I’m an old hippie, 🌸 73 and still listening to the song! Love it ❤️
@smesui1799Ай бұрын
You are not alone. ... ☮️✌️
@pennylehrer1306Ай бұрын
Me, too! I remember when this song/album came out. So good!
@stephenflintoshjr.254729 күн бұрын
@@vmaldonado5442 I am 72 myself. Went to the Fillmore every Saturday nighr
@vmaldonado544228 күн бұрын
@@stephenflintoshjr.2547 I used to drive from LA to San Francisco in my new 69 VW with my sunroof open 🌸🤓 and then drive back on the same day.
@vmaldonado544228 күн бұрын
Also, using a fake ID got into the Whiskey A Go Go in Hollywood to see the house band, THE DOORS! 😉
@elmono39392 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe it happened 52 years ago.... One of the most under-rated songs of the Hippie era
@janetownley Жыл бұрын
Not underrated at all
@2cozmick25 Жыл бұрын
Underrated group. They really have alot of good stuff on all 5 lps and this one here i like girl with no eyes, yea i'm a old hippie
@pennygaiser741 Жыл бұрын
You are so right
@lewisc215 Жыл бұрын
it was never underrated, fool.
@johnyards5911 Жыл бұрын
I Love The Song from the start ( I'm from 1950 )
@JackF993 ай бұрын
No auto-tune, no dancing show, just pure musical beauty.
@mark29528 жыл бұрын
Thank God someone recorded and preserved these bands from the 60s and early 70s. The older I get, the more appreciate it.
@charlesveg7 жыл бұрын
amen
@edge8456 жыл бұрын
Isn't that the truth - I feel the same about so many of these treasures.
@tsnyunt16 жыл бұрын
So true. Cult favorite
@williamhowerton86336 жыл бұрын
Amen friend, wonderful.
@kenrussell10935 жыл бұрын
Mark the older I get, the more I appreciate that mini skirt, too! Fantastic video!
@rodneybudlong15452 жыл бұрын
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.
@donheenan1571 Жыл бұрын
I agree
@philmarasco7833 Жыл бұрын
Music.
@philmarasco7833 Жыл бұрын
I wish this band played at woodstock n.y. in 1969 summer they are so grate..good hippie
@donheenan1571 Жыл бұрын
And to have vinyl lps today would be a win!
@jg6698 Жыл бұрын
More innocent time? Race riots, anti war protests. Body bags from Nam. Yeah, go ahead and weep. 🙄
@svensofficialpage70602 жыл бұрын
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!
@claystablein97398 ай бұрын
That's nuts and cool nuts at that!
@slingshotchicken46957 ай бұрын
Wow, cool story, Yer granny was a lucky lady.
@GrandmaSmith-jn1uy7 ай бұрын
I am delighted to hear your story. Thank you for sharing.
@fredsands92207 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot for sharing! 😀
@Razoul-xf1wt7 ай бұрын
Amazing memories 😀
@ratski603 ай бұрын
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.
@Malkmusianful3 ай бұрын
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
@GayleKazanis2 ай бұрын
Works for me to 😊
@4faxache935Ай бұрын
I partake of mdma and it definitely works for me as well.
@jlarrybrewer11495 жыл бұрын
No autotune, no prerecorded backing tracks, no sequencers just talent and countless hours of practice perfecting it
@skychristypresents43133 жыл бұрын
Yesssa A nearly lost art ..
@johnnyfoo87373 жыл бұрын
They had a thing call talent
@roberte.andrews46213 жыл бұрын
Amen. We are held captive by the digital demons of dehumanization.
@bonehead11703 жыл бұрын
We also can love music from the past without whining about today's music.
@bonehead11703 жыл бұрын
@@pmbbmp My love for music always leads me searching for new and different, not just old and familiar.
@jabbermocky45202 жыл бұрын
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.
