This Lovin’ Time

Janis Joplin and Peter Tork at Monterey Pop Festival, June 1967. Photo by Jim Marshall (presumably).

Janis Joplin and Peter Tork at Monterey Pop Festival, June 1967. Photo by Jim Marshall (presumably).

“[Janis Joplin] was wonderful to know and to hang out with, and of course it was wonderful to enjoy her fabulous talent.” - Peter Tork, askpetertork dot com (July 2010)

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Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz laughing together in 1968, and sharing a laugh onstage in circa 2016.

Happy birthday to Micky!

“[Micky is a] brilliant, funny man.” - Peter Tork, The Morning Union (March 4, 1982)

“Interacting with Micky onstage is just a joy.“ - Peter Tork, Rolling Stone (May 31, 2016)

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Peter Tork and Leah Cohen on the set of The Monkees.

Peter Tork and Leah Cohen on the set of The Monkees.

Peter Tork, Leah Cohen Kunkel, and Michael Nesmith, 2010s.

“[Leah Cohen] and I got together as a result of meeting up at Cass’ house, and Leah is still one of my very best friends.” - Peter

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Peter Tork and Nurit Wilde on the set of The Monkees, 1967.

Peter Tork and Nurit Wilde, circa 1997. Photo from Nurit Wilde’s Instagram.

“[Peter] was an angel. He was an angel masquerading as a Monkee. But he really was just a wonderful guy. Very generous, not just to me, to many people. Too generous.” - Nurit Wilde, interviewed in June 2021 by Joe Russo for The Monkees Pad Show ep. 12

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Peter Tork and Valerie Kairys Venet on the set of The Monkees.

Valerie Kairys Venet and Peter Tork, 2014; a selfie by Peter — as Valerie explained: “Pantages Theatre. The last time I saw Peter. Thank God we got to say ‘I love you.’” - Facebook (September 2019)

“Peter has just been so dear to me and to my son. He’s a wonderful person and I love him dearly. I hope that they all hear me and they know how much I love them.” - Valerie Kairys Venet, Zilch Podcast, No. 20 (2014)

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Peter Tork with Karen Harvey and baby Justin Hammer, the inspiration for the Tork song “Lady’s Baby,” 1968.

“[’Lady’s Baby’] was about the lady that I was living with at the time, and her son.” - Peter Tork during his My Life In The Monkees & So Much More tour (2013)

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Peter Tork performing in Greenwich Village, 1964; photo by Bob Campbell.

“He was really different; he was funny. He had more personality than all the rest. I remember thinking even then that Peter wasn’t just a musician. He was more of an all ’round entertainer.” - Lance Wakely, 16 Magazine (March 1967)

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Photo by Bob Campbell

Peter playing the banjo, 1968. Photo by Henry Diltz.

Peter and banjo, 2010s. Photo by Paul Undersinger.

“It was an aluminum Ode long neck with a solid, arched top. I love that banjo—there’s nothing like it today. […] I had to borrow $125 from my grandma to buy it, and I’ve had it for more than 55 years now.” - Peter Tork, Guitar Player Magazine (2016)

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Peter Tork and his grandmother at the New York City premiere of Head, November 1968; photo by Art Zelin.

“One of my favorite people in the world is my ‘Grams,’ Mrs. Catherine McGuire Straus.” - Peter Tork (1967)

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Pictured: Peter and his grandmother at the New York City premiere of Head, November 1968; photo by Art Zelin.

Davy and Peter, 1960s and 1980s.

Remembering Davy.

“[David] was the one member in the group that I had the strongest human connection with. I still have two guys that I love and respect left from the band, but we share a different dynamic.” - Peter Tork, Review Mag (May 27, 2016)

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Q: “What’s your idea of serenity?”
Peter Tork: “Knowing that it’s okay that things aren’t okay.” - Together (November/December 2010)

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“Monkees Mind Their Manor” — directed by Peter — aired on February 26, 1968.

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Peter Tork at the piano during the Headquarters recording sessions, 1967. Photo from The Monkees Monthly.

