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	Peter Tork
		Peter Halsten Thorkelson (born February 13, 1942), better known as Peter Tork, is an American musician and actor.
		Tork got the job and became one of the four members of The Monkees, who ended up being both characters in a television sitcom and a band in their own right.
		Tork was the most proficient musician of the four, and though the group did not play their own instruments on their first two albums, after that point he played keyboards, bass guitar, banjo, and other instruments on their recordings.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pe/Peter_Tork.html (277 words)

	Peter Tork and Blue Suede Shoes Bio - Mars Talent
		Long before Peter Tork became a legendary part of the pre-fab pop-star phenomenon known as the “The Monkees”, he was a well-respected musician/artist in the burgeoning New York folk and blues scene.
		Peter’s talent as a multi instrumentalist (bass, guitar, keyboard, banjo and french horn) made him much in demand as a sideman/back-up artist.
		Peter was never satisfied with pre-fab rock fame, and even at the Monkee’s pop-star heights, never forgot his roots as an artist or a starving musician looking for a gig.
	www.marstalent.com /bio_peter_tork.htm (331 words)

	Hey, hey: This time, there's money in it for Monkee Peter Tork
		Peter Tork is an intelligent man. He revels in Bach and Dvorak, and loves building his knowledge in history and various schools of thought.
		Pre-Monkees, Tork was a folk musician who could have easily wound up with a very different career, one in which his music and talent played well to the peace-and-love hippie crowd.
		PETER TORK: As it turns out, when The Monkees folded, I had a certain substantial amount of money, but it was in a limited partnership.
	www.bankrate.com /brm/news/investing/20010302a.asp (996 words)

	Peter Tork
		Peter Halsten Thorkelson was born in Washington,D.C., on February 1, 1942.
		Tork had wanted the band to be deep set in its musical roots, not a group of teen idols.
		Peter's part in the Monkees was an influential role.
	www.expage.com /petertn (689 words)

	Peter Tork - Biography - AOL Music
		Peter Tork was born Peter Halsten Thorkelston to John and Virginia Thorkelston in Washington, D.C. He became proficient as a banjo and guitar player at an early age.
		Tork's longevity as a Monkee still lands him many a role on sitcoms and occasional cameo roles in movies.
		Peter Tork has also been a teacher and is a recovering alcoholic.
	music.aol.com /artist/peter-tork/132368/biography (412 words)

	PTsgirl Purple Haze - Peter Tork & James Lee Stanley Once Again CD Reviews
		Tork and this CD is one song, "Daydream Believer," a Stewart composition that scored a major hit for the Monkees in the late 1960s.
		Tork says in the song that after he has put all of his lover's belongings in a box and changed the locks on the door, when she returns and knocks, he'll greet her with a cheerful "Hi, hi, hi, hi, babe, who was it you wanted to see?"
		Tork's take on the recent Monkees VH-1 biopic is that it was good in terms of his personal career and he was glad to have the name out there.
	www.angelfire.com /pa2/leothelion/TorkArticle.html (1420 words)

	Peter Tork
		Tork's character in the sitcom was "the dumb one", but in real life he is not so dim.
		Tork was the first to leave the Monkees, quitting the band after their trippy post-sitcom film Head (directed and written by Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson) in 1968.
		Tork was a Monkee again for a TV special in 1969, and rejoined the group again from 1986-89, 1996-97, and 2001-02.
	www.nndb.com /people/388/000024316 (413 words)

	Peter Tork Interview
		Peter Tork was given the TV role as the bass player.
		In the TV series, Peter was perceived as a the spiritual, hippy type, often seen as the dummy.
		Peter Tork has not been phased by his past and brings his wealth of experience in all his new projects.
	www.peom.co.uk /peter_tork.html (3872 words)

	Peter Tork
		Peter Halsten Thorkelson was born in Washington, D.C., on February 13, 1942 to John and Virginia Thorkelson.
		Peter auditioned and got the job, his musical ability and his ability to play a convincing dummy landed him the role.
		Peter was finally forced to sell in 1970, and he and his pregnant girlfriend, Stewart, moved into the basement of David Crosby's home.
	www.angelfire.com /ma2/monkees2/peter.html (1220 words)

	CD Baby: PETER TORK AND SHOE SUEDE BLUES: Saved By The Blues
		Peter Tork is a former member of the world-famous 1960s pop group, The Monkees.
		Long before "Peter Tork" became a legendary part of the prefab phenomenon known as the “The Monkees,” he was a well-respected musician/artist in the burgeoning New York folk and blues scene.
		Peter has continued his solo career through the years, performing with his own bands, writing and recording and also making numerous guest appearances on a variety of TV programs.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/ptassb (837 words)

