Here’s an obscure 45 by a band out of North Carolina.

“Gonna Miss Me Girl” has a cool, dense garage sound and a crude guitar solo. The original a-side, “I’m Gonna Be Glad” is kind of a blue-eyed soul number. Chuck Eatmon wrote both songs, though his name is spelled Chuck Eatman on the labels. I believe Chuck is still active in music with his own band in Greenville.

A lyric sheet for copyright registration has a handwritten note, “Tripp Walls, pianist and back up singer”.

The Monarks recorded at Sound City Studios in Bailey, North Carolina, about 10 miles west of Wilson. This is the same studio that the Challengers would record “Moon Send My Baby” a few years later, and also where the Kallabash Corp recorded their LP.