A folk musician before joining the Monkees, Peter played musically around the world with several bands, and has recently released a new CD.
To write to Peter: Peter Tork, 524 Anselmo Ave, #102, San Anselmo CA 94960
Most popular Monkees songs: Your Auntie Grezelda, For Pete's Sake (author), Long title: do I have to do this all over again.
Born: February 13, 1942
Birthplace: Washington, D.C.
Parents: John and Virginia Thorkelson
Siblings: Nick, Chris, Anne
Height: 5'10"
Marriages: 3, Jodi, Reine, Barbara
Current Marital Status: Single
Children: 2: Hallie 1/25/70, Ivan Joseph 12/22/75
QUOTES FROM BOOK "MONKEEMANIA"
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"When
asked "Do you take drugs?"
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"I
took Asprin once..."
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On
HEAD...
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"I
took me a long time to figure out what it was about...All I know
is that it was a major nosedive in our careers."
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On
Mike...
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"I
don't think Mike has any community spirt whatsoever. Not that it's
so strange, it's the way he was raised. He wanted to do everything
himself."
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On
'The bad people of the pubilc'...
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"People
who had an axe to grind were willing to take their frustrations
out on us. The public needed a rock 'n' roll scapegoat and we were
it."
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On
the other guys...
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"Looking
back I'd have to say that Davy was the one I had the most feeling
for, Micky was the one I had the most fun with, and Mike was the
one I had the most respect for."
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On
Peter leaving the group...
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Davy
Jones Says "His heart was in the Village, that's all. [Greenwich
Village]")
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He was probably the most educated of all the Monkees. He liked Hari Krishna and meditation and brown rice. He is really the oldest out of all the Monkees(older than Mike by 10 months), but all the books and biographies they did made his birthday February 13, 1944 which is wrong. They did it because they figured that the dummy of the group shouldn't be the oldest. Peter was basically a musical genius. Before he joined the Monkees bandwagon, he had mastered 9 musical instruments. He taught Davy how to play the bass and Micky how to play the drums. In my opinion, he could have taught Mike a thing or two. Peter was way better at the guitar than Mike was, but since Mike was so stubborn, he refused to let Peter play the guitar except on some songs that Peter wrote or produced was he "allowed" to play the guitar. Otherwise, he was either stuck playing the piano/ keyboards or the bass. Peter was not too thrilled to be playing the part of a dummy, but since he had to, he gave it his best shot. And what a shot it was!! He played that dummy part extremely well.
Copyright © 2000 Louise Ward
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