Beard Liberation Front
10th December
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Tribute paid to Michael Nesmith clean shaven musician who came to appreciate beard power
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has paid tribute to the musician Michael Nesmith (1942-2021) who has died at 78.
Nesmith was part of the Monkees, a ‘manufactured’ pop band in the late 1960s who had a number of hit records. In fact however Nesmith was a talented musician who went on to have a successful career in a musical style which is known in 2021 as Americana.
During his solo career he frequently wore a gravitas adding beard drawing a distinctive line with the fresh faced clean shaven image of the Monkees
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, Michael Nesmith’s solo career and hirsute image deserve to be remembered as making a significant contribution to music over almost 5 decades
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