Happy trails dude. Play in the big band now.
Linky no worky.....................
They were a fun group for that era.
Bummer. I liked Tork ... he was so funny.
I like to think of Peter from the last scene in the introduction of the show.
They keep messing up his introduction and they finally get it right and he smells a flower and smiles.
RIP, Peter. Total crush on you when I was a little girl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGLx4WenGwQ
To show how popular they were.....
One afternoon, 2/3 of our grade school class was missing.
Our teacher asked where everyone was.
“There’s a rumor that The Monkees are at The Holiday Inn.”
A small, midwestern City.
Dang, I am OLD!!!!!
“...We’re the young generation...and we’ve got somthin’ to sayyyy...” RIP, dude.
On the good side Davy can have a Monkee’s bud for company now.
RIP Peter. Thanks for the fun :)
I wonder if Mr. Bob Dobalina heard the sad news?
Two Monkees remaining, two Beatles remaining,
They might still have time to form a super band!!
they were too busy singing to put anybody down
Peter Halsten Thorkelson
Good list of songwriters provided their material, Boyce & Hart, Neil Diamond, Carole King among others.
Boy does this all bring back memories...the start of the show where they kept getting Peter’s name wrong...that picture of him with a guitar on a boat made me cringe though. I brought my acoustic to the beach once, the humidity was so awful I swore I’d never do that again...that much humidity is not good for a guitar.
So many good songs though, and I just recorded a couple into mp3 format not long ago. I brought out our old Monkees albums.
Great hearing them again...I’m a Believer, Words, Your Auntie Grizelda, Last Train to Clarksville, Pleasant Valley Sunday, Papa Gene’s Blues, Valleri, Take A Giant Step, Sweet Young Thing...I’ve played a couple of their songs onstage over the years too.
Also, the Monkees TV show is on one of the satellite channels if you look for it, on the weekends, in the morning around 8AM or so. Usually 3 or 4 of them. I always thought it was a silly show but watched it every week just to hear the songs.
Never had a favorite Monkee I don’t think, unless maybe Mike, since I was a guitar player. Most people did though. Almost teared up reading Mike’s comments, Mike always did have a way with words and was a pretty thoughtful person.
RIP Peter...play on...
damn... RIP