Mike Nesmith: Nevada Fighter
Mark Leviton, Phonograph Record, September 1971
MIKE NESMITH is about as noncommital as a person can be. Ask him about his music's derivation and he's likely to say that no, he doesn't listen to country music and no, he wouldn't call his music country-rock.
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