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“‘I found that The Monkees — both the series and the actors — were very tough to direct,’ Tork said. ‘I was fortunate because I had the help of some very inventive supporting players.’” Calgary Herald (March 1, 1968)
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December 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“‘I found that The Monkees — both the series and the actors — were very tough to direct,’ Tork said. ‘I was fortunate because I had the help of some very inventive supporting players.’” Calgary Herald (March 1, 1968)
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Peter Tork and Peter LaFarge, onstage at Carnegie Hall during the New York City Folk Festival, June 19, 1965. They shared the bill with the likes of Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Muddy Waters, and The Staple Singers. Photo by Bob Campbell, © 16 Magazine.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Peter Tork and Peter LaFarge, onstage at Carnegie Hall during the New York City Folk Festival, June 19, 1965. They shared the bill with the likes of Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Muddy Waters, and The Staple Singers. Photo by Bob Campbell, © 16 Magazine.
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“I never was frightened about my abilities to perform live in music. You know, I’d been doing that for three years solid already at that point, you know, or, or two and a half anyway.” - Peter Tork, Headquarters Radio (1989)
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December 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“I never was frightened about my abilities to perform live in music. You know, I’d been doing that for three years solid already at that point, you know, or, or two and a half anyway.” - Peter Tork, Headquarters Radio (1989)
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“Peter, too, was a sensation when he plucked his banjo (he’s usually on guitar) and chanted a folk tune. He had a Ringo-like naivete, and looked like the Dutch Boy on the cleanser.” - Wayne Harada, The Honolulu Advertiser (December 5, 1966)
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December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“Peter, too, was a sensation when he plucked his banjo (he’s usually on guitar) and chanted a folk tune. He had a Ringo-like naivete, and looked like the Dutch Boy on the cleanser.” - Wayne Harada, The Honolulu Advertiser (December 5, 1966)
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“Daydream Believer” went to No. 1 in the U.S. on December 2, 1967.
“With ‘Daydream Believer,’ I was on the piano and I came up with this opening lick which I thought was just sparklingly original. When you play it today, everyone thinks of ‘Daydream Believer.’” - Peter Tork, Rolling Stone (2016)
“With ‘Daydream Believer,’ I was on the piano and I came up with this opening lick which I thought was just sparklingly original. When you play it today, everyone thinks of ‘Daydream Believer.’” - Peter Tork, Rolling Stone (2016)
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“Daydream Believer” went to No. 1 in the U.S. on December 2, 1967.
“With ‘Daydream Believer,’ I was on the piano and I came up with this opening lick which I thought was just sparklingly original. When you play it today, everyone thinks of ‘Daydream Believer.’” - Peter Tork, Rolling Stone (2016)
“With ‘Daydream Believer,’ I was on the piano and I came up with this opening lick which I thought was just sparklingly original. When you play it today, everyone thinks of ‘Daydream Believer.’” - Peter Tork, Rolling Stone (2016)
“The handful of people who carry hate and send out hate vibrations only deserve to be pitied because they’re missing out on the whole groovy, love-filled happening called *life*!” - Peter Tork, interviewed by Audrey Hulse, Fave (May 1968)
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December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“The handful of people who carry hate and send out hate vibrations only deserve to be pitied because they’re missing out on the whole groovy, love-filled happening called *life*!” - Peter Tork, interviewed by Audrey Hulse, Fave (May 1968)
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#PeterTork #TheMonkees
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“Oh, God, Michael was so good in that, he was so good. It really was Michael’s finest hour as an actor. And to have him as himself over there, going, ‘Wow! What a great looking chick!’ I think he should have gotten an Emmy for it.” - Peter, Hey, Hey, We’re The Monkees documentary
November 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“Oh, God, Michael was so good in that, he was so good. It really was Michael’s finest hour as an actor. And to have him as himself over there, going, ‘Wow! What a great looking chick!’ I think he should have gotten an Emmy for it.” - Peter, Hey, Hey, We’re The Monkees documentary
“His piercing brown eyes focus intently on the person he’s speaking to. This is a quality Peter radiates… one of making others feel totally involved.” - Monkee Spectacular (June 1968)
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November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“His piercing brown eyes focus intently on the person he’s speaking to. This is a quality Peter radiates… one of making others feel totally involved.” - Monkee Spectacular (June 1968)
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Remembering George Harrison on the 24th anniversary of his passing.
