When Ronstadt was set to record “Different Drum” in 1967, the song was a ballad. However, it wasn’t originally written that way. Nesmith told The Wall Street Journal that it was 1964 when he was a ...

Nesmith started writing and performing music in the early 1960s under the name “Michael Blessing.” He found some small success as a songwriter with a fusion of country and rock. During that period, ...