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In reply to the discussion: Peter Tork, endearingly offbeat bassist and singer in the Monkees, dies at 77 [View all]Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)59. I knew that Zappa was a friend of theirs.
He had a cameo in their movie Head.
I didn't know that he was also a fan of their work. It makes perfect sense, though. Zappa always seemed to hate pretense, and The Monkees were about the least pretentious popular band there was at the time.
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Peter Tork, endearingly offbeat bassist and singer in the Monkees, dies at 77 [View all]
mac56
Feb 2019
OP
Tork knew how to play as he'd appeared with Stephen Stills (who I adore) in years prior to Monkees
hlthe2b
Feb 2019
#54
Can I just say, like I have a thousand times, The Monkees belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
maxrandb
Feb 2019
#25
That blows. I've been a big unapologetic Monkees fan since the beginning.
Gidney N Cloyd
Feb 2019
#30
Peter was recommended for the group by his friend Stephen Stills who tried out but was not chosen.
jalan48
Feb 2019
#40
Here's a tune I'd hear on the show from time to time. Peter Tork doesn't
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2019
#63
My childhood was in large part about them and The Beatles. I am a musician because of them.
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2019
#85
Love the song he wrote and sang on from The Monkees 2016 album "Good Times!"
boguspotus
Feb 2019
#93