Peter's various bands
Cale Evans
of what Peter was up to between when he quit the band in the 60's and the
80's reunion. All the other 3 have stayed in the (somewhat diminished)
spotlite but Peter is an enigma wrapped in a mystery (sitting on a
conundrum).
Can anybody provide a timeline?
I know Peter is with Blue Suede Shoes now and was with James Lee Stanley in
the recent past, but what other groups has he been a part of? Where do the
"New Monks" fit on the timeline with the "Peter Tork Project" compared to
"Release"? Any commercial or bootleg material available? Any radio or tv
appearances? Concerts?
Its killin' me not to know!!
TheGoodEarth
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Markshark989
>From: "Cale Evans"
>what other groups has he been a part of? Where do the
>"New Monks" fit on the timeline with the "Peter Tork Project" compared to
>"Release"? Any commercial or bootleg material available?
I am no expert on Tork, but here is a very rough stab at a chronology:
1968: Quits the Monkees.
1969: Starts band, "Peter Tork and/or Release," with his girlfriend Renie
Stewart (who was NOT Jimmy Stewart's daughter). He appeared on "Happening '69"
with Paul Revere & The Raiders. No music from this band has ever been
"Released." In the liner notes of the Rhino "Head" CD, Tork is quoted to the
effect that the band had done some demos, but he doesn't know what happened to
them.
1970s: Went to jail for drug possession, took a job as a "singing waiter" (?)
and a teacher.
1976: Performed on stage with Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart, and recorded a
single with Dolenz and Jones.
1981: Released "Higher & Higher" / "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" with the New
Monks.
1983: Toured with band, The Peter Tork Project (I read a description of them
once as a heavy metal band, but never heard their music).
Somewhere in the early 1980s, he had a song, "I'll Truly Understand," released
on a various artists compilation on a small record label. Also, he made a few
appearances on "The Uncle Floyd Show" (a local TV show in New Jersey) and
performed "Hi Hi Babe," which I think is a GREAT song. He also appeared on
"Late Night With David Letterman" around this time.
Hope this helps...hopefully, someone else can fill the gaps.
Newbill
"Cale Evans" <cev...@webkorner.com> wrote:
> I've checked several fan sites and can't seem to find a definitive
history
> of what Peter was up to between when he quit the band in the 60's and
the
> 80's reunion. All the other 3 have stayed in the (somewhat
diminished)
> spotlite but Peter is an enigma wrapped in a mystery (sitting on a
> conundrum).
>
> Can anybody provide a timeline?
>
> I know Peter is with Blue Suede Shoes now and was with James Lee
Stanley in
> the recent past, but what other groups has he been a part of? Where
do the
> "New Monks" fit on the timeline with the "Peter Tork Project"
compared to
> "Release"? Any commercial or bootleg material available? Any radio
or tv
> appearances? Concerts?
>
> Its killin' me not to know!!
>
> TheGoodEarth
Well, he formed "Release" in the early 1970's, and also supposedly cut
some demos for Mike's Countryside label in 1972 or 1973, although this
is only a legend.
No recordings of "Release" material are floating around in the traders'
circuit...yet, but there are 4 or 5 "odd" songs of unknown origin that
were found on "The Peter Tork Acetates" bootleg. Peter doesn't sing on
any of these tunes, and probably doesn't play on them either but who
knows.
In 1977, Peter did a show at CBGB's in New York City, but the audio is
pretty unlistenable.
There's a pretty decent soundboard recording of a show he did in
September 1979 at The Old Chicago. A great 45 minute set with mostly
Monkees songs (he does do "Lady's Baby" and "The Kretchma").
In 1980, he toured with a band called Cottonmouth. There's one known
show in circulation, 3/11/80 at The Bottom Line NYC. Decent show.
In 1981, he toured Japan and both audio and video exist of one show (I
only have the audio...it's so-so).
In 1983 and 1984, he did shows all over NY and NJ with The Peter Tork
Project, and 2 or 3 shows made their way onto tape. The best is
probably from 10/11/83 at The Jetty. It was pretty much a 50/50 split
between Monkees songs and original material. Good stuff though. The PTP
recorded a handful of studio demos during this period (including the
fantastic "Maybe Tonight" and an early version of "Milkshake"), which
are available through trading.
From 1986 through 1989 he took the $$$ and ran with The Monkees reunion
tours, although he did still perform solo dates in 1988.
In the early 90's, he toured more on his own and worked on his solo
album. Then in 1995, he began touring with JLS and has been doing so
every year since.
