Nevada Fighter (1971)

About this title: Nevada Fighter kicks off with the witty and loose-limbed "The Grand Ennui," and for a moment it sounds like the album will pick up where Michael Nesmith's previous album with the First National Band, Loose Salute, left off. But before long, the album shifts gears, and it becomes obvious that Nesmith had something different in mind this time. Except for the rollicking side-closer, "Nevada Fighter," most of the material on side one suggests the more introspective moments of Magnetic South but without the same balance of charm and dry humor that made that album so appealing (though "Propinquity ... read more

Tracks:

1. Grand Ennui [Nesmith]
2. Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care) [Nesmith]
3. Here I Am [Nesmith]
4. Only Bound [Nesmith]
5. Nevada Fighter [Nesmith]
6. Texas Morning [Murphey/Castleman]
7. Tumbling Tumbleweeds [Nolan]
8. I Looked Away [Clapton/Whitlock]
9. Rainmaker [Nilsson/Martin]
10. Rene [Rhodes]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.