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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 8h

“[The Monkees] introduced some of the earliest light shows, psychedelic slide projections that came to be a staple of the sixties’ concert experience.” - When The Music Mattered: Rock in the 1960s (1984)

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Black and white photo of The Monkees onstage in London, 1967; photo by ZUMA Press, Inc.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 1d

“I adore Peter Tork. He really is one of the most super people I’ve ever met.” - Jennifer Moss, New Musical Express (November 25, 1967)

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Black and white photo of Peter Tork playing the guitar on the set of The Monkees episode “Hitting The High Seas,” 1967.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 2d

“[W]hen this band [Shoe Suede Blues] started, we went straight to the blues book for all our jams. There was no 60s froth or bubblegum tunes. It was sort of given to me to do and it was liberation in so many ways.” - Peter Tork, Metro Philadelphia (2008)

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Color photo of Peter Tork playing guitar onstage in the 2010s, set against a backdrop of a ‘60s photo of him on a large screen.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 3d

“Let’s go be zany. I’ve got a little of that left — I guess.”- Peter Tork, USA Today (June 28, 2000)

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Pictured: Peter with L.B. Fisher; photo by Dan MacMedan for USA Today.

Black and white newspaper photo of Peter Tork with L.B. Fisher, the actor who played him in the VH-1 Monkees biopic, 2000; photo by Dan MacMedan for USA Today.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 4d

“Tork, just 23 when he signed on with the Monkees, gives a measured response when asked to sum up his experience with the band. ‘I did as well as I knew how and have nothing to be ashamed of.’” - Bohemian (Sept. 26, 2002)

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Photo by Gene Trindl

Color photo of The Monkees, 1960s. Photo by Gene Trindl.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 5d

“I worked with Peter in the mid seventies. A kinder, gentler, gracious and giving human being you could never find. His sense of humor and positivity was a gift to all of those lucky enough to be around him.” - D J Barker, Facebook (Feb. 13, 2023)

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Color snapshot of Peter Tork (wearing a striped shirt and a visor) playing piano, surrounded by co-workers at the Great American Food and Beverage Company. Photo courtesy of Saul Fineman on Facebook.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 6d

“A serious critic could probably find some faults with that music. Tork admits he is ‘not the world’s greatest singer,’ but in the end, all that matters is that people like it.” - Post-Bulletin (1979)

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Photo by Steve Webb for the Post-Bulletin

Black and white photo of Peter Tork playing guitar at the Relay Station in Minnesota, October 1979. Photo by Steve Webb for the Post-Bulletin.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 7d

“The first thing people usually ask me is which is your favorite Monkee […]
. I guess I’d have to confess to a certain preference in the direction of Peter.” - Carol Deck, Flip (1968)

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Black and white photo of a smiling Peter Tork, 1967.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 8d

“’We’ve all got to stick together or we’re all going to come unglued.’
[Tork] noted a drive for only one’s own fortune is at the expense of others.
'Without community, the individual is dead.’” - The Life (May 3, 1996)

Photo by Henry Diltz

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 9d

“[Peter Tork] was the most wonderful, patient and real teacher I have ever had. I learned so much from his kindness and talent.” - former student David, MLive dot com (2019)

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Pictured: Peter teaching, 1976.

Black and white photo of a long-haired, bearded Peter Tork teaching in 1976.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 10d

“The transition from being one of the crowd to being your own individual self is painful, but the way you feel about yourself is the most important thing that will ever happen to you!
Peace and Love,
Peter Tork” - Fave (1969)

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Photo by Nurit Wilde

Color photo closeup of Peter Tork, bearded and looking into the camera, circa 1969. Photo by Nurit Wilde.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 11d

“If I never do break out or get a serious career success doing this, I’m not going to quit doing it. It’s too much fun.” - Peter, The Post Crescent (2004)

Pictured: Peter performing at the Billy Cowsill Benefit Concert at the El Rey Theatre in L.A. on September 13, 2004. Photos by Jim Steinfeldt.

Color photo of a smiling Peter Tork on guitar, onstage at the Billy Cowsill Benefit Concert at the El Rey Theatre in L.A. on September 13, 2004. Photo by Jim Steinfeldt.

