Footage from September 1966, via the Blu-ray set; audio from KHJ Radio.

“‘The Monkees’ was the only TV show about adults that did not have a senior adult on the show. So it represented a new kind of egalitarian, ‘we’re all in this together.’” - Peter, The News and Observer (July 19, 2013) Photo mostly likely by Gene Trindl

‘80s Peter, Davy and Micky for the timeline.

“Everything you do is an accumulation of everything you have done in your life. If each action could be fully understood, it would explain everything about you. That is the ideal.” - Peter Tork, Seventeen Magazine (1967) Photo by Henry Diltz

Peter Tork onstage in Detroit on August 14, 1967; photographer unnamed.

“My personal thanks to James [Lee Stanley], I have my first album, after all these many moons… I waited a long time to work with him again. Thanks beyond words, buddy. Thanks, too, to those who stuck by me. Love to all, Peter” - Stranger Things Have Happened 1994 liner notes

Onstage at the Vic Theatre in Chicago, Illinois on August 20, 1988. “I am an entertainer. That’s my craft. I love music to death.” - Peter Tork, The Peninsula Times Tribune (September 19, 1987) Footage from the concert — www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X87...

Peter Tork with fans Diane Porter and Barborah Hazlewood backstage at the Dallas Memorial Auditorium on August 8, 1967. Photo from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Read more at thislovintime.tumblr.com/post/6920277... (or in the photo’s alt text).

“I always believe things will work out. My happy-go-lucky attitude has kept me sane, or at least as sane as I can ever be.” - Peter Tork interviewed by his former high school classmate Mary Zielinski, The Gazette (October 31, 1986)

“Peter Tork was compounding crisp electric rhythm sounds in the studios — solid beat with a sensational feel.” - article by Jonathan King, Disc and Music Echo (February 10, 1968) Photos by Nurit Wilde

“I’ve grown not to believe in tragedy. I’ve grown to believe that all things work out for the best. […] Stay cheerful!” - Peter Tork, Fave (April 1968) Photos (from 1967 & 2016) by Fred Arellano and Anthony Norkus

“Peter has a beautiful smile and a slight air of wonderment as if asking himself if all around him is really his scene. […] He’s a nice lad. And very talented. You know he reads and writes music? […] I think Peter’s the most underestimated Monkee.” - Jonathan King, New Musical Express (1967)

“Peter Tork detected my anxiety as I asked for an autograph and he talked to me about it. The first time he tried to calm me by teaching me breathing exercises and then a great hug. […] He told me to believe in myself more!” - a fan (in this pic) More at thislovintime.tumblr.com/post/7586441....

“Peter signed: ‘Love, Peter Tork’ and drew a flower. ‘I dig flowers,’ he said. ‘I always put a flower after my autograph, because it’s more gentle that way.’” - article by James Beaumont, The Des Moines Register (August 7, 1967) Photo from July 12, 1967, by fan Jamie

Happy Rainbow Room Day! Here’s Peter, photographed during the various song sequences. Photos by Henry Diltz, Michael Ochs Archives and from an old eBay listing.

Peter Tork onstage & backstage (w/ author Ellen Mandela) at CBGB in NYC, July 31, 1977. “The Tork who stepped onstage sported a bristly beard but otherwise still looked strongly like the younger man we remember from our TV screens.” - Ellen Mandell, Circus (1977) 📷 by Renay Morris & Meri Browning

“[Peter Tork] was a real nice guy… Easy-going, happy with life, ready to take things as they came. […] He was a good musician — don’t let anybody try to tell you otherwise — and the people appreciated him.” - Jose Feliciano, New Musical Express (June 3, 1967) Photo by Bob Campbell

“[Peter] paid attention to what the crowd wanted, even signing ‘I love you‘ to some girls who brought a ‘We Love U Peter’ banner.” - The Berkshire Eagle (August 14, 1987) Photo by Jim Steinfeldt

Peter Tork at the “Ditty Diego” recording session, July 25, 1968.

Onstage at the Convention Hall in Philadelphia, PA on July 23, 1967. Photo by the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Peter Tork onstage at the Civic Center in Baltimore on July 21, 1967. “From the moment the quartet appeared onstage, wearing red velvet suits and white turtleneck sweaters, the massive center echoed to screams of thousands of shrill voices.” - review by Edward G. Pickett, The Baltimore Sun (1967)

“[Peter jokes,] holding his book myopically up to his eyes. You realize that you have just [before] had a glimpse of the real Peter Tork — the sensitive, sincere young man who hides behind the veneer of a silly-funny Monkee.” - Gloria Stavers Read more at thislovintime.tumblr.com/post/7486470....

Peter Tork on the set of the episode “The Wild Monkees,” 1967

Peter Tork at New York City’s Warwick Hotel, July 1967; photos scanned from a clipping & Monkee Spectacular. “[Peter] was greeted with deafening shrieks of adoration — 'We love you Peter!’ […] [He blew] a kiss and shout[ed], 'I love you all!’” thislovintime.tumblr.com/post/7234648...

“You know, I see… what I think I see is people, they have homes and money, and they think that makes them more human than people who don’t.” - Peter Tork, Q&A at the 1989 Monkees Convention Read more at www.instagram.com/p/DaqL8lFsGW.... Pictured at the aforementioned convention

“Humanly, [Jimi Hendrix] was a total champ. […] I truly believe that they have not caught up to Jimi as a guitar player yet today.” - Peter Tork, Headquarters Radio (1989) Pictured in Miami on this day in 1967; photo by Micky Dolenz.

Happy birthday to Ringo Starr! “[Ringo is] a sweetie. He’s just a total sweetheart.” - Peter Tork, Clevescene (2017) Photo by Rob Shanahan.

“[George Harrison] was kind enough to invite me and my pal Bill Chadwick out to his house, and to take us to visit Ringo later that day. He was as kind and as gentle a man as you could imagine.” - Peter Tork, Liverpool Echo (2011) Pictures on July 5, 1967; photos by Bill Chadwick

“I think there’s a genuinely democratic society just over the horizon. I hope so. I hope it achieves freedom and peace. […] I think you should stand for what you believe in. I stand for love and peace. To my way of thinking, they’re the same thing.” - Peter Tork, New York Times (Oct. 2, 1966)

“Peter was sweet and gentle… He made waiting so long worthwhile.” - Lori Lee, Teen Life (December 1967) 📷: Peter Tork and fans outside RCA, 1967; photo by Lori Lee