RIP: Peter Tork - Page 2

Cabarone · #16 02-22-2019, 01:43 AM

I was a kid when they first started...reminded me of a modern-day Marx Brothers...great body of songs, too, from a lot of great writers... I always felt like Peter was viewed as the Ringo of the group, but he was the most versatile and musically talented one of the bunch...Janis Ian posted a nice tribute on FB, recalling how helpful he was getting her started...always came across as a nice, humanitarian kinda guy...sorry he's gone...

HeyMikey · #17 02-22-2019, 07:10 AM

Yes, very sad. Another piece of my childhood gone. Peter was a fine musician and kept performing. Loved his little Guild. RIP monkee man.

buddyhu · #18 02-22-2019, 09:28 AM

RIP.

He brought people joy, gave support to their musicians. A fine legacy.

seannx · #19 02-22-2019, 11:07 AM

Enjoyed their songs and tv show, too. My friends were concerned at first that it was a group created just for the show - kind of fake, they didn’t play the instruments, etc. - but we were quickly won over and became big fans.
Here’s a great interview from Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...-1960s-797309/

Rodger Knox · #20 02-22-2019, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by seannx

Enjoyed their songs and tv show, too. My friends were concerned at first that it was a group created just for the show - kind of fake, they didn’t play the instruments, etc. - but we were quickly won over and became big fans.
Here’s a great interview from Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...-1960s-797309/

Well, actually they were created for the show. Mike Nesmith was the only professional musician in the group. They did learn to play their instruments, and did play live shows, but it didn't start out that way. Incidentally, them learning to play and demanding more creative control finally pushed Don Kirshner to replace them with the Archies.

Acousticado · #21 02-22-2019, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Rodger Knox

Well, actually they were created for the show. Mike Nesmith was the only professional musician in the group. They did learn to play their instruments, and did play live shows, but it didn't start out that way. Incidentally, them learning to play and demanding more creative control finally pushed Don Kirshner to replace them with the Archies.

Tork was also a professional musician...mainly piano.

Jim Owen · #22 02-22-2019, 02:32 PM

Farewell, Peter.

Yes, the group was put together by Kirshner, but they became their own entity. They showcased some very good songwriters—such as the late John Stewart (“Daydream Believer”).

frankmcr · #23 02-22-2019, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Acousticado

Tork was also a professional musician...mainly piano.

And Davy Jones was a Tony-nominated singer.

frankmcr · #24 02-22-2019, 08:13 PM

A coupla bits of Monkees/Beatles trivia:

Davy Jones was one of the performers who appeared on the Feb. 9 1964 episode of the "Ed Sullivan Show".

Peter Tork played banjo on George Harrison's Wonderwall.

RP · #25 02-22-2019, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Rodger Knox

Well, actually they were created for the show. Mike Nesmith was the only professional musician in the group. They did learn to play their instruments, and did play live shows, but it didn't start out that way. Incidentally, them learning to play and demanding more creative control finally pushed Don Kirshner to replace them with the Archies.

There was an urban myth that Charles Manson auditioned for the show, but he was in jail at the time. Maybe he would have fit in just fine based on the picture below....