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| Peter Tork in Lowell, MA |
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Today we lost another musician,
and one who has meant a lot to me in my life. I’ve mentioned this many times
here and elsewhere, but The Monkees were my first favorite band, and remain one
of my favorites to this day. I started listening to them in 1976, when I was
four years old and Channel 56 in Massachusetts began rerunning the television series.
I loved the show, but it was the music that really made it something special.
Apart from a greatest hits compilation, the albums were hard to find at that
time. My mom bought
More Of The Monkees
for me at a used record shop in Worcester, and it wasn’t cheap. That was my
first record. In 1986, all the albums were re-released, and the band reunited
for a tour, supported by Herman’s Hermits, The Grass Roots, and Gary Puckett
& The Union Gap. Mike Nesmith wasn’t part of the tour, but getting to see
Micky, Davy and Peter was a thrill for me. I saw them several more times over
the years, and got backstage once in the late 1990s at the Universal
Amphitheatre. But it was at a screening of the fantastic film
Head that I met Peter Tork. This was at
the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles in 2008, and Peter happened to be seated
directly behind me (Davy Jones was six seats to my left). I spoke with him
briefly before the film started, and got a photo with him afterward. It was an
incredible night. Peter Tork is going to be missed.
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| Davy Jones and Peter Tork at the Egyptian Theatre |
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| me with Peter Tork (yes, I am ridiculously happy there) |
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