Monkees - "Listen to the Band" (Single Mix)

"Weren't they good?
They made me happy
I think I can make it alone..."

Released as a single on the Colgems label on April 26, 1969. (The album mix which appeared on THE MONKEES PRESENT later that year had a slightly longer fadeout.) Recorded mostly at RCA Victor Studios in Nashville on June 1, 1968; the horns were overdubbed at RCA Studios in Los Angeles on December 9, 1968.

Written & produced by Michael Nesmith
Horn arrangement: Shorty Rogers

Michael Nesmith - vocal & electric guitar
Lloyd Green - steel guitar
Wayne Moss - guitar
Mike Saluzzi - guitar
Charlie McCoy - harmonica
Bobby Thompson - banjo
Michel Rubini - keyboards
David Briggs - piano
Norbert Putnam - bass guitar
Jerry Carrigan - drums
Don McGinnis - brass
Bud Brisbois - trumpet
Buddy Childers - trumpet
Ray Triscari - trumpet
Dick Nash - trombone
John Kitzmiller - tuba

(Possible additional musicians:
Harold Bradley or Billy Sanford - guitar
Unknown - percussion)