	Peter Tork Photos - Peter Tork News - Peter Tork Information
		Peter's charecter in the series was based loosley on Ringo Starr.
		Peter directed one of the episodes under his real name, Peter H. Thorkelson, the epiosde in question is "Monkees Mind Their Manor." (edit)
		Peter was the first Monkee to actually get to play on a Monkees song: Michael Nesmith's "Papa Gene's Blues," from their self-titled debut.
	www.tv.com /peter-tork/person/13214/summary.html (264 words)

	The Hudson Reporter - No Monkee business Peter Tork brings blues band to Secaucus
		Tork is scheduled to perform twice at the Super Mega Show at the Crowne Plaza in Secaucus on Sept. 20 and 21, and will also have a talk about his career and his relatively new venture into the blues at a special Saturday night dinner concert.
		Tork grew up in a family that emphasized folk and classical music, and became part of the second generation of the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early 1960s that included Roger McGuinn, Richie Havens, John Sebastian, Joan Bias, Steven Stills and others.
		Tork became involved with Shoe Suede Blues in 1994 as a part of what was supposed to be a one-time fund-raiser for a charity event.
	www.hudsonreporter.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10155965&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523584&rfi=8 (1170 words)

	Metroactive Music \| Peter Tork
		Tork first got involved in the new project a few years ago, he explains, when a friend's wife asked him to play at a church charity dance.
		Born Peter Halsten Thorkelston, Tork is a Washington, D.C., native who grew up as a home-schooled child proficient on banjo and guitar.
		Tork, just 23 when he signed on with the Monkees, gives a measured response when asked to sum up his experience with the band.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/09.26.02/tork-0239.html (779 words)

	Peter Tork - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Washington, D.C. Peter Halsten Thorkelson (born February 13, 1942), better known as Peter Tork, is an American musician and actor.
		Tork attended Windham High School in Willimantic, Connecticut, then was a member of the first graduating class at E.O. Smith High School in Storrs, Connecticut.
		Tork was a proficient musician, and though the group generally did not play their own instruments on their first two albums, he was an exception, playing what he described as "third chair guitar" on "Papa Gene's Blues," a Mike Nesmith song, on the first album.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_Tork (600 words)

	Peter Tork: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		Tork's writing has never been better (especially "Little Girl") and their choice of covers is original, as are their arrangements.
		Tork has a wonderfully pleasing and distinctive voice, and Stanley's voice is a perfect blend.
		What's more, Tork reveals himself as a solid rocker, starting from a folk idiom but working with lots of wattage on the instruments and no trace of wimpy singer/songwriter affectation in the playing.
	www.music.com /person/peter_tork/1 (426 words)

	Cult TV - Profiles - Peter Tork
		Peter performed as a folk musician in Greenwich Village and Los Angeles before passing the auditions for the TV series The Monkees.
		Peter was the first Monkee to actually play an instrument on one of their records, on the track "Papa Gene's Blues", after Michael Nesmith insisted Peter be allowed to add a guitar part.
		In the early 1970s, Peter played guitar for the group Osceola, and for a year and a half was a social studies, mathematics and music teacher for a California High School.
	www.cult.tv /index.php?cm_id=716&cm_type=article (521 words)

	Tork - Introducing new Tork flushable hand towel
		New Tork Advanced Flushable hand towels are proving popular in a wide range of environments where managers prefer to remove the risk of blocking the toilet.
		Tork Advanced Flushable hand towels have been designed to come apart quickly in water after drying the hands.
		Tork Advanced Flushable is available in a dispenser that comes in a range of colours and two sizes.
	www.tork.co.uk /Pages/News/News.aspx?id=14810 (286 words)

	Sound Check with Peter Tork
		Peter Thorkelson was born February 1942, in Washington, D.C. Thorkelson's family moved to Germany before settling in Connecticut.
		Young Peter's first musical instrument was the ukulele before he mastered the guitar and banjo.
		Tork frequently tours as an acoustical duet with James Lee Stanley.
	www.rockontour.net /scpt.html (1271 words)

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		Peter Tork and the members of his band, the Shoe Suede Blues, have worked and reworked for months on songs for their latest compact disc, Cambria Hotel.
		Tork said that it was a nod to his publicist, Marilyn Ingram, who has worked with Tork for years in her role as the director of the Lewisville Area Arts Council and this year became Tork's publicist.
		Tork's former fan base of screaming teenaged honeys is now mostly a group of doting grandmas in their 50s, and he said they really don't come out to concerts in force.
	www.angelfire.com /pa2/leothelion/PeterTorkUpdate.html (8861 words)

