White Bird (live) - Its A Beautiful Day (1971)

White Bird, It's a Beautiful Day live

The video in this version is a big improvement over my original posting although still windowboxed.

The line-up for this show:
David LaFlamme - violin, vocals
Patti Santos - vocals, percussion
Hal Wagenet - guitar
Mitchell Holman - bass
Fred Webb - keyboards
Val Fuentes - drums

More great music from DLF:
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Video with audio excerpt from the 3 CD set Fillmore: The Last Days, video excerpt from Fillmore(1972) all materials presented under fair use for educational purposes, copyright reserved by the original owners including but not limited to Bill Graham Archives, LLC, and Sony Music Entertainment.

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• It's
• beautiful
• day
• white
• bird
• david
• laflamme
• patti
• santos

[Mrsilversmith69]

Never saw IABD livebut much love to them. I did however get to see what is now The Bermuda Triangle as a trio doing White bird at East Tn State U. Just a fiddle, bass,drum and believe it or not an electrified thru a Moog autoharp. It was astounding. I do have an original White Bird album, it will be the last to go.

[aurora1957A]

@Mrsilversmith69

hang onto that vinyl - it was very hard to get at one time, my copy is a german import

:)

[OakBluffer]

I saw them at the Filmore one night when the concert was an impromptu benefit for the Grateful Dead (who had been busted in New Orleans for possession). On the venue that night: Nicky Hopkins and Lightning, Santana, Quick Silver Messenger, Doug Hicks and the Hotlicks, Jefferson Airplane, and It's A Beautiful Day. This HD version because of its light show captures the essence of that night completely: behind the stage and on the ceiling, someone had performed similar magic.

[aurora1957A]

@OakBluffer

Why thank you! Glad you like my light show. That show must be quite a memory, and you give me quite a compliment. Although the entire audio of this performance exists, the film itself was lost when storage became too expensive, and I added the visualizations to fill in where there was no video. Kinda trippy, huh?

:)

PS what a lineup for that show you describe, eh?! I've seen most of those folks, but never all in one spot!

[westpalmscott]

One of the first true progressive bands. Studio recordings never did them much justice. They had a crook for a manager who because of his mishaps with Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape, prevented them from getting a decent gig in Frisco early on. He shafted them badly.Even owned rights to the band's name. Musically speaking, they were miles ahead of many of their contemporaries, with the possible exception of Santana and Quicksilver Messenger Service.

[aurora1957A]

@westpalmscott

yeah I've heard their manager was a real dick; and that he's still sticking to them by taking all monies from sales of the CD version of IABD's first LP

pity.

Saw D & L LaFlamme a couple of years ago; they were really great but had to be billed as "Performing the Music of It's A Beautiful Day"

[jimbronxny]

I agree 100%. I'm 58 and have seen the best of bands in my time. When a concert didn't cost a fortune. I saw Pink Floyd in Carnegie Hall for 7.50. Numerous bands at the Schaffer Music Festival in Central Park NYC, general admission 5.00. Can we go back? Don't bogart that joint my friend...PEACE

[Souljahna]

Thank you for this. It took me on a lovely time-travel reverie. And the light show was a perfect addition. What a sweet band they were.

[Playback007able]

@jimbronxny Times in the music biz has changed so greatly. Use tio be that the music sales were where the money was. Now the music is like a "lost leader", especially so with share files and the web, and the live shows, the T-shirts-bling" and related paraphenalia is where the coin is. Sucks!

[CloudClimber7]

Love this song!!!



[willdogg1954]

I saw them on tour with the Allman Brothers band, Leon Russell, and a band called Pacific Gas & Electric in the early 70s here in Austin TX....good memories of that show...

[willmpet]

I actually saw this wonderful group at an outdoor concert with The Allman Brothers on Saturday at a stadium in St. Paul, They were wonderful, though they must have been jaded from touring. They will be with me forever.

[dgelcaganer10h]

OMG, I hadn't heard their name even mentioned in twenty years. I had one album that I loved with this song on it but then they seemed to go into obscurity. I have the vinyl some where in my collection. I loved their music it was a great alternative to the heavy metal and rock of the day on the idea of the Moody Blues and Shawn Philips. Total flashback...

[whitefalcon74]

the Fillmore dvds are missing the boz skaggs song

[guitarharpsichord]

truthfully I thot them to be one of the least likely rock bands at the time..1971..to be accepted or covered..sounds more like opera to me..

yet everyone who listened to the album thot they were wonderful..that really surprised me...lol

[jakins49]

Never saw this band live at Old Filmore, Avalon, or Winterland but did own the album 'till it was stolen ... It was not uncommon, though, to go to Filmore on Tues.nites and for $0.75 see The Airplane, Dead, Quicksilver, Janis & Big Brother, and either Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Paul Butterfield & guys, Sandy Bull, BB King, (you get the idea) all for that money. Plus $0.25 GGBridge toll, & same each for gas ... Talkin' 1966 and '67, people. Good Times Rolled.