwriter struggling to articulate himself in the face of prefabricated commercial expediencies. This month, though, as we mourn Nesmith, who died at the end of 2021, and celebrate all aspects of his incredible legacy, it feels like we’ve reached a much more sophisticated place. David Fricke’s tremendous cover story doesn’t ignore Nesmith’s artistic frustrations. But it also grasps that The Monkees were a great American band: fed a diet of imperishable songs; blessed with a chemistry that transcended studio machinations, even as the quartet never fully understood how that chemistry worked. “Do me the gracious favour of not pointing me out as the most talented…

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