Val Fuentes

{{Short description|American drummer (born 1947)}}

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Val Fuentes (born November 25, 1947) is the original and current drummer for the folk and rock band It's a Beautiful Day.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4565/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: It's a Beautiful Day|last=Ankeny|first=Jason|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=21 September 2010}} 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 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.