It's a Beautiful Day is an American band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1967, featuring vocalist Pattie Santos along with violinist David LaFlamme and his wife, Linda LaFlamme, on keyboards.
David LaFlamme, who as a youth had once performed as a soloist with the Utah Symphony Orchestra, had previously been in the group Orkustra playing five-string violin. The other members of It's a Beautiful Day in its early years were Val Fuentes (drums), Mitchell Holman (bass) and Hal Wagenet (guitar). Although they were one of the notable San Francisco bands to emerge from 1967's Summer of Love, the band never achieved the success of contemporaries such as the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Santana, with whom they had connections. The band created a unique blend of rock, jazz, folk, classical, and world-beat styles.
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As a friend of mine says, "Our job isn't done." He refers to the values and ideals of the sixties.
What's so funny 'bout Peace, Love, and Understanding?
Univ of Maryland, College Park campus, circa.....well...I won't go there but let's just say this tune was about 5 years old then. I'm interviewing for a DJ position for the campus radio station. It was an itty bitty station...something like a watt or two (heh)...and the campus sat (still sits) on the northern DC, Maryland border. I'm sitting there in all my "long hair" finery being interviewed by the mgr....
"So...," he says somewhat snarkily...."If I was to tell you give me a tune involving birds and lots of air what would you pick."
"White Bird," says me. I get the job, first on the very late night "follow the earlier guy who's spent most of the time interviewing local musicians," stage, then better air time later. And need I say there was always a certain kind of smelly cloud aroma in the air whenever I'd come in? Hey...it was College...anyone (else) still have brain-cells and remember those days? Probably not all that much different from today.
Anyway...this tune paved the way for my college DJ career for the next couple of years. The career didn't take as I went a different way from there with my life. But this pulls me back to those times. Ahhh White Bird, them's were very good days indeed.
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Kirk was such a Herbert.
Back when the future was groovy. man
I made a comment on this one about 10 years ago, which happened to start a friendship with a fellow RPster...music is AWESOME as a way to get to know someone, as well as a memory conjuring device. Since I was not born when this record came out I had to enjoy playing it and thinking about how much fun my mom and dad had back in the 60's. Nonetheless, this track (and "Hot Summer's Day") still garner 10 ratings from me.
LONG LIVE RP!
Evidently it has sat for some years misfiled under the name "Marrying Maiden" when it correctly belongs snuggled up with, as it were, my Incredible String Band LP's, in the "i'" section right between Isaac Hayes and The J Geils Band, keeping the world in its eternal balance of yin and yang. Somewhere in this Bearcave there's a copy of It's A Beautiful Day, their eponymous first album too that's eluding capture...
Those and David LaFlamme's solo "White Bird" LP make a tasty sam'wich of early psychedelia that're just good enough to eat!
Amen, brother. No passion, no vision, and "talent" is now defined by how sexy you appear on YouTube and your Instagram feed.
Start Trek Episode. Can't recall which one. Later in the episode Spock jams with them. Cool guitar design.