Saturday song of the day: White Bird by Its A Beautiful Day. Its A Beautiful Day was formed in San Francisco in 1967 at the height of the hippie era. They fused rock, folk and classical, led by violinist David LaFlamme and his wife Linda LaFlamme on keyboards. They released their first album in 1969, and it contained White Bird, the groups most well-known song. The song received lots of local airplay in the Bay Area, so a shortened version was released as a single. The single rose to #3 in San Francisco, but failed nationally, climbing only to #118 on the Billboard chart. Later, many album orientated rock stations played the album track throughout the 1970s, so the song became more influential than its sales would indicate. As a footnote, San Francisco promoter Bill Graham, who managed the Grateful Dead and other bands, demanded that in order for the Dead to play Woodstock, organizers had to include one of his other bands as well. He sent tapes of two bands to the organizers, and they liked both. Unable to decide, they flipped a coin. It came up that Its A Beautiful Day lost the coin toss, so they stayed home while Santana played Woodstock. The band toured for several years, but their brand of classically influenced rock was too heavy on classical and too light on rock for the times, and they never hit the mainstream. They broke up in 1974, although there have been a few reunions featuring the surviving members. A reunion in 2000 proved more permanent, with this version of the band still active today. youtube/watch?v=4Znf2oa_rGo Tomorrow: History is written by winners, baby.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 00:08:56 +0000
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