Word: nesmith
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Dates: during 1966-1966
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...would-be lunatics who showed up to audition, Rafelson and Schneider picked David Jones, 20, a 5-ft. 3-in. former jockey from Manchester, England; Mickey Dolenz, 21, a former child actor from Hollywood; Peter Tork, 24, a college professor's son from Connecticut; and Mike Nesmith, 23, an Army brat from Texas. Only two of them could read music at all professionally, and only two had ever acted before. None of them could play the drums, so Mickey was tapped; Davy Jones couldn't play anything, so he was handed two maracas and a tambourine and told...