Ricky's backup band were serious players.....but i went with The Monkees. they were huge in the day.....and Mike actually wrote some of those songs and played on them.
however, props to Louie Shelton.....he wrote the guitar parts for Last Train to Clarksville (and played them on the record)
Props to Ricky Nelson's band but The Blues Brothers had some of the most serious players EVER. The only band that could touch them was the Louisiana Gator Boys.