@jamesrussell76692 жыл бұрын
Yes tried finding what I could on her not enough information about her soulful voice
@warrenblum3104 Жыл бұрын
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.
@tluns810 Жыл бұрын
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.
@WakeUpBunny Жыл бұрын
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.
@jabbermocky4520 Жыл бұрын
@@WakeUpBunny Thank you. Such a loss of a beautiful voice way too soon.
@barrysmith819310 ай бұрын
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.
@Razoul-xf1wt9 ай бұрын
Thank you🫡
@CooManTunes5 ай бұрын
What was the worst thing you saw in Vietnam?
@timjc43444 ай бұрын
@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…
@CooManTunes4 ай бұрын
@@timjc4344 You're not seeing the bigger picture. He brought up his military service on a KZbin comments section. This, alone, means he wants people to hear about his experience. Unless he's a hypocrite.
@hippieswereright4 ай бұрын
We’re glad you’re still here. Peace and love
@karhymanis97896 жыл бұрын
those who LIVED at that time know. we can not describe it to those who did not.
@robin2012ism5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, baby.
@tomjanko80325 жыл бұрын
you´re so right 👍
@paulguzman16345 жыл бұрын
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!
@dougoverhoff75685 жыл бұрын
It could never be described! You had to have lived it. What a trip, eh!
@Pexster5 жыл бұрын
So true!
@lairgriffin4129 Жыл бұрын
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!
@nancymarafioti585610 ай бұрын
Wow! What a concert that had to be!
@Intelife1239 ай бұрын
WOW. Saw Jethro Tull at a place called the Cave I think in London..but Beautiful Day was a favorite
@janniebee95015 ай бұрын
No shit!!
@techguy350723 күн бұрын
Wow!
@joelkaufman7176 Жыл бұрын
David LaFlamme - 1941- August 7, 2023. Rest in peace. A unique sound. One of my favorite albums. Thank you for the music.
@paulmcilroy75086 ай бұрын
Sad to know this so late for me. Had no idea. Brilliant writing! R.I.P. David LaFlamme 🙄😇💝
@dancotterman12676 ай бұрын
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.
@WhiteBirdMustFly26 ай бұрын
Yes, he was a very nice man, when I met him in Concert at what’s called Cal Poly Humboldt, today.
@noelsalisbury74485 ай бұрын
❤
@privateconfidential4775Ай бұрын
Is he the lead singer?
@fredinct5275 Жыл бұрын
R.I.P. David LaFlamme
@nuwavedave Жыл бұрын
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.
@ezmoney7979 ай бұрын
I’ll be the first to buy a ticket beam me up Scotty
@joekosobucki21418 ай бұрын
What about Aliota, Haynes,And Jeremiah? Lakeshore Drive is a great song too!
@BLOVECU8 ай бұрын
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.
@pauldavies17108 ай бұрын
I’m still living it - just ignoring the mad world that is around me.
@GrandmaSmith-jn1uy7 ай бұрын
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!
@pamelaferguson77663 жыл бұрын
This band and song are a perfect representation of the late 60's, early 70's. Beautiful times, beautiful music, beautiful people.
@thomasmazur69163 жыл бұрын
And excellent in concert.
@kentuckere19913 жыл бұрын
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
@johnandrews25843 жыл бұрын
@@kentuckere1991 the violin player is David LaFlamme, leader of the band. Im sure hes who you saw.
@zampieritto3 жыл бұрын
Late 60s. By 1970 the music changed a lot
@zampieritto3 жыл бұрын
@@kentuckere1991 but at 1974 they carried on playing psychedelic or they changed into folk?
@danceswithwombats8 жыл бұрын
This song is sonic perfection performed by a band that never attained the popularity and success they deserved.
@dragmyre8 жыл бұрын
+Doug Bottalico how many thumbs up can i give you?
@ChuckDeFuque8 жыл бұрын
+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!
@gs73058 жыл бұрын
+ChuckDeFuque - Quite a few VERY good bands have lost due to poor agent management. What a shame!
