David LaFlamme, of It's a Beautiful Day Dead at 82

[Quad Linda]

Best known for White Bird, violinist David LaFlamme dead at 82.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obit...tm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user/WashPost
As good as that 1st It's a Beautiful Day album is, their second Marrying Maiden would be in my 10 favorite albums of all-time. Jerry Garcia guests.

Galileo & Do You Remember the Sun?



1st two albums on a single, great sounding RBCD:

https://www.discogs.com/release/2627321-Its-A-Beautiful-Day-Its-A-Beautiful-Day-Marrying-Maiden

 

[hirez]

2 Great albums

 

[Sonik Wiz]

Best known for White Bird, violinist David LaFlamme dead at 82.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obit...tm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user/WashPost
As good as that 1st It's a Beautiful Day album is, their second Marrying Maiden would be in my 10 favorite albums of all-time. Jerry Garcia guests.

Galileo & Do You Remember the Sun?



1st two albums on a single, great sounding RBCD:

https://www.discogs.com/release/2627321-Its-A-Beautiful-Day-Its-A-Beautiful-Day-Marrying-Maiden

Sad post, great music. Thank you.

 

[elroy]

Had the 8-track of the first album and wore it out. I will have to check out the second one - thanks Linda!

 

[jefe1]

Great album depressing news. Dont recall much about the second album while I have the first one.
At any rate we need to add a permanent obituary section to QQ....

 

[Old Quad Guy]

They were of course, real popular in the 1960s and ‘70s here in the San Francisco Bay Area. KSAN FM used to play their music. “White Bird” comes to mind. They were one of those bands that seemed to come from nowhere, but once here, never went away, even if you were not familiar with them.

 

[marpow]

Great album cover and great song, White Bird.
He made it till 82, better than the rest, hope is on the horizon.

 

[quadsearcher]

There was a record store, somewhere somewhat south in the US, that had a probably 10' high mural of that cover. Very happy to run across that, somewhere there's a picture of a much younger me in front of it.
Love that first one, need to hear the second.
I'm sure I heard White Bird before hearing Curved Air, Ponti, The Flock, or Mahavishnu, so David helped open my ears to violin in electric bands.

 

[Steve Schoultz]

I think this a great album.

 

[Quad Linda]

A couple more tracks from Marrying Maiden:

Let a Woman Flow:



Good Lovin':

 

[--Moe--]

Sad news to hear

It's A Beautiful Day was the very 1st live concert I ever attended, sometime in 1973 at the T-Car Speedway in Carson City, Nevada.
Great 1st concert ! It was the 1st time I heard songs I loved played live.

I have three of their LPs in my collection (& later added the CD versions)
It's A Beautiful Day
Marrying Maiden
Choice Quality Stuff / Anytime (the one with the cartoon camel on the cover)

 

[The Rang]

Best known for White Bird, violinist David LaFlamme dead at 82.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obit...tm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user/WashPost
As good as that 1st It's a Beautiful Day album is, their second Marrying Maiden would be in my 10 favorite albums of all-time. Jerry Garcia guests.

Galileo & Do You Remember the Sun?



1st two albums on a single, great sounding RBCD:

https://www.discogs.com/release/2627321-Its-A-Beautiful-Day-Its-A-Beautiful-Day-Marrying-Maiden

What’s the sound like on that 2-fer?
Weren’t their albums tied-up in legal limbo a la Moby Grape?

 

[Quad Linda]

2 fer is best sounding CD version. Much better than San Francisco Sound CD.

Matthew Katz managed both Moby Grape and It's a Beautiful Day. Same story.

 

[Doug G.]

Very sad and "Good Lovin'" is one of the most kick ass, rocking songs in rock history. They just burned on that song. So together.

Doug

 

[Doug G.]

It was so sad when Pattie Santos died in 1989, too. It was/is so perplexing and ironic how such a beautiful girl with such a beautiful voice could meet such a terrible end is also true of many talented people.

Doug

 

[Steve Schoultz]

 

[NYMo]

R.I.P David LaFlamme.
Not many people know that Deep Purple stole Its A Beautiful Day’s Bombay Calling and wrote the classic Child in Time with their intro !
( you would of course know if you’ve heard the IABD album)

 

[Quad Linda]

Very sad and "Good Lovin'" is one of the most kick ass, rocking songs in rock history. They just burned on that song. So together.

Doug

Even IF you haven't got a dime,
Good Lovin' is Good All the Time!!

spinning CD's of Choice Quality and ... Today.

Carnegie Hall CD will be later today

 

[Doug G.]

Such a wonderful, beautiful, and era-iconic song. Tears in my eyes remembering then.

Doug

 

[hafquark]

The first two Beautiful Day albums were great. I agree with Linda that the 2-fer CD release has the best sound. Saw them once in concert in the early seventies. It was a tiny audience, but the band played and sung their hearts out.

So sad to see the passing of another great musician. RIP David LaFlamme