Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues

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From Peter.
Dear friends,
I can't express enough my sadness and sense of gaping, plummeting loss at the death of my bandmate, guitar player Richard Mikuls.
Richard was a great guitar player, and consummately able singer, songwriter and music producer. More than that, however, Richard was a humorist of the first water, and a warm and open human being to just about all who crossed his path. But most of all, Richard was my dear friend. In a way, he meant more to me than I realized; his passing was a greater shock than I had any thought it might be.
All of his friends and family knew Richard had health challenges. The official diagnosis of his death was, I believe, heart failure, tho' surely many aspects of his health issues contributed. So in one way, my sense is one of gratitude that he was as long among us as he was.
Richard may well have been listed simply as the guitar player in Shoe Suede Blues, but he was much more than that. I think it's fair to say that he was the other pole of the band, and it was the connection between us that gave the band its soul. Certainly it wouldn't be fair to overlook the contributions of the other members, but somehow it was my connection to Richard that for me gave the band most of its strength and character.
The band will go on, surely, but if we are anywhere near as good after Richard's passing as we were with him in it, it will be because the rest of us have learned to listen for and to insist on what's good in music and in a personal presence. This will not be Richard's only legacy; his children and other loved ones will carry a great deal of what he brought to life and left behind. But it will be a massive one for me, and one I will remain grateful for to the end of my conscious days. ____________________________________________________________ ______
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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. Peters talent as a multi-instrumentalist (bass, guitar,
keyboard, banjo and french horn) made him much in demand as a
sideman/back-up artist.
Peter knocked around for several hungry years
in the mid-60s, hanging and playing with the likes of such
legendary musicians as John Phillips, Steven Stills, Dave Van Ronk,
Van Dyke Parks, Arthur Lee, and the list goes on. Then there was that fatal call in June 1965 that would change his life forever. His friend and confidante, Steven Stills, had just auditioned for a
new TV show centering on 4 young musicians in a wacky rock
band known as "The Monkees". Steven told the producers he knew
of a person who really fit the bill. Suffice to say Peter aced the
audition and the rest is pop-history.
Peter was never satisfied with pre-fab rock fame, and even at
the Monkees pop-star heights, never forgot his roots as an artist or
a starving musician looking for a gig. He was always out jamming
with bands and learning about music that mattered. Even legend,
Jimi Hendrix, took Peter under his expansive wing, calling him The most
talented Monkee. That is high praise for a musician whose vision
of folk-blues refuses to die.
Describing Peter's band is like trying to describe immaculate air.
Richard Mikuls and Arnold Jacks have played with some of the most
influential recording artists of the last 50 years, such as:
Ray Charles, BB King, Hank Ballard, Rufus and Chaka Kahn,
The Pointer Sisters... you get the idea.
With Peters band of seasoned pros, Shoe Suede Blues delivers
a heart-felt soulful, unforgettable mixture of their vision of what music
and songwriting is all about.
Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues remind us all that the soul of music lives on.
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Member Since: 3/12/2006
Band Members: Peter Tork: Vocals/Guitar/Piano

Richard Mikuls: Guitar/Vocals

Arnold Jacks: Bass/Vocals
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2 NEW INTERVIEWS FOR YOU TO CHECK OUT!!

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The Biography of The Monkees

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VOTE FOR THE MONKEES INDUCTION INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Howie is the official Massachusetts Representative for the petition drive to induct The Monkees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fam...
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Peter in the news

Peter in the NEWS Peter was recently interviewed by Entertainment Weekly on various topics including SSB's upcoming summer dates, 40th anniversary of The Summer of Love and the Rock and Roll Hall of...
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Joshua's Trust

Monday, June 04, 2007 Peter Tork Coming to Ashford June 28, 2007 .. Last year, I got an astonishing response to my humble review of Peter Tork playing for the Joshua Land Trust. Read them here an...
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Watch the broadcast live online "Making The Monkees"

..>Making The Monkees June 3 in The UK 10 PM People of the world can watch the broadcast live online @http://www.channel4.com/listings/C4/index.js...
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Making The Monkees Documentary

"MAKING THE MONKEES," a documentary Peter Tork, David Jones and Micky Dolenz filmed in the fall of 2006 and early 2007 for BBC4 has been completed. The official premiere air date is: &...
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