@ETandAssociates8 жыл бұрын
"Sonic perfection" for sure.
@lordairgtar7 жыл бұрын
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.
@andrewmasset87517 ай бұрын
We are the lucky ones who lived back then..to this day I marvel at the love, wonder and hope of those times and songs. Peace brothers.
@Tuzilla3 жыл бұрын
One of the most undervalued of all the San Francisco Sound bands. tremendous talent throughout.
@robertmaser21263 жыл бұрын
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
@lastnamefirst40352 жыл бұрын
Not undervalued in the bay area
@Tuzilla2 жыл бұрын
@@lastnamefirst4035 Yes. I wish that could be said elsewhere. They were amazing.
@lastnamefirst40352 жыл бұрын
@@TuzillaIABD still play in the bay area. David Laflemme is 80 yrs old
@TheJanis9722 жыл бұрын
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?😉
@johnmoss80444 жыл бұрын
This song is timeless. The vocal harmony incredible. Music from a lost time and not to be matched by anyone today.
@stevemuhlberger3 жыл бұрын
It was music from a lost time back then, too.
@cartopcamper79325 жыл бұрын
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.
@nugsymalone12473 жыл бұрын
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
@gordonwilke62823 жыл бұрын
Good tunes forever
@johnhricko82123 жыл бұрын
me too. that girl can definitely give Gracie a run... (forgot about the violin..)
@Swimmer473 жыл бұрын
Live and learn...go forth and sin no more :)
@billwells74433 жыл бұрын
But you listen and you learned - cant lost that now
@richardwhite8227 Жыл бұрын
I was 11 years old when this song came out , Im 63 now and it still gives me chills everytime I hear it.......
@jamestiscareno4387 Жыл бұрын
Hey, me too. 63 now and 11 then.
@ihatetomatoo Жыл бұрын
63 years old man watching youtube.
@Lynjupiter1 Жыл бұрын
A pretty remakable song and band.
@phoneboxmag6575 Жыл бұрын
I was 17 ... older but not wiser now... start of the journey,
@richardwhite8227 Жыл бұрын
@@ihatetomatoo yes I share videos, I have a blog,
@charlesdelap42502 жыл бұрын
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.
@kurtvoigt50062 жыл бұрын
Chemical fusion of happiness 😊 surf's up somewhere.
@josefinagarza241 Жыл бұрын
Not fair.
@johnherrmann52615 ай бұрын
Now bands have to finish on time to make the next gig! Unfortunately…
@angrytroll5552 жыл бұрын
This must be a difficult song to perform live, yet they knock it out of the park. Respect.
@lewisc215 Жыл бұрын
you know nothing
@flemingcourt Жыл бұрын
It's only difficult for someone that does not understand the why.
@reedbender11793 ай бұрын
@@lewisc215 better to know nothing,yet remain grateful, hey Lewis ? 🥱
@sarak83413 жыл бұрын
I've listened to this song over and over for many, many years! It never gets old!
@joeyhumphrey4536 Жыл бұрын
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.
@blmrgtr11 ай бұрын
Never gets old, but fuck sakes, this version ups the ante hugely!
@BellaDonna5515 күн бұрын
I can't count the number of times I played the album, and this song was always my favorite. Thanks for posting this! ❤
@cptzptravasos16 жыл бұрын
Gosh! I miss the late '60s and early '70s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@douglassharpe555 жыл бұрын
We were lucky. But beauty, like youth, is ephemeral
@MichaelJGayda5 жыл бұрын
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.
@debhunter51735 жыл бұрын
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.
@davewilliams8744 жыл бұрын
"Twas bliss to be alive / but to be young was very heaven."
@ronaldadams75514 жыл бұрын
Music from this era clearly had fundamental reason to resist.