	Floridian: Peter Tork, the doubting Monkee
		Three of the Monkees, from left, Davy Jones, Peter Tork and Mickey Dolenz, got together in Las Vegas a few years ago to put on a concert and promote Claris software.
		I think people who preferred Peter Tork to the others were people who did not know if they belonged in life or not.
		Peter Tork, second from left, the Monkees’; lovable doofus, also had the ‘do.
	www.sptimes.com /News/062300/Floridian/Peter_Tork__the_doubt.shtml (956 words)

	Peter Tork / Shoe Suede Blues - Poor David's Pub - 2006 (Concert Review)
		While most people know Peter Tork as one of the loveable, hilarious Monkees of yesteryear, those in attendance at Poor David’s Pub during his latest visit to the Metroplex know him for what he really is: a great guitarist who truly can sing the blues.
		According to Tork, there always seem to be some nice looking women at his shows, and this concert was no exception.
		The next time Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues hit the Metroplex, know this: The collective is not to be missed.
	www.musicbox-online.com /reviews-2006/petertork-poordavidspub.html (565 words)

	Peter Tork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Peter's father was a university professor, and his job took him to several cities throughout the US.
		Peter kind of "fell off the planet" after he left the group in December of 1968.
		In 1997, Peter released his first solo album called Stranger Things Have Happened, and he is currently working on another solo release.
	dittydiego.tripod.com /Peter.html (329 words)

	Peter Tork and James Lee Stanley in Saratoga Springs, New York :: Sunshine Factory :: The Monkees
		Peter Tork and James Lee Stanley in Saratoga Springs, New York
		At the end of the show, Peter and James went to the back of the cafe again, and I was second in line again, and I got them to sign my CD.
		When I gave Peter the CD, he asked my name, so I told him, and he said something like "Oh, yes, with the record, right?" My mom said something about us being from Ontario and driving six hours to see him, and Peter was surprised, I think, and then...
	www.coolcherrycream.com /monkees/concert_reviews/peter_tork_saratoga_springs_ny.php (855 words)

	The Middletown Press - Peter Tork, his band come to city singing a new tune
		Tork was influenced by many blues artists including Muddy Waters, the Kings Brothers -- Albert, B.B. and Freddy -- John Lee Hooker, Paul Butterfield and more recently Robert Cray, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton.
		Tork plays a variety of instruments including the five-string banjo, piano and keyboards, drums, guitar and bass.
		Shoe Suede Blues was formed in 1994 when Tork and his friends Tadg Galleran and Michael Sunday were asked to put a band together for a benefit dance at the Beyond Baroque Foundation in Venice Beach, Calif. for Felicity House, a women's recovery home and child care program.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=4644908&BRD=1645&PAG=461&dept_id=10856&rfi=8 (941 words)

	Peter Tork News
		In 1996, Peter Tork of The Monkees and good friend singer-songwriter James Lee Stanley recorded 'Two Man Band,' following up in 2001 with their second effort as a duo called 'Once Again.' Their newest CD is...
		Volume 14, Issue 19 Published August 30th, 2006 Monkee Business Peter Tork's New Band Is and Isn't a Blues Band By Michael David Toth Tork and Shoe Suede Blues.
		Peter Tork may have made his fame as bass player for The Monkees, the made-for-TV band turned '60s pop culture icon.
	www.topix.net /who/peter-tork (605 words)

	Official Peter Tork Website
		Arrangements were made for Peter to be able to film the show while on Long Island for the Long Island Music Hall of Fame Gala during October.
		The Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues press office is thrilled to announce that Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues will be participating in a documentary for British TV to be broadcast in 2007!
		Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues fans are encouraged to attend the show and be part of the audience for this very important taping!
	www.petertork.com (1217 words)

	Shoe Suede Blues
		The SSB press office is pleased to announce that Peter Tork will be a "presenter" at the fl tie awards gala of "The Long Island Music Hall of Fame Inaugural Induction Gala" on October 15, 2006.
		Peter will induct one of the 2006 hall of fame members during the awards ceremony to be held at the Patchogue Theater.
		The 37 years following Peter Tork's departure from the Monkees have included a string of obscure '70s California bands, a stint as a grade-school teacher and assorted Monkees reunions.
	www.shoesuedeblues.com (267 words)

	keely inteview w photo
		Peter has now formed himself a rock n’ blues band “Shoe Suede Blues”, that tours all over the globe doin’ what he likes doin’ best, playin’ singin’ and dancin’.
		Being a child of the 60’s, I remember that the name Peter Tork was known in every household I was ever in, provided there were occupants living there between the ages of 6 and 16.
		Here is as in-depth of an interview (at least as I’ve ever read) with Peter Tork, and also pitching in his two cents every now and then, the band's keyboard and harp man Tadg Galleran.
	www.steveescobar.com /rock/petert.htm (6570 words)

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