Then he started that well-meaning but mostly just boring Show Suede
Blues dealie. Personally, I'd love to see another solo disc of original
material, but I'm not holding my breath. ;-)
Newbill
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Linda
> Then he started that well-meaning but mostly just boring Show Suede
> Blues dealie. Personally, I'd love to see another solo disc of original
> material, but I'm not holding my breath. ;-)
>
> Newbill
> --
besides the live one. These shows are high energy, extremely entertaining
and lots of fun>
Newbill
"Linda" <Jody...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Shoe Suede Blues is not the least bit boring. They have recorded a cd,
> besides the live one. These shows are high energy, extremely
entertaining
> and lots of fun>
>
>
To me, personally, it's very boring. It's a matter of taste. I think
Peter is infinitely talented and a great songwriter, and I'm glad he's
having fun with the blues thing. I just won't be attending any of those
shows. I'll wait until he's back with JLS.
Not wanting to start a war, just stating an opinion,
Newbill
--
"White people f*cked up the blues!" - George Carlin
Davi3d
marksh...@cs.com (Markshark989) wrote:
> Also, he made a few
> appearances on "The Uncle Floyd Show" (a local TV show in New Jersey)
and
> performed "Hi Hi Babe," which I think is a GREAT song. He also
appeared on
> "Late Night With David Letterman" around this time.
Pretty good chronology. Can't add anything, but I did want to mention
that Peter is *finally* officially releasing "Hi Hi Babe" on his new CD
with James Lee Stanley, called "Once Again", which should be available
from Beachwood Recordings in a few weeks!
Oh, there are bootlegs floating around of the Peter Tork Project and
their stuff ranges from folk to blues to hard rock. All over the map,
really.
--
d3
Davi3d
Newbill <newbi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In article <wDV36.1180$x5.7...@news1.news.adelphia.net>,
> "Linda" <Jody...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Shoe Suede Blues is not the least bit boring. They have recorded a
cd,
> > besides the live one. These shows are high energy, extremely
> entertaining
> > and lots of fun>
> >
> >
>
> To me, personally, it's very boring. It's a matter of taste. I think
> Peter is infinitely talented and a great songwriter, and I'm glad he's
> having fun with the blues thing. I just won't be attending any of
those
> shows. I'll wait until he's back with JLS.
Peter's second CD with James should be released sometime in January. I
haven't seen a full track listing yet, but it does contain "Hi Babe"
and "Daydream Believer".
--
d3
Claire Abraham
Davi3d wrote:
> In article <20001231203737...@ng-cj1.news.cs.com>,
> marksh...@cs.com (Markshark989) wrote:
> > Also, he made a few
> > appearances on "The Uncle Floyd Show" (a local TV show in New Jersey)
> and
> > performed "Hi Hi Babe," which I think is a GREAT song. He also
> appeared on
> > "Late Night With David Letterman" around this time.
>
> Pretty good chronology. Can't add anything, but I did want to mention
> that Peter is *finally* officially releasing "Hi Hi Babe" on his new CD
> with James Lee Stanley, called "Once Again", which should be available
> from Beachwood Recordings in a few weeks!
James and Peter did another album? Yippee!
I have one more question about the chronology. When did he perform with
Chuck Day?
pacjoy
>Peter's second CD with James should be released sometime in January. I
>haven't seen a full track listing yet, but it does contain "Hi Babe"
>and "Daydream Believer".
>
>--
>d3
>
Here's the "official" track listing as seen on the alert list, don't
know if it's full but it's probably not in order:
*Cover Songs:
Another Side Of This Life (Fred Neil)
One Trick Pony (Paul Simon)
Daydream Believer (john Stewart)
*Original Songs:
Hi Babe (Tork)
Easy Rider (tork)
Easy Rockin (Stanley)
Windmill (Stanley)
Some Say (Stanley)
Dirty Job (Stanley)
Little Girl (tork)
Stolen Season (Stanley)
Sounds like an interesting album. :)
ns
Claire Abraham <abra...@earthlink.net> wrote in article
<3A50D70E...@earthlink.net>...
The is a bar in Fairfax (north of SF in Marin Cty) called 19 Broadway that
has a "Blues Night" jam every Monday night. Chuck is a regular player on
those blues nights, and when Peter was taking up residence on a permanent
basis in SF, he used to drop in fairly regularly to play with Chuck and his
band. It was also at 19 Broadway that Peter had his record release party
for his Stranger Things Have Happened Cd, which was one the best times I've
had watching PT perform, right eva? <g>
ns
ns
Newbill <newbi...@yahoo.com> wrote in article
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|
| In the early 90's, he toured more on his own and worked on his solo
| album. Then in 1995, he began touring with JLS and has been doing so
| every year since.
Peter Tork and A Likely Story was making the rounds around the the LA music
scene in the early nineties. They were terrific. I saw them at least a
dozen times and the band included the actress that played the oldest
daughter on the old Ted Knight series, Too Close For Comfort... her name
was Deborah Van... something or other.
ns
EJ
Yes indeed <G> That was a great night all around. Got to meet -t- there
too :)
And on the Monday following I did catch one set of the Blues
Jam....fantastic!!
EJ
> ns