@drprick7432 Жыл бұрын
RIP, David LaFlamme. Thanks for the music. 🥹😍
@GrandmaSmith-jn1uy7 ай бұрын
Pattie and David were a great combination. Their wonderful voices in harmony and his violin really did give me chills and still do.
@maryannsilva41604 жыл бұрын
2020 needs more like this. Back from when music was real, the voices were real and the music was real!
@janmar1004 жыл бұрын
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.
@SpicyRok74824 жыл бұрын
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?
@ESmithStringSlinger4 жыл бұрын
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.
@ernestnunez8034 жыл бұрын
Yes Real music..Real Talent
@mizzury544 жыл бұрын
Yeah back then we simply tried to take it all in. There were so many great bands in different genres that it was hard to hear it all.
@jayfailing67144 жыл бұрын
was a Renaissance
@stugabe333 жыл бұрын
🎵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.🎵🕊️
@GrandmaSmith-jn1uy Жыл бұрын
This is one group that will almost never have a lyric that you cannot understand, but it is great to see them written.
@Lynne-28 Жыл бұрын
Appreciated!!!
@lauramichelerosenfeld504211 ай бұрын
❤
@kt9166 Жыл бұрын
David has flown with the White Bird today, 08/10/2023, at the age of 82. Thank you, David. I will love your music forever.
@RenegadeCossack8 жыл бұрын
I can not believe this video is 47 years old. Unfreaking. believable.
@angelgeaninicurto5608 жыл бұрын
46
@janejones10848 жыл бұрын
Angel Geanini Curto very nice
@vickipalmier84888 жыл бұрын
I Can- bcuz I was THERE!!
@sharonabbott88077 жыл бұрын
RenegadeCossack I can!!
@gregm.8467 жыл бұрын
I can as well, I was there at THE SOUND FACTORY in Sacto.
@libertyblueskyes25644 жыл бұрын
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.
@G31mR Жыл бұрын
The harmony in this song is mesmerizing.
@cindydufala76464 жыл бұрын
Glad I'm still here. To those who are not...white bird must fly 🕊 Bravo ⚘ on this timeless masterpiece 🎵🎶🎶🎵
@ronbay58735 жыл бұрын
I saw them play at the Diamond Head Crater Festival in Jul 1971, after I got back from Viet Nam!! What a great song !
@kw27563 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service. So glad you made it back to enjoy this great music.
@willis26263 жыл бұрын
One vet to another, war was hell but the music back then was some of the best.
@goldpanner98433 жыл бұрын
thank you
@StellarFella2 жыл бұрын
A horrible war! Thank you for putting up with the ordeal.
@barneyronnie2 жыл бұрын
I was a Fire Support Base Mary Ann much of my 2nd tour; sadly, I'm getting dementia. Welcome Home, Pard!!
@johnterrels1053 жыл бұрын
We were so lucky to live during that ere of music...I was concerned the tunes couldn't get any better....I believe I was right.
@MobilDJ507 жыл бұрын
you would think a live performance of this song would be disappointing given how intricate the music and vocals are. They nailed it.
@robertallen67104 жыл бұрын
...yeah, a little rushed tho'...
@danielj10634 жыл бұрын
They were starving musical students sitting around rainy Seattle These songs were piece of cake for classically trained musicians The rest is ...
@1rainbowmoonchild4 жыл бұрын
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.
@cherylsmith26184 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I thought...but fooled me too
@cherylsmith26184 жыл бұрын
It's a beautiful day mojo
@ChildOfThe1970s4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song, both vocally and instrumentally. And Pattie Santos had a lovely voice, a lovely face, pretty hair, and great legs.
@timjc43444 ай бұрын
Yes she did, on all 4 accounts! (& I bet she was even more beautiful on the “inside”!!!)
@godzillasmotherАй бұрын
One of the finest pieces of music ever recorded
@larynbolinger74092 ай бұрын
Yea, I'm 68 and I remember those lay back, beautiful summer days listening to tunes like this. Wow what happened to this place nowadays.
