Whether it was Jefferson Airplane’s “Somebody to Love,” The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s “Purple Haze,” or The Beatles “All You Need Is Love,” the Summer of Love was a folksy, bluesy, rhythmic celebration of the soul. Released that June, another essential track that defined the era was The Stone Poney’s “Different Drum.” A whimsical folk-rock classic about and a timeless ode to independence, the song perfectly captured the free spirit of the era.
Before the song landed with The Stone Poneys, Nesmith’s future hit was actually pitched to The Monkees. According to American Songwriter, Nesmith originally recorded the song with his band at the time, the Greenbriar Boys, as well as attempted to make it a hit with The Monkees, whose producers “shunned it.”
When Ronstadt’s Stone Poneys, which also included Bobby Kimmel and Kenny Edwards, got hold of the song, they were in need of a hit. Their typical folk-rock sound, with Ronstadt singing harmony rather than lead, wasn’t connecting with audiences the way they’d hoped. With “Different Drum,” they got their hit.
“I had no idea that I sang as loud as I did,” she said. “I always thought I wasn’t singing loud enough, because in the early days there were no monitors. You couldn’t hear yourself.”
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