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Thank you very much to Live Almanac contributor Renny Simno for sharing these tributes to Peter Tork from the latest issues of Uncut and Mojo:  (From the May 2019 issue of Uncut - click to enlarge)  (From the May 2019 issue of Mojo - click to enlarge)  (From the collection of Ed Reilly) Check out these great scans of the original Colgems cassette for The Monkees' seventh album, 1969's Instant Replay, courtesy of longtime Monkees fan, collector, and author Ed Reilly:     Thanks a lot to Jeremy Roberts for sharing his recently published article on Medium about a stop on The Monkees' triumphant 45th Anniversary World Tour!  Poster sold at stops on The Monkees' 2011 tour (From the collection of Jeremy Roberts) On May 4, Micky Dolenz and his band (Coco Dolenz, Wayne Avers, Rich Dart, John Billings, and Dave Alexander) performed at Haugh Performing Arts Center in Glendora, California. Thanks to Jason Cunningham for the set list, and to Lisa Golden for the photo! Mary, Mary That Was Then, This Is Now A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You Sometime in the Morning Words Randy Scouse Git Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band The Girl I Knew Somewhere Last Train to Clarksville Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry) Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix) Me & Magdalena (sung by Micky and Coco) Different Drum (Michael Nesmith - sung by Coco while Micky took a break) Take a Giant Step For Pete’s Sake (Dedicated to Peter Tork) Steppin’ Stone Kicks Goin’ Down White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane - sung by Coco while Micky took a break) Daydream Believer (Dedicated to Davy Jones) Pleasant Valley Sunday Gimme Some Lovin’ (The Spencer Davis Group) I’m a Believer  Dave Alexander, Micky, and John Billings onstage in Glendora, California (Photo by Lisa Golden)  Throughout the month of April, Vincent Ferrito hosted the Monkees Music Tournament on Facebook. Consisting of 32 songs and multiple rounds of voting, "Pleasant Valley Sunday" ultimately prevailed and was announced as the winner on April 24. Below are the images used to represent each song in the tournament, and as I told Vincent, I thought it would be nice to preserve his great artwork! You can also click on each image to listen to the track or watch a video for it:                                  More information from the Downtown Arts District Association: The May DADA 1st Friday Gallery Hop, “Dancing in the Streets” will include a tribute honoring the life of someone who spent quite a bit of time over the last two decades in this area of NC, The Monkees’ Peter Tork. Film, memorabilia, a scavenger hunt with prizes, a dance contest, music, yoga, theatre vignettes, a family art area, dark chocolate, a lot of tie dye, mismatched socks and a mauve tie or two will be in full force as some of Peter's favorite things!
Please come help us celebrate Peter’s life and contributions to the arts on the first Friday in May from 7-10 pm in the Winston-Salem Downtown Arts District. "Love is understanding" "Be a Hero unto yourself" Peter Tork 6 PM - 500/600 block of N. Trade from 5th to 7th Street, and Sixth Street from Cherry to Liberty closes for Hop. 7-10 PM - Hop Begins in the Winston-Salem Downtown Arts District We will finish the Hop with a group sing of Monkees hits "Daydream Believer" and Tork's own composition "For Pete's Sake" which was the Monkees TV series closing theme.  The "Heart and Soul" single was eventually released in July 1987 and not in August as the press release above states (From a 1987 issue of the Monkees/Boyce & Hart Photo Fan Club newsletter)  (From the October 1967 issue of Tiger Beat) Michael's familiar blonde Gretsch guitar (below, left) has been at his side since returning to the concert stage with The Monkees in 2012. It's not, however, the original blonde Gretsch that Michael owned in the 1960s, but a reproduction. His current blonde Gretsch guitar is a twelve string Country Classic I. It was custom made for him by Gretsch when he did a concert for them in the 1990s at the NAMM Show, a music products industry trade event. This was also the guitar used during recording sessions for the 1996 Monkees album, Justus. The Gretsch sunburst guitar (below, right), reminiscent of the Gretsch Viking guitar Michael played in the 1960s, was given to Nez by Andrew Sandoval in 2013. Michael played both guitars during the 2018 and 2019 "Mike & Micky Show" tour. (And that's pedal steel extraordinaire Pete Finney in the background of the photo below!)  (Photo courtesy of The Monkees Tour Facebook page)
If you are wondering what happened to Michael's original blonde Gretsch, it was stolen in the 1970s (along with Michael's white Gibson guitar, most famously seen during the "Circle Sky" live sequence in Head). Nez spoke about his affection for these instruments on Facebook in 2010, as well as his desire to have them returned. "I know they are out there still and I miss them and would like to have them back after all these years. Whoever has ended up with them, please return them, no questions asked. They were and are an important part of my life."  (From the October 1967 issue of Tiger Beat)  (From the October 1967 issue of Tiger Beat)   
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Monkees archivist and producer Andrew Sandoval remembered his friend Gary on Facebook:
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