And to think when the producers put them together, they couldn’t play a lick on the guitar! They all had to be taught to play guitar. They were supposed to be America’s answer to the Beatles. Of course Mike Nesmith’s mother invented the original white-out, so he had money going in. They were formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, & their first #1 hit was “Last Train to Clarksville”, which debuted in Sept. of 1966. RIP Davey, we loved ‘ya…………