In 1967, Eddie Hoh's recording and touring activities accelerated. In March 1967, he performed with the Byrds' former singer-songwriter
Gene Clark. Clark, who had recorded a country-influenced album with the
Gosdin Brothers, was continuing to develop his
country rock sound. With Hoh, guitarist
Clarence White, and bassist
John York (who both joined the Byrds in 1968), the group appeared at several engagements, including at the
Whisky a Go Go and the
Golden Bear. However, according to York, Clark was largely indifferent to audiences and the group did not last long: Country rock biographer John Einarson writes that Gene Clark's band with Hoh, White, and York never recorded, while a White website indicates that around the same time, they recorded Clark's aborted Columbia single, "The French Girl"/"Only Colombe" (eventually released on Clark's 1991
Echoes album). Around the same time, Hoh recorded with a studio group named the Giant Sunflower, which included future record producer
Val Garay. Their first single, "February Sunshine", was released by two record companies simultaneously in April 1967: Take 6 Records and
Ode Records, where it was the first record issued by producer
Lou Adler's new record label. Ode won out and "February Sunshine" debuted at number 106 on ''Billboard's'' June 3, 1967, extended pop chart. Promoted as a
flower power/
sunshine pop record, it was followed in October by the second Giant Sunflower single "
What's So Good About Goodbye". Without a touring band, a Los Angeles folk-rock group,
the Rose Garden (without Hoh), sometimes performed as the "Giant Sunflower" and later recorded "February Sunshine" and two unrecorded Gene Clark compositions for their debut album. Hoh became a part of
the Mamas and the Papas touring group and on June 18, 1967, they appeared as the final act at the Monterey Pop Festival (singer
John Philips was one of the event's organizers). Although several songs were filmed, only "
California Dreamin'" and "Got a Feelin'" made the final cut of the
Monterey Pop concert film. The complete Mamas and the Papas set was released on an album in 1970 and additional film footage was included in
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival DVD set in 2002. A review of the album described Hoh's drumming as "first rate". During the extended instrumental introduction to their first song, Eddie Hoh plays an improvised drum part; at the conclusion of their set, Hoh and studio drummer
Hal Blaine play in tandem as the singers leave the stage. While touring with the group, Hoh took part in after-hours club jams. Another touring musician recalled Also in June, Hoh recorded the
Goodbye and Hello album with experimental folk singer-songwriter
Tim Buckley. The album was produced by former MFQ member Jerry Yester, which critic Matthew Greenwald called "a revolutionary album that was a quantum leap for both Tim Buckley and the audience". Greenwald singled out "Once I Was" and "Pleasant Street" as "tracks [that] are easily among the finest example of Buckley's psychedelic/folk vision". Hoh also appeared on several songs on the four albums released thereafter, specifically
The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees (1968),
Head (1968),
Instant Replay (1969) and
The Monkees Present (1969). Among his contributions are "
Pleasant Valley Sunday", both "
Daydream Believer" and its jazz-influenced single B-side "
Goin' Down", the second studio version of "
Words", "
Star Collector", which ends with extended improvised drumming, and "
Zor and Zam". ==1968==