“[George Harrison] was as kind and as gentle a man as you could imagine.” - Peter Tork, Liverpool Echo, November 28, 2011
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Photos from July 1967 and January 1968, audio (of Peter’s banjo contribution) from Wonderwall.
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Photos from July 1967 and January 1968, audio (of Peter’s banjo contribution) from Wonderwall.
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Remembering George Harrison on the 24th anniversary of his passing.
“There really couldn't be two more incompatible characters. Mike is pragmatic, Peter is ethereal. Peter is laid-back, Mike is impatient. Mike is oil, Peter is water.” - Micky Dolenz, I'm A Believer: My Life of Monkees, Music, and Madness (1993)
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November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“There really couldn't be two more incompatible characters. Mike is pragmatic, Peter is ethereal. Peter is laid-back, Mike is impatient. Mike is oil, Peter is water.” - Micky Dolenz, I'm A Believer: My Life of Monkees, Music, and Madness (1993)
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“I remember a Thanksgiving Day [in 1965] when the air was crystal clear in a way that I’ve never seen it before or since in L.A., and you could see all the way out to Catalina. It was wonderful. That crystal clarity symbolizes the whole era for me.” - Peter
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November 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“I remember a Thanksgiving Day [in 1965] when the air was crystal clear in a way that I’ve never seen it before or since in L.A., and you could see all the way out to Catalina. It was wonderful. That crystal clarity symbolizes the whole era for me.” - Peter
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“The song was weirdly prophetic. I had no idea that was going to be my attitude about anything having to do with music when I wrote that song.” - Peter Tork, Listen To The Band liner notes
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🎥: Speakeasy, November 1988; footage courtesy of orangeneko
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November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“The song was weirdly prophetic. I had no idea that was going to be my attitude about anything having to do with music when I wrote that song.” - Peter Tork, Listen To The Band liner notes
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🎥: Speakeasy, November 1988; footage courtesy of orangeneko
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Peter played NYC’s Speakeasy on November 25, 26 & 27, 1988.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Peter played NYC’s Speakeasy on November 25, 26 & 27, 1988.
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“It’s taken Peter a while to get his head straight again. He was never mentally suited to all the pressure, to the studio demands, the girls always tugging and pushing and mauling us.” - Davy Jones, Edmonton Journal (October 24, 1972)
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November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“It’s taken Peter a while to get his head straight again. He was never mentally suited to all the pressure, to the studio demands, the girls always tugging and pushing and mauling us.” - Davy Jones, Edmonton Journal (October 24, 1972)
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“We were the cast of a TV show about a band and played a band on TV. And then there was another thing where we hit the road and played in front of 10,000 and 18,000 screaming teenagers.” - Peter, The Modesto Bee (2016)
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🎥: Entertainment Tonight, 1984
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🎥: Entertainment Tonight, 1984
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“We were the cast of a TV show about a band and played a band on TV. And then there was another thing where we hit the road and played in front of 10,000 and 18,000 screaming teenagers.” - Peter, The Modesto Bee (2016)
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🎥: Entertainment Tonight, 1984
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“Mike was a monster time keeper. In fact, Mike was our time keeper onstage. Micky played melodic drums, he played them like you would a melodic instrument. Mike kept time.” - Peter, Headquarters Radio (1989)
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November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“Mike was a monster time keeper. In fact, Mike was our time keeper onstage. Micky played melodic drums, he played them like you would a melodic instrument. Mike kept time.” - Peter, Headquarters Radio (1989)
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“Peter was a much more skillful player than I was by some orders of magnitude.” - Michael Nesmith, The Monkees Tale
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November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“Peter was a much more skillful player than I was by some orders of magnitude.” - Michael Nesmith, The Monkees Tale
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“There’s one song that Peter Tork sings on that Missing Links album where he sounds absolutely super. He sounds great; he’s right on the button. Sings it good and he wasn’t supposed to be a singer.” - Davy Jones on “Come On In”
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November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“There’s one song that Peter Tork sings on that Missing Links album where he sounds absolutely super. He sounds great; he’s right on the button. Sings it good and he wasn’t supposed to be a singer.” - Davy Jones on “Come On In”
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“Peter was a great musician, great banjo player, but he was mainly from New York, and he had a different process for thinking about songs. It didn’t quite fit with what we had in mind for the group called The Monkees.” - Tommy Boyce
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November 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Peter was a great musician, great banjo player, but he was mainly from New York, and he had a different process for thinking about songs. It didn’t quite fit with what we had in mind for the group called The Monkees.” - Tommy Boyce
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“Peter was absolutely handsome in an all-white outfit for a banjo solo. Nobody wanted him to go.” - fan Charlene Steffens reports on The Monkees concert at the Cow Palace for Movie Teen Illustrated (October 1967)
Photo from the Phoenix show in January 1967; photo by Richard Weize.
