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Episode 144: “Last Train to Clarksville” by the Monkees

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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For a while, boyce and hart hoped that they would get to perform all the music for the t v show. Snuff gamet was brought in, but quickly discovered he didn't get on with the group at all. And the tracks gammet cut with davy on lead and the wrecking crew backing were scrapped. Instead, it was decided that boyce and HART would produce most of the tracks,. initially with the help of the more experienced jack keller. These records would be made the same way as the demos had been, by the same set of musicians, just with one of the monkeys taking the lead. Meanwhile, as nesmith was seriously interested in writing

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