Last Train to "Jaxonville" Clarksville (Guitar Instrumental)

"Last Train to Clarksville" is a song by American pop rock band the Monkees. It was released as the band's debut single on August 16, 1966. The song was written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. I used my Ernie Ball OLP guitar for all the guitar parts, into a Crate V5 valve amp, mic'ed with a vintage dynamic AKG 1000E mic. The pedal chain is an Akai analog compressor> MXR Prime distortion> ISP Decimator II noise reduction. The bass is a Squire Modified Jazz into an RNC compressor and then direct to the board. The straight-forward drums are from a Zoom MR3 drum machine. My goal was to mimic all the vocal parts on guitar, but I had some fun on the outro and cut loose a bit. I always thought of this as a simple bubble gum song, but I have a newfound appreciation for it after working out the structure, individual parts and recording it. Mastered by LANDR. It was a lot of fun recording it. 

Credits: Songwriters - Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart.

All music played by Farrell Jackson

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