Rick Jarrard was a staff producer

Record producer

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 for RCA Records

RCA Records

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 during the 1960s. Artists he worked with included Jose Feliciano

José Feliciano

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, The Family Tree

The Family Tree

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, Harry Nilsson

Harry Nilsson

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, Stone Country, The Loading Zone

The Loading Zone

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 and Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane

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. In the earlier part of that decade, Jarrard was a member of the Greenwood County Singers, a folk outfit that included brothers Carson

Carson Parks

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 and Van Dyke Parks

Van Dyke Parks

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. Speaking of Van Dyke Parks, Jarrard released his own version of "High Coin" on Chattahoochie Records. Jarrard again cut the tune for RCA and released it under the alias, The Fault Line.