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Q: Names of studio musicians on "Pleasant Valley Sunday" ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   1 Comment )
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Subject: Names of studio musicians on "Pleasant Valley Sunday"
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Music
Asked by: cygnus2112-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 14 Jul 2004 20:22 PDT
Expires: 13 Aug 2004 20:22 PDT
Question ID: 374265
I'm interested in finding out who the uncredited studio musicians were
that recorded "Pleasant Valley Sunday" by The Monkees.  These were
some talented folks and I'd like to try to track down some other
things they may have done.  All I know is that they were probably L.A.
studio musicians back in the 1960's.
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Subject: Re: Names of studio musicians on "Pleasant Valley Sunday"
Answered By: juggler-ga on 14 Jul 2004 20:36 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello.

PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAY

Featuring:
MICKY DOLENZ: lead vocals 
PETER TORK: piano
MICHAEL NESMITH: electric guitar, backing vocals
BILL CHADWICK: acoustic guitar 
CHIP DOUGLAS: bass
EDDIE HOH: drums 
DAVY JONES: backing vocals

source: 
Rhino.com The Monkees Music Box - Track 15 PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAY
http://www.rhino.com/features/tracks/76706trx.html


Thus, the non-Monkee studio musicians on the track were Bill Chadwick,
Chip Douglas and Eddie Hoh.

Here are some links concerning Bill Chadwick:
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22Bill+Chadwick%22+guitar&btnG=Search

Here's a little about Chip Douglas (aka Douglas Farthing Hatlelid)
http://ebni.com/byrds/relassociates05.html

Here's some information about Eddie Hoh:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Diner/2674/hoh_eddie_a.htm

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search strategy:
"Carol kaye" monkees "pleasant valley"
(I initally searched on "Carol Kaye" because she played bass on so
many L.A. studio recording in the '60s)

I hope this helps.
cygnus2112-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $5.00
Wow, was that fast!  Thanks for the info and the links.  Nicely done! 
My Google-Fu is not as powerful as yours...  :)

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Subject: Re: Names of studio musicians on "Pleasant Valley Sunday"
From: juggler-ga on 14 Jul 2004 20:57 PDT
 
Thank you for the tip and kind words.
-juggler

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