Color photo of a smiling Peter Tork onstage at the Billy Cowsill Benefit Concert at the El Rey Theatre in L.A. on September 13, 2004. Photo by Jim Steinfeldt.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 12d

Q: “What is your favorite hour of the day?”
Peter Tork: “The one I’m enjoying at the present moment.” - Tiger Beat (September 1968)

Photo by Nurit Wilde

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 13d

“Music is sort of my life. [Without] it there wouldn’t be much sense to anything.” - Peter Tork, Tiger Beat (1967)

“I love music. The craft of it remains endlessly fascinating to me.” - Peter, MLive (2012)

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Photos by Henry Diltz (?) & Jennifer Denham

Color photo of a smiling Peter Tork onstage in 1967. Photo by Henry Diltz (?).

Color photo of a smiling Peter Tork onstage in 2014. Photo by Jennifer Denham.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 14d

“We spent some time on an Indian reservation, where The Buffalo Springfield were appearing in their concert. It was a gas up there, and I bought so many ‘peace’ beads, head-bands, blankets, jackets etc.” - Peter Tork, Fabulous 208 (1967)

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Color photo of The Monkees during their 1968 tour, with Peter sporting a colorful shirt and what looks like a braided belt.

Black and white photo of Peter Tork plus banjo in the studio. He is pictured wearing a headband and a beaded necklace.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 15d

What’s your Peter on the set of Head (1968) mood today? ;)

A collage of Peter Tork’s various facial expressions on the set of The Monkees’ movie Head (1968).

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 16d

“I’m shy… I’ve spent years and years learning — because being shy was not a good thing so I… this is all like, you know, a left-hander writing with his right hand.” - Peter Tork, GOLD 104.5 (1999)

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Black and white photo of Peter Tork reclining in what looks like a hotel room during The Monkees’ 1967 summer tour.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 17d

“Of all four Monkees, Peter’s onscreen persona was the least like his real self. The ‘dumb’ (albeit bighearted) Monkee is actually soft-spoken and a bit on the philosophical side with a dry sense of humor. He *thinks* about every word he says.” - Bill Holdship, Creem Presents… The Monkees (1987)

Color photo of a pensive Peter Tork on the set of The Monkees, circa January 1967.

Color photo of a smiling Peter Tork on the set of The Monkees, circa January 1967.

Black and white backlit photo of Peter Tork on the set of The Monkees, circa January 1967.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 18d

“‘…for me finally the point of the movie is the Monkees never get out,’ […]
So how would a Peter Tork cut of Head end?
‘There might have been a scene where we get out,’ he says wistfully. ‘We jump in the water and get away.’” - The Guardian (2011)

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Color photo of The Monkees filming the movie Head (1968).

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 19d

“After a while it suddenly seems like we have been looking through a fish tank, and on the other side is this very, very pretty woman who kisses each one of us...” - Peter, interviewed by Bruce Pollock for When The Music Mattered: Rock in the 1960s (1984)

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Color photo of Peter Tork and Mimi Machu (credited as I.J. Jefferson) kissing in the 1968 movie Head.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 20d

“I did have three parts in this film [Head]. I was known as ‘The Jumper.’” - June Fairchild, in her draft for a planned book (Catch A Fallen Star), published on at BarrSam.com

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Peter Tork and June Fairchild on the set of The Monkees’ movie Head, 1968.

Peter Tork, Davy Jones, June Fairchild and other dancers on the set of The Monkees’ movie Head, 1968.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 21d

“So we [Stills and Ron Long] were booked into the [Golden] Bear [in ‘65] and we were really terrible for the whole gig except for two nights. Those two nights Peter [Tork] got up and played piano with us.” - Stephen Stills, Stephen Stills: Change Partners: The Definitive Biography

Stephen Stills and Peter Tork, early 1960s; screenshot from Peter’s My Generation interview.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 22d

“[Post-Monkees] I went to Marin County to try to recapture some of my Greenwich-Village-days happiness, and I did. […] I was very lucky, there was a lovely scene in Fairfax, Marin County.” - Peter Tork, GOLD 104.5 (1999)

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Photo by Kenny Lieu

Black and white photo of a bearded, smiling Peter Tork in 1970. Photo by Kenny Lieu for Tiger Beat.

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This Lovin’ Time @thislovintime.bsky.social · 23d

Q: “Describe Peter.”
Barbara Iannoli: “He’s slender, excitable, intense, emotional, very bright.” - interview by Barbara Ehm for Monkee Business Fanzine (undated clipping, circa 1981)

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Photo courtesy of Rikizo Komori

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