“Mike wrote the cello and horn parts [to ‘Shades Of Gray’]; he sang them to me and I wrote them on paper and we gave them to the musicians. I wrote a little piano lick at the top and played it.” - Peter Tork, When The Music Mattered (1984)

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“If people were more honest and loving, there wouldn’t be wars and hate and all the rest of the things that make so many lives tragic and unhappy.” - Peter Tork, unspecified teen magazine clipping (1968)

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Peter Tork sitting cross-legged, posing with a smile, 1967. Photo by Gene Trindl.

“Let’s face it, if more people in this world were like Peter, it would be a better place to live! Really!
Judy, Morrisville, Pa.” - Monkee Letters, Monkee Spectacular (May 1968)

Photo by Gene Trindl.

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Remembering Peter. 🧡

“everyone take care of yourselves and your loved ones, and even the occasional random passer-by, eh? xo, peter” - Facebook (November 10, 2018)

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Photo by Cloe Poisson.

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"We’ve all got to stick together or we’re all going to come unglued. Without community, the individual is dead." - Peter Tork, The Life (May 3, 1996)

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Peter, 1989. Photo by TPLP/Getty Images.

“There’s a lot of real, narrow selfishness happening in the world today. […] …what I think I see is people, they have homes and money, and they think that makes them more human than people who don’t.” - Peter Tork, Monkees Convention Q&A (1989)

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Photo by Henry Diltz.

“Honesty is extremely important to Peter. There’s no sense in being phony with him. He’ll see through you in a flash and clam up.“ - Audrey Hulse (one-time reporter, under the byline Candy Cotton, for Fave), The Wichita Beacon (May 6, 1968)

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Image scanned from Monkee Spectacular No. 14.

“Don’t you think that Peter should get some kind of medal for being so groovy, but most of all for being all the way for Peace and Love? […] [W]ouldn’t he make a wonderful president?
A Devoted Fan
Pensacola, Fla.” - Monkee Letters, Monkee Spec (No. 14)

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Screenshot of Peter Tork in The Monkees episode “One Man Shy.”

Screenshot of Peter Tork in The Monkees episode “The Devil and Peter Tork.”

“I feel as happy with the character of Peter Tork portrayed in the series as I ever was, but he’s changing. You’ve not seen them yet, but in future episodes you’ll find I’m not so dumb as I have been up to now.” - Peter Tork, Disc & Music Echo (January 20, 1968)

Q: “What would you wish for if you had only one wish?”
Peter Tork: “We all need love, and I wish that everyone *really* loved one another.” - Catholic Miss (April 1967)

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Remembering Peter on his birthday. ♡

“Hang in there, and don’t quit just before the miracle.
Peter” - Ask Peter Tork

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Photo 2 in this edit is by Bobby Singh.

“Rather celebrate another side of yourself, the lovable imperfect side, and let the perfectionist side be. That side has her virtues, too, and can be a good friend sometimes.” - Peter, Ask Peter Tork

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“Connie [Adrianne’s aunt, who’d entered her niece into the contest] described her favorite part as 'being around Peter Tork. He was just incredible the whole time, very nice… made us feel really welcome and special.’”

Clip from Nick Rocks (1987).

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On this day in 1968: “Peter Tork (The Monkees) enjoying Noel Redding’s spine chilling bass vibrations during a show at the Shrine Auditorium” (jimihendrix lifelines net) Photo by Kim Gottlieb.

On this day in 1968: “Peter Tork (The Monkees) enjoying Noel Redding’s spine chilling bass vibrations during a show at the Shrine Auditorium” (jimihendrix lifelines net) Photo by Kim Gottlieb.

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“[On February 9, 1964] I called her up and said, ‘Grandma, can we come up and watch Ed Sullivan on your [TV]?’ She said, ‘Oh, yes, okay, darling, if you must.’ (Laughs)” - Peter Tork

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Peter in a screenshot from The Monkees TV series.

“Peter has a beautiful smile and a slight air of wonderment as if asking himself if all around him is really his scene.” - Jonathan King, New Musical Express (May 6, 1967)

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