Nevada Fighter

Nevada Fighter
Studio album by Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
Released	1971
Recorded	Oct 1970 – Jan 1971
Genre	Country rock
Length	30:10
Label	RCA
Producer	Michael Nesmith
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Michael Nesmith & The First National Band chronology
Loose Salute (1970) Nevada Fighter (1971) Tantamount to Treason Vol. 1 (1972)

Nevada Fighter is the third solo album by American singer-songwriter Michael Nesmith during his post-Monkees career. The album is also the third and final album with the First National Band. Released in 1971, it peaked at No. 70 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts, the highest position since the beginning of Nesmith's solo career.

John London and John Ware left the group in late November 1970. Two tracks were left to finish the album - "Here I Am" (recorded in early January 1971) and "Only Bound" (recorded in late January). Nesmith recruited James Burton, Joe Osborn and Ron Tutt to help finish the album — all three had worked with Nesmith during his days with The Monkees.

The track "Nevada Fighter" was originally recorded under the title "Apology." "Propinquity" was the third version of this song Nesmith recorded — he demoed it for The Monkees in 1966 and recorded a 1969 version for the group.

Track listing

All songs by Michael Nesmith except where noted.

1. "Grand Ennui" – 2:07
2. "Propinquity (I've Just Begun To Care)" – 2:59
3. "Here I Am" – 3:15
4. "Only Bound" – 3:23
5. "Nevada Fighter" – 3:06
6. "Texas Morning" (Mike Murphy, Boomer Castleman) – 3:00
7. "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (Bob Nolan) – 4:10
8. "I Looked Away" (Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock) – 3:13
9. "Rainmaker" (Harry Nilsson, Bill Martin) – 3:17
10. "René" (Red Rhodes) – 1:40

Personnel

• Michael Nesmith – vocals, guitar
• John London – bass
• John Ware – drums
• O.J. "Red" Rhodes – Pedal steel

Additional musicians:

• Joe Osborn – bass
• Max Bennett – bass
• Glen D. Hardin – keyboards
• Michael Cohen – keyboards
• Ron Tutt – drums
• James Burton – guitar
• Al Casey – guitar