@miclewis55Ай бұрын
Me too … 69 now . What a perfect time that was . Brings me to tears of frustration sometimes.
@mazs1123Ай бұрын
what happened? You got old and didn't keep up.
@larynbolinger7409Ай бұрын
@mazs1123 yea I got old and still have two drum kits and can still rock. As far as keeping up, keep up with what? Computer music, that's just trying to get around the hard work of actually having to learn how to play something
@mazs1123Ай бұрын
@@larynbolinger7409 so weird that you just happen to think that the music of your youth was the best music--like every other generation. One can continue to love one's music without denigrating the music of other times.
@tarvisponsdebeaumont79413 күн бұрын
@@mazs1123 You're not so smart, do you know? No, of course.
@ChuckDeFuque8 жыл бұрын
I'm at this show! It was fantastic!!! Beautiful girl on my shoulders! 5 ft. from the stage! Joints passing back and forth!!!
@shyman998 жыл бұрын
+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.
@beverleytaillon56008 жыл бұрын
+ChuckDeFuque Your so lucky; wow!
@RaeZoladawn7777 жыл бұрын
cool ty for sharing joints were important back then
@poposaynogo16 жыл бұрын
Are you still at the show? LOL
@TheWhaler326 жыл бұрын
Went to India with David...many talks
@barrysmith892011 ай бұрын
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. 🌹
@mikedickson63823 жыл бұрын
I could not live without music like this!!!!! Thank You to the people with TALENT!!!!!
@ericingham99254 жыл бұрын
The bass, guitar, violin combo is mesmerizing.
@timothyblanton42252 жыл бұрын
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.
@jimshu245 Жыл бұрын
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.
@GrandmaSmith-jn1uy7 ай бұрын
He looks out for you now.
@koshersalaami4 жыл бұрын
This is a surprisingly good live performance. The vocals are about perfect.
@laurelthompson61672 жыл бұрын
yes, they were not weak singers. Live performances with weak singers are often bad.
@kathyschafer32022 жыл бұрын
They are perfection in process...beautiful.
@Blkojo Жыл бұрын
Band dynamics are great. Only "issue" is the guitar is recorded too hot.
@blmrgtr11 ай бұрын
FANTASTIC live performance !!!
@forgetitohio8 жыл бұрын
I heard white bird on the local hippie radio station in 72. bought lp and still listen to it when I want to go back in time. yes I was a hippie.
@caroljohnson20184 жыл бұрын
Hi
@artfernandez71274 жыл бұрын
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"!
@jrussell92224 жыл бұрын
Got my LP at the Hialeah KMart discount rack late 70s.
@richardgreen93934 жыл бұрын
forgetitohio Don’t be a “I was a hippie” be a “I am a hippie” ☮️❤️
@phildelfino46274 жыл бұрын
also from ohio. same here, heard it and bought. great album.
@malidadoedaughterofearth4174 Жыл бұрын
I cannot even describe all that is being reactivated watching these guys and hearing their music. ❤
@arcticwanderer20005 жыл бұрын
I was at this concert. It was a beautiful evening at Tangelwood with It's A Beautiful Day opening for Jethro Tull followed by The Who.
@ibleebinU5 жыл бұрын
GET OUTTA TOWN!
@richardgreen93934 жыл бұрын
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
@michaelworse60344 жыл бұрын
Wow , what a night !
@janmar1004 жыл бұрын
I would have loved to be at that concert!
@brentdelaurentis81144 жыл бұрын
Watching Tull videos is what brought me here
@jimrebr3 жыл бұрын
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!!❤️
@theresabrisbane-ingall23562 жыл бұрын
Yes! Beautiful!
@erniebornheimer2 жыл бұрын
They were also the 1st concert I ever went to
@chrissupport2 жыл бұрын
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).
@jorgeramirezcamarena49042 жыл бұрын
"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 ✌️
@barneyronnie2 жыл бұрын
Did you do any acid before the concert? Those were the days, and how I miss them!!
