Tork went solo with a group called Peter Tork And/Or Release with then-girlfriend Reine Stewart on drums (she had played drums on part of 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee), Riley "Wyldflower" Cummings (formerly of the Gentle Soul)Riley Wyldflower - The Smog Song – Flower Bomb Songs (July 7, 2012) on bass and – sometimes – singer/keyboard player Judy Mayhan. Tork said in April 1969, "We sometimes have four. We're thinking of having a rotating fourth. Right now, the fourth is that girl I'm promoting named Judy Mayhan." "We're like Peter's backup band", added Stewart, "except we happen to be a group instead of a backup band." Release hoped to have a record out immediately, and Tork said that they did record some demos that he may still have stored away somewhere.There They Go, Walking Down the Street (and Into the Sunset) – Where's That Sound Coming From? (January 5, 2012) According to Stewart, the band was supposed to go to Muscle Shoals as the backing band for Mayhan's Atlantic Records solo album Moments (1970), but they were ultimately replaced.The Peter Tork 1969/1970 Thread – Steve Hoffman Music Forums (2010) – Strange Dave Show interview (2010)Judy Mayhan Moments review – Dustbury.com (June 23, 2003) They mainly played parties for their "in" friends, and one of their songs was considered for the soundtrack to Easy Rider, but the producers – who had also produced Head – eventually decided not to include it.Reine Stewart Tork bio – Psycho Jello: A Monkees Fansite The Release could not secure a record contract, and by 1970, Tork was once again a solo artist. As he later recalled, "I didn't know how to stick to it. I ran out of money and told the band members, 'I can't support us as a crew anymore, you'll just have to find your own way.'"Hey, Hey, He's Back Again: Ex-Monkee Peter Tork has started a new band, which plays at Bogart's tonight , by Mike Boehm – LA Times (October 20, 1992)
