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The Iceman
3778 posts
Feb 24, 2019
8:17 AM
Peter Tork = RIP

1st concert I ever attended was The Monkees - great show, btw!
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The Iceman
BnT
233 posts
Mar 01, 2019
10:44 AM
I guess it was 1969 and San Francisco's "Avalon Ballroom" had moved to the former Playland at the Beach amusement park and occupied a huge building (once a slot-car track facility). There were stages at each end of the hall. One band finishes, their stage goes dark, and the stage at the far end lights up. Pretty cool idea.

I'm playing with a blues group on one end - Magic Sam, Dave and Louis Myers, Fred Below, and Freddie Roulette. Our stage goes dark (without prior notice to us - guess darkness was the "you're done" signal) and on the opposite stage, Hot Tuna ( Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Joey Covington) with Poppa John Creach (violin) and Peter Tork (gtr) appear. I'm blown away that the former Monkee (and they didn't play instruments on TV) is featured playing with the former Jefferson Starship members. Turns out Peter had worked on developing skills and could really play. Nice set! That's my Peter Tork memory.

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BnT
The Iceman
3781 posts
Mar 01, 2019
11:34 AM
He and Mike were the real musicians in the group. Peter was a singer/songwriter and came from the folk side of things.

When Peter moved to the West coast, he used to pal around with Stephen Stills. It was Stills who saw the ad in the paper asking for "young/fresh faces" to audition for tv show about a band. Stills auditioned, but was told his teeth were too bad for the part. He had to pester Peter for a while before Peter reluctantly agreed to audition.

The rest is history!
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The Iceman

Last Edited by The Iceman on Mar 01, 2019 11:37 AM


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