Val Fuentes
Biography
Val Fuentes (born November 25, 1947) is the original and current drummer for the folk and rock band It's a Beautiful Day. He has also played with Fat Chance, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Shadowfax, Lina Valentino, Linda Imperial, The Pure Pleasure Band, and The Moments. Fuentes lives in California and plays shows with David LaFlamme until LaFlamme’s death in 2023 and It's a Beautiful Day, as well as several other local Sonoma County bands such as The Zins, a rock and funk group. He has a son.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
168 releases · 16 albums · active 1968–2025
- Performance · 427
- Other credits · 5
Studios: Pacific High Recording · Wally Heider Studios · Carnegie Hall · Quadrafonic Sound Studios
Frequent collaborators
- It's A Beautiful Day
- Various
- David LaFlamme Band
- New Riders Of The Purple Sage