@PureMadMetal Жыл бұрын
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.
@jeffreymccoy4773 Жыл бұрын
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)
@mr.businessman97904 жыл бұрын
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.
@pleromicpastry54454 жыл бұрын
@@gardenartist2150 Yes, I was going to say "it was prolly the acid, dude"
@dougheywood4004 жыл бұрын
I was at this Tanglewood show!! Thank you so much, whoever recorded and posted it!
@lastnamefirst40352 жыл бұрын
Psychedelics
@barneyronnie2 жыл бұрын
@@dougheywood400 So was I; small 🌎
@mujaku5 жыл бұрын
Remember them at the Fillmore West! Wow, time flies. Holy shit I am in my 70s! Life has been one heck of an adventure.
@barneyronnie2 жыл бұрын
What happened? That's what I wonder at 97 years old🤪
@arthipster5966 Жыл бұрын
I also saw them at the Fillmore West, and am in my 70's. Maybe we were at the same performance!
@parallaxview47 Жыл бұрын
My generation of musicians are slowly slipping away. It's a sad evolution.
@johnadkins75125 ай бұрын
So true
@LeFraudHasChokedInSIXFinals4 ай бұрын
David Crosby :-(
@debmontz5504 жыл бұрын
This is in the top 3 of my list. Can't Find My Way Home and Low Spark of High Boys are the other 2. Makes my heart soar!
@Cream19682 жыл бұрын
You have fine musical taste, and are not alone….😊
@waterdragon49502 жыл бұрын
Somebody To Love
@nmb803 Жыл бұрын
I cannot argue with your choices Deb
@dennybarlau8065 Жыл бұрын
Wow you can't get better than those picks I'm a huge winwood fan
@carolemarino77538 жыл бұрын
I was a white bird then and still am now at66. Music was so inspiring and beautiful in those days. Timeless.
@rogerdudra178Ай бұрын
Greetings from the BIG SKY of Montana. A favorite of mine for decades now.
@charlespatt Жыл бұрын
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.
@mikeschille6503 Жыл бұрын
Brings me back to '68 when I first heard this incredible song. ❤️
@KittyGrizGriz Жыл бұрын
Wow; how cool is that; so lucky!! Love this song.
@MrWildcountry Жыл бұрын
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
@itzawrap4 жыл бұрын
Still one of the best songs ever performed and recorded. So moving.
@tluns810 Жыл бұрын
I woke up one night with this song playing in my head. I had not heard it in decades, but could not get back asleep until I got up and listened to it
@peggylong6395 Жыл бұрын
I wrote up with it playing in my head this morning🤷♀️
@greydinimagicman Жыл бұрын
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.
@KittyGrizGriz Жыл бұрын
Yes; too bad they didn’t get to perform at Woodstock; love them too.
@markanderson14154 ай бұрын
Saw them in Vermillion, SD when I was in college in the early 70s. They were great.
@nathanmoak15155 жыл бұрын
hippie music at it's finest! long live the 60's!
@mfcabrini2 жыл бұрын
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.
@wesparker66246 ай бұрын
And Pattie Santos was 17 or 18 when she started singing with IABD. Such a perfect voice!
@nigelrhodes29935 жыл бұрын
Still got the album....it just does not date..still as good today
@charlesveg5 жыл бұрын
And the album cover is as beautiful as the music. That is a lost art form nowadays. Gone like so much else...
@jsbnewport30645 жыл бұрын
Me too , bought the first one in 72 while in the Army stationed at Ft Sill Oklahoma
@wildbill56705 жыл бұрын
me too. Peace out.
@haroldjurewicz64964 жыл бұрын
@@wildbill5670 Still have the album too!
@dday92574 жыл бұрын
Nigel Rhodes I still have my 8 track tape from back then.Don’t know why they are playing this so fast.
@RDYC4 