Photo from the Phoenix show in January 1967; photo by Richard Weize.
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“Peter was absolutely handsome in an all-white outfit for a banjo solo. Nobody wanted him to go.” - fan Charlene Steffens reports on The Monkees concert at the Cow Palace for Movie Teen Illustrated (October 1967)
Photo from the Phoenix show in January 1967; photo by Richard Weize.
Photo from the Phoenix show in January 1967; photo by Richard Weize.
The Boy Meets World episode “Rave On!” — guest starring Peter, Davy, and Micky — originally aired on this day in 1995.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Boy Meets World episode “Rave On!” — guest starring Peter, Davy, and Micky — originally aired on this day in 1995.
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“I have a feeling that Peter Tork folk-singer would have been a revelation.“ - article by Keith Altham, New Musical Express (July 1, 1967)
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Pictured: Peter on the set of “Hillbilly Honeymoon,” 1967. Photos by Henry Diltz.
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Pictured: Peter on the set of “Hillbilly Honeymoon,” 1967. Photos by Henry Diltz.
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“I have a feeling that Peter Tork folk-singer would have been a revelation.“ - article by Keith Altham, New Musical Express (July 1, 1967)
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Pictured: Peter on the set of “Hillbilly Honeymoon,” 1967. Photos by Henry Diltz.
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Pictured: Peter on the set of “Hillbilly Honeymoon,” 1967. Photos by Henry Diltz.
“Peter Tork endeared himself to everyone [in London] by being funny and drily witty and genuinely kind.” - from an article by Trudy More, Teen Life (December 1967)
Pictured: Peter at The Monkees’ press conference in London on June 29, 1967; photo by ANL/Shutterstock.
Pictured: Peter at The Monkees’ press conference in London on June 29, 1967; photo by ANL/Shutterstock.
November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“Peter Tork endeared himself to everyone [in London] by being funny and drily witty and genuinely kind.” - from an article by Trudy More, Teen Life (December 1967)
Pictured: Peter at The Monkees’ press conference in London on June 29, 1967; photo by ANL/Shutterstock.
Pictured: Peter at The Monkees’ press conference in London on June 29, 1967; photo by ANL/Shutterstock.
The Wings episode “She’s Gotta Have It,” guest starring Peter Tork, originally aired on this day in 1995.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The Wings episode “She’s Gotta Have It,” guest starring Peter Tork, originally aired on this day in 1995.
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“[At the newly opened shop, Peter] smiled and wished me luck, and I realized how much I love him because he always tries to encourage me and inspire me.” - Genie the Tailor, Tiger Beat (June 1968)
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📷: Peter in one of Genie’s tailored outfits, 1967
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📷: Peter in one of Genie’s tailored outfits, 1967
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“[At the newly opened shop, Peter] smiled and wished me luck, and I realized how much I love him because he always tries to encourage me and inspire me.” - Genie the Tailor, Tiger Beat (June 1968)
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📷: Peter in one of Genie’s tailored outfits, 1967
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📷: Peter in one of Genie’s tailored outfits, 1967