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Peter Tork
« on: February 22, 2019, 02:35:31 AM »



Peter Halsten Thorkelson    February 13, 1942 – February 21, 2019




https://youtu.be/DJs9Q0bc2C0


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« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2019, 02:46:51 AM »

Do I Have To Do This All Over Again?


https://youtu.be/cUk69z6OoGk


From the movie Head (1968).
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« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2019, 03:23:25 AM »

I was so sad to learn that another part of my childhood, and a very fine musician, is gone.






I was always intrigued by the song at the end of The Monkees.

https://youtu.be/wKzw_rapYNs

I learned later that Peter co-wrote the aptly-named For Pete’s Sake.

https://youtu.be/pr5dnte9JgU

He was a wonderful banjo player.

https://youtu.be/y-2Lyd-kLY8

In December, a passing Monkee was press-ganged into service. “I’d met George when he was visiting Cass Elliot in Los Angeles, and I was dating Cass’s sister, Leah,” Peter Tork says. “Later, the Monkees met the Beatles in England, and he invited me to his house. He played the sitar and said: ‘I’m working on a soundtrack album, I’d love to have you play a little banjo.’” Tork had travelled without his instrument, so Harrison borrowed McCartney’s five-string banjo for the session – “which Paul couldn’t play – at least conventionally, because the folk five-string banjo can’t be restrung in reverse order for left-handers, it must be custom made. I played for 45 minutes, George said, ‘Thanks very much,’ and we went our separate ways.”

Tork’s breezy contribution didn’t make the record, but it can be heard 15 minutes into the film, after Collins is chided by his mother for spying through the wall. “And I did not get paid,” he laughs. “George said: ‘We’ll figure that out later.’ He knew that the honour itself was payment enough!”

Macca’s banjo, Mellotron and a Monkee: the story of George Harrison’s Wonderwall Music
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« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2019, 04:01:36 AM »

I was always intrigued by the song at the end of The Monkees.

https://youtu.be/wKzw_rapYNs

I learned later that Peter co-wrote the aptly-named For Pete’s Sake.

https://youtu.be/pr5dnte9JgU



From the episode I've Got A Little Song Here...


https://youtu.be/pHFuJwWmsAo
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« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2019, 04:14:17 AM »

For Pete's Sake


https://youtu.be/WOxIo03ZMJQ
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« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2019, 05:01:48 AM »

That’s sad news. RIP Pete
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« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2019, 10:43:37 PM »

The Ringo of the Monkees. A bit of trivia you guys prolly know - Stephen Stills initially tried out for Pete’s role but apparently his teeth weren’t good enough and he suggested that Pete (who he knew) audition and the rest is history

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« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2019, 10:50:20 PM »

 RiP PeterTork. He seemed like a genuinely kind person.
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« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2019, 11:14:53 PM »

He seemed like a genuinely kind person.


Yes he was, Kathleen.  I had the pleasure of meeting him when I was a chief resident at The Mount Sinai Medical Center.  I recognized him right away and introduced myself as I reached out to shake his hand to which he replied "Hi, and I'm Peter Thorkelson."  We spoke for about twenty minutes and early on I mentioned that my sister Sharon was a big Monkees fan and had all the LPs and never missed a show.  As we parted, I took a blank hospital progress notes sheet and asked him to sign an autograph for my sister.  I was about to remind him of my sister's name but he had already written this...


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« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2019, 01:53:36 AM »

Yes he was, Kathleen.  I had the pleasure of meeting him when I was a chief resident at The Mount Sinai Medical Center.  I recognized him right away and introduced myself as I reached out to shake his hand to which he replied "Hi, and I'm Peter Thorkelson."  We spoke for about twenty minutes and early on I mentioned that my sister Sharon was a big Monkees fan and had all the LPs and never missed a show.  As we parted, I took a blank hospital progress notes sheet and asked him to sign an autograph for my sister.  I was about to remind him of my sister's name but he had already written this...





What a great story HG. Nice one to remember him by.
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