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Post by ace5150 on Feb 21, 2019 17:50:08 GMT
Passed today. By all accounts, a decent musician, but forbidden to play his own music whilst The Monkees were on TV. RIP Pete.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2019 18:13:47 GMT
Really sad to hear this. The Monkees were very popular when I was young thanks to their TV series and hit singles in the UK charts. RIP Pete.
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Post by flyingsquad on Feb 21, 2019 18:21:35 GMT
RIP Pete
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Post by Wynn Chester on Feb 21, 2019 19:46:14 GMT
Sad news indeed, RIP Peter
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Post by bodiesstuntdouble on Feb 21, 2019 23:57:24 GMT
Sad news and an under rated band RIP Sir
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Post by pr1 on Feb 22, 2019 0:18:23 GMT
Very sad news. The Monkees have been a favorite of mine since I was a little kid. Tork played several instruments but didn't get much chance to use that talent in the earliest days of The Monkees recordings. He also wrote the song "For Pete's Sake" that was used with the end credits during season two of the show. I saw him with Mickey Dolenz and Davy Jones during The Monkees 20th Anniversary tour. They put on good show and seemed to be enjoying it as much as the audience.
Rest In Peace
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Post by daz on Feb 22, 2019 7:01:08 GMT
Och, that's a shame. The Monkeys were must watch TV when I was growing up, even though I wasn't even born when it was made, but thanks to repeats in the late 70s and 80s they become a huge part of our childhood.
RIP Peter.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Feb 22, 2019 7:02:34 GMT
RIP Peter
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Post by Portland Road on Feb 22, 2019 7:52:45 GMT
Over the years, Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith have struck me as a bit less showbiz than Jones or Dolenz, though this didn't necessarily show in the original TV series.
I do like The Monkees - although they were not The Beatles, they had much more to them than a boy band/children's TV act.
R.I.P. Peter Tork.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 10:00:52 GMT
Peter and Mike were the true musicians in the band as Mickey and Davy were both actors.
In 1967, The Monkees were probably as popular as The Beatles. Worth remembering Peter was of the main instigators in the band writing their own material and playing their own instruments from their third album 'Headqusters' onwards.
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Post by pr1 on Feb 22, 2019 22:58:09 GMT
Peter and Mike were the true musicians in the band as Mickey and Davy were both actors. In 1967, The Monkees were probably as popular as The Beatles. Worth remembering Peter was of the main instigators in the band writing their own material and playing their own instruments from their third album 'Headqusters' onwards. Peter Tork was very interested in being part of a group. Unfortunetly what he had in mind only really occurred during the recording of the Headquarters album. That truly was the four guys working together as a team. After that they played along with session musicians or went off and did their own stuff and then presented it to the others. To placate Michael Nesmith he was allowed to produce the two songs he wrote for the first album but not play on them. He managed to sneak Peter Tork into the sessions for the song 'Papa Gene's Blues' to play guitar.Tork later said he was merely one of several guitar players on the track but was happy to have played on it. Peter Tork was one of rare Pop/Rock musicians of that era that had formal training as a musicians.
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Post by thewoodster on Feb 24, 2019 0:39:07 GMT
Rip Pete.
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