This is from the Monday, March 20 edition of the Los Angeles 
Times 
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NESMITH CHARMS AND SOUNDS FRESH
 
     There was a guy at the Wadsworth Theatre on Saturday night who
looked exactly like Michael Nesmith did in the late '60s -- but
that was just a member of a Monkees tribute band who'd come as a
fan.  On stage, the 'real' Nesmith was having none of that
particular nostalgia, playing none of his Monkees hits.
     He is, after all, the only member of the Prefab Four with a
notable post-prime-time body of work and not coincidentally, the
only one who largely abstained from the various reunions.  So when,
in his first L.A.-area show in three years (and just his second in
more than 15), he referred to "songs from the early albums," he
meant his '70s solo work.
     Such low-key, melancholy country-folk-pop tunes as "Joanne"
and "calico Girlfriend" sounded fresh enough that they would fit in
a set by such a current progressive-traditionalist country star as
Vince Gill.  And performing first solo and later with members of
opening band, the Hellecasters, Nesmith was a personable, charming
presence.
     Shouted one fan, "It's a long shot from the Monkees."  Amen.
     The all-instrumental Hellecasters--fronted by the Telecaster
trio of John Jorgenson, Jerry Donahue and Will Ray--dazzled with
fret-board prowess, recalling great pickers from Les Paul to James
Burton to the Ventures.  But they spoiled it by playing w-a-a-a-a-y
too long.
 
                                          - Steve Hochman