It's a Beautiful Day - White Bird Recorded Live: 7/7/1970 - Tanglewood - Lenox, MA More It's a Beautiful Day at Music Vault: www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault on RU-vid: goo.gl/DUzpUF
They use to rehearse in my grandma's garage on Pennsylvania Ave on Potrero Hill in San Francisco in the mid 60's! My grandmother use to babysit Pattie Santos when she waa a child. My mom played this tune on regular rotation in our house growing up. Amazing band indeed!
I actually was weeping with the joy of the memory. Tears on my face from being transported in time to a more innocent time, with it;s special magic. Music never to be duplicated again.
I still try to explain what our lives were like to the young people I that I have met and worked with though the years. Many are fascinated by the stories of how we lived, loved and partied in the late 60's through the 70's and the marvelous 80's. But, the music I turn them onto is what they dig the most! Thank's for posting this Gem!
Pattie Santos had such a soulful voice. It's nearly impossible to find information about her. She passed away in 1989, quite young. Loved this song all my life. RIP Pattie.
patti was training dogs in her new life and was coming back home at 120am and was dui. she lost control at high speed hit a tree, went airborn and hit another tree. doa. too young. mistakes happen to all of us.
I woke up one night with this song playing in my head while asleep.I had not heard it in years but I couldn’t get back to sleep until I got up and listened to it.
Born 16 November 1949 in San Francisco to Anthony and Maria (nee Yslas) Santos, Pattie died near Geyserville, CA in a solo car crash. Pattie spent the last several years of her life working as a bookkeeper for a chocolate company.
+Doug Bottalico The reason they never got the success and popularity(fame) they deserved was because they got embroiled in a legal battle over "It's A Beautiful Day" name! David and Linda LaFlamme left the group and tried to copyright the name so they could use it. The battle lasted years and the LaFlamme's lost, but by then their time had passed, and they never recaptured it! Shame though, You can't think of the San Francisco sound without thinking of them!
You are correct. I helped them load in after this happened in Marshall California at some road house there. Still awesome after all that. David did try a new name, Love Guns, but I don't think that went anywhere.
Got that right...I saw these folks only once and that was in 1974. At that time there were two ladies in the band. One with dark, the one in this video and another lady who had long straight blonde hair and the two were remarkable. And the guy on the violin seems to be different. And I'd seen them at this super fashion place in Kansas City called "The Choosy Beggar" where if we had to ask the price od an item you didn't belong there. But I was a little "bit different" then
Back from brutal combat in Vietnam I was taken to another place by listening to them. Smoked a little hash, rolled a few tight doobies….. and I was taken away. They were my bridge over very troubled times back to what was my reality. Enriched my soul then and still do now.
@CooManTunes Not to be rude, but I sincerely hope that @barrysmith8193 doesn’t answer you back, as in doing so will only bring him back painful reminders of the daily chaos & tragedy that he so fortunate managed to survive… which no doubt many of his brave & honorable “brothers in arms” (truly!) did not. I have known many war veterans, I know of none that ever wished to speak of the horrors that they witnessed during their time in service. I know some few have, perhaps for “posterity’s sake” & in the seemingly vain hope of educating us of the younger generations, but I’ve never known a veteran that was pleased to retell his/her tales about war…
@@timjc4344 You're not seeing the bigger picture. He brought up his military service on a RU-vid comments section. This, alone, means he wants people to hear about his experience. Unless he's a hypocrite.
Saw this concert at Tanglewood. It’s a Beautiful Day opened the show, followed by Jethro Tull, (who played all of “Aqualung”) and finally the Who came on to perform all of “Tommy”. Now that was a great night!
In my 60s, a song from my past, but... I work with autistic teenagers, this song played one lunchtime, the most withdrawn non verbal kid handed me a note at end of lunch, 'I like your music it looks inside my head'. So happy that day.
As an autistic person, this captures what's going on in my head That's the beauty of It's a Beautiful Day's self-titled album - it's so majestic and weird and beautiful
Definitely they were probably the best band to come out of the San Francisco sound. That just happened a little too late.I will put them up with the grateful Dead or any other group that came out of San Francisco
Magnifique groupe . Pour la petite provinciale que j'etais à 20 ans en 1998 quand j'ai découvert ce groupe. Les années 70 étaient ma référence et je les faisaient perdurer! C'est toujours aussi émouvant et e n'ai pas changé au fond. And you?😉
RIP David. Loved your music and voice and violin. So sad we have to leave this world but a better one is coming that lasts forever. Without sorrow or death. John 3-16, for God so loved this world that he gave his only Son, that “whosoever” believes on him should not perish but have eternal life. Please believe. You can go there too.
I thank the Lord that the drugs and stuff did not kill me. Like someone else said, I 'd love to do it again. So many of the people I knew are gone and become just memories. And this is a great tune. Thank you.
Those were the days...indescribable to those who didn’t live them....magical and eternal to those who did. I never touched drugs and haven’t to this day...but the whole vibe of those 60’s times still lives in my heart. I will always be emotionally a product of those times and that music.
I was so young when I first heard this song and thought it was a really good song. 52 Years later, man what a classic. Thank you for preserving this classic. Way before their time.
Spent the Summer of 1971 with friends playing backgammon in our beach town north of Cape Cod, listening to It's A Beautiful Day, Jethro Tull, Santana, Moody Blues, and The Who - just groovin' on the Summer vibes. Such simpler times - far removed from the violent, hate-filled nonsense consuming so much of socety today. I wish I could transport you back to MY time.
we did indeed live in the best of times. i spent many summers in marston's mills during the 60's and 70's. we didn't know how fortunate we were then, but we sure do now.
Only if you did not watch the news or read the newspapers. That was the time of the struggle for civil rights for Blacks, the war in Viet Nam, and a huge generation gap along with liberals and conservatives ready to start a new civil war. Yes, we had the most incredible music and still mostly decent pot, but so much anger and hate!
I'm glad someone has saved videos also. My Lady and I went to the Fillmore West one night to see Paul Butterfield's Blues Band. The warmup band came out and Pattie introduced their first song. She backed up then came back to the mic and said We're "It's a Beautiful Day". They played so much that the people loved them, and we wouldn't let them leave the stage. They played every song they knew and had to start over again. I think after 3 sessions they were about done in, it was 2:20 AM or 3, and the Blues Band never came out. What a wonderful time to live in San Francisco and be among so many beautiful people.
The feedback was annoying. I thought the performance was great and the music is what I call psychedelic Rock. And I do remember White Bird on the radio, I didn't know the groups name.
Man I suck. To this day I thought this was a Jefferson Airplane song. I thought the name of the song was "White Bird It's a Beautiful Day". Seven decades on this planet and I'm still learning. I love all the people with whom I share this ride. Thank you for this beautiful song.
You wanna hear a band that sounds like the child of Jefferson Airplane and Creedence clearwater? Listen to "The hip death goddess" by "ultimate spinach" 60's band out of Boston. Thank me later
+ChuckDeFuque Joints and listening to this song is redundant. Listening to this song does more for me than any joint could ever. i just took another amazing trip.
We lived at the best time of the 20th century. This song reflects how much sweetness and hope we all had, and how much creativity we brought into the world.
I had recently come back from 'Nam at that time and was shocked by how much I had missed. Girls with no bras...long hair...the music...couldn't wait to join in. Remember this song vividly....as a welcome home.
Me too loved this group and this song when it came out, I was 19, ha. Also remember, the group's "Fairport Convention" and "13 Floor Elevators"? Also "Emerson Lake and Palmer", "Deep Purple", "Procol Harem", and a bit later "Yes"!
One of those gems from 60s, and if had played at Woodstock would have been given their place among the stars that shone at that time. What a fabulous band they take me to places others can't even tie their shoe laces.
To lose to Santana in a coin toss by Bill Graham... Had to be crushing. But had they won, would we have heard of Santana? These guys were the real deal. Patty had the best voice of that era (in my opinion of course)
I'm so glad I grew up in the 70's. There was so much creativity in art and music. There is no other comparison in the history of music when there was so much variety, new sounds, rhythm and poetry. So many songs touch all of us so deeply. I took it for granted in the 70's but now I look back at that time with awe and wonder.
Considering the times we are now witnessing and experiencing, what type of music do we listen to while tens of thousand have died, and continue to die, from a virus, while so many are subjected to racist terror by our "protectors" and the sound of breaking glass, the smell of tear gas and burning smoke are in the air we breathe?
I was growing up in the 70's. Age 15 in '79 and the youngest of the boys. All things Boomer. Music was created with talent and imagination. The lyrics in popular music were second to none. Some of the arrangements were not the greatest at times,but a few 70's bands will be remembered forever.Imagine if songs were recorded onto tape.
One March day in 1969 in San Francisco, when I was 18, I got in my'69 Chevelle Super Sport and drove across town to give this album to my girlfriend for her 16th birthday.
Hanging around a small club with a friend in Boston, around 1971, I was only 16. They were performing with The Flock. One of the Flock band members let us help carry a couple guitars in to get backstage for free. Great inspiration for a 16 yr old.
Hey, , I am Born 47 SHE Is a Good Singer. . I am From Norway, . The Flock, Jerry Goodman, with JohnMcLaughlin. . I STILL Have TheFlock LP. Regards From Dag
arcticwanderer2000 Chicago’s Kinetic Play Ground would have similar playbills in 69 & 70 three or four amazing bands for $7 for the entire evening...never again
KAAY , Beeker St. in Little Rock played it. They were an a.m. station with a 150 mile radius. My girlfriend / wife and I were 150 miles apart, and Little Rock was the same distance from us. And we'd listen to this at night and write each other letters. We couldn't afford a long distance call. Barely a 5 cent stamp in those days. Now, 46 years later, we're watching it on our smart tv.
KAAY. As a kid I used to stay up after lights out, portable radio under my covers and listen to the best radio at the time -- Beeker St. from my bed in St. Louis. I don't think the FM scene was even operating then. What was the host's name? I've forgotten now, but he was a hero to me.
Had a brother in law who I loved dearly, who loved this song. It's beautiful harmonies remind me of him. He found Jesus before cancer took him. I'll see Bill again and it will be glorious. Miss you brother.
🎵White bird In a golden cage On a winter's day In the rain White bird In a golden cage Alone The leaves blow Across the long, black road To the darkened skies In it's rage But the white bird Just sits in her cage Unknown White bird must fly Or she will die White bird Dreams of the aspen trees With their dying leaves Turning gold But the white bird Just sits in her cage Growing old White bird must fly Or she will die White bird must fly Or she will die The sunsets come The sunsets go The clouds roll by And the earth turns old And the young bird's eyes Do always glow She must fly She must fly She must fly 8:11 White bird In a golden cage On a winter's day In the rain White bird In a golden cage Alone White bird must fly Or she will die White bird must fly Or she will die White bird must fly Or she will die.🎵🕊️
Yeah, for years it was extremely hard to find. Thought I heard it was a legal matter. I think my copy was the re-release; the artwork is very much brighter and saturated than ones I saw earlier.
I have the album from the first run. I still listen to it today. 66 and still the hippie. Bought this album and Aqualung at the same time. Never got to see It's a Beautiful day but have gotten to see Tull 4 times.
1st band I got to see Live, at my 1st concert for my 13th birthday, they opened for The Jefferson Airplane, Iron Butterfly had middle billing, 1968, wow 🤩 Those were the days!!❤️
WOW is right! I remember seeing Procol Harem and a couple other good bands for I think $6.50 floor seats in St. Louis in mid-70s. It was a little more to see the concert than to buy the album (or 8-track).
"Those were the days my friend" (like the song). Lucky you, in México impossible to see bands like this. By the way i started tu buy and collect music since 1970 when I was 15 "years young" (Buddy Guy words). Greetings Jim ✌️
I'm eternally grateful I was alive when bands could still get away with music like this. It wouldn't be acceptable today, it's not artificial enough. It's not even autotuned.
I grew up in a tiny town population 50 in Northern California about 70 miles from San Francisco. Around 1973 I was 19 years old and we had put a softball team together and we needed to raise funds. Somehow we booked this band to come and play a dance in our firehall and I bet every kid in the county came and even though the fee for the band was $400 we still raised $1000 for our team. That place was not that big to start with and it was packed! I remember the next morning at 9am we were playing softball in a tournament in Santa Rosa and before we could do we had to get up early and clean the beer bottles that were scattered around. Remember this is a town of population 50 and everyone is pretty much related so we got away with it. Think the Alfred Hitchcock schoolhouse. These days the ball field is long gone but the memories remain.
What made these shows so great was that the venues were not so huge. I was at a Steppenwolf concert in Schenectady NY in the Aerodrome and I was literally sitting on the side of the stage and got to talk to the members of the band during breaks. And yes, John Kay wore his sunglasses all night through the whole concert. Today, you could never have an experience like that with a major group. Another thing. They really played their instruments. No computerized stuff or digital signal processors. Maybe a fuzz tone then direct into an amp like a Marshall or a Fender Twin Reverb or Dual Showman. They also tended to ad lib a bit and stretch out solos and such giving you a unique experience that was only available at that particular live show. The late 60's to early 70's were a real transitional period in music and some of the coolest music came out of that era.
For me personally returning home from hell (vietnam) to So.Calif., in the spring of 1967 was like going to heaven. I know what Love IS. I give and seek it to this day. In both places and time, I never felt so alive. Keep this music alive.
I'm blown away... Yes, by the song which has long been one of my top tens for all time. But also by the amazing camera work and sound. There were at least four cameras rolling on this shoot and that was a really big deal in 1970. Thank goodness it's been archived. Bravo to the film crew and to "It's a Beautiful Day" for one of the all time classic San Fran sounds.
You guys are so damn lucky! I listened to their music but never was fortunate enough to be there live when they played. I did hear Tommy Bolin live in 3.2 bar in Colorado. Great times! Peace.
Cannot describe the feelings and memories this song evokes in my being. A positive, magical period of time that was amazing.... cant even compare it with anything before or since.
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.
I. Know what you mean ,I been looking for it that long myself and it's almost 2020! Saw them 71 I think it was, a treat to hear after all these yrs. What a flashback....peace....
I remember a few years ago telling my friends about this song. They had never heard of it ! So I turned them on to it but I don't think they quite got it ! Too bad for them ! There loss!
One of the most under noticed San Francisco bands. Musicians and songwriters of the band it's a beautiful day are legendary professionals who's music and their names will be known for all time. Thank you David LaFlamme PattySantos for your fantastic contribution to this world.
This song takes me back in time to places in my youth where we would sit in a circle and pass the bong around. I’m 77 now and the memories are coming back to me.
I was there as well. And the year before when BB King opened for the Who and then the featured act, Jefferson Airplane, only a week or so before Woodstock.
One of my all time favorite bands. Impeccable vocal harmonies and incredibly innovative instrumentals make Beautiful Day one of the most impressive groups ever. LaFlame is a virtuoso violinist, classically trained. They never got the recognition they deserved. I wore out "Bombay Calling" on my vinyl record. I saw them in the 1990's in Moses Lake, WA of all places. Dynamite performers. Patti Santos had a terrific richness to her voice. She mastered the tambourine. Sounds odd to say that, but not everyone can be innovative on such a deceptively simple percussion instrument. And Hal Wagenet's lead guitar! So sad that so many tragedies happened to these talented musicians and kept them from the fame they deserved.
This sounds very ca.1970 GD-like, imo. Also reminiscent of the Airplane too. Not too often you see a Rickenbacker Model 4005 semi-hollow bass being played....cool.
Funny too how now it's easy to find used- almost new IABD albums but back in the 70's & 80's when we listened to vinyl or cassette tapes this record was quite rare. I've seen this in used record stores just a few months ago for $5.00. funny how things come around
agree as a Deadhead - the manager - Bill Graham had a choice to send IABD or Santana to Woodstock - Santana won the coin toss and IABD never got the exposure they deserved.
Incredible in EVERY WAY.. Those harmonies.. That powerful bass line.. David’s violin 🎻.. The organ tranquility.. Guitar abstractions... Lyrics from another world.. Intoxicating percussion/drums.. Etc. 🌹
Such great memories . Summer of ‘69 on a beautiful warm summer eve, the local underground station (WZMF) played the entire album. It seemed so perfect for that night and that time in my life
Beautiful Day - one of the most underrated bands of the era. So unique in so many ways. Thoughtful, musical, soulful ...totally great. The sound of a lost time when musicians could actually write songs, read music, sing in tune and play actual instruments with cultivated skills.
Brian just to add to your comments...pure talent-no flashing light show-no smoke machines-and just a small stage with awesome musicians jamming and premium vocals-so glad that I was part of this generation!
@@mpt2556 Me too. We have lost SO MUCH ..."Today's music don't got the same soul" - Bob Seeger. Its all so shallow and vapid and musically BORING. I get depressed thinking about it. So I don't. I just go spin another vinyl platter and revel in the joy of ACTUAL MUSIC.
Mitch Holman, the bass player here, years later managed a rehearsal studio in the Mission which my band rented periodically. One time we were talking music and, as a bass player myself, I complimented him on his playing with IABD. He was really pleased someone remembered.
I did not and I am from Germany. We lost already many Hifi Manufactures. But I will never forget my first Disco Evenings with Bose Loudspeakers and black Lights and Strobos and we smoked dutch weed ;-)
David LaFlamme had such a great vibrato; it's what carries the melody forward so fluidly, as well as does Pattie Santos' beautiful voice. Pattie was also very good with that tamborine, she was a good percussionist, very tight execution (very pretty legs, too).
FYI This band was a possible to play # Woodstock. They were up against a relatively unknown band( at that time, known as Santana) There was a coin toss to see who would play at Woodstock. They lost. Hard to imagine what would have transpired in the world of music, had they won the coin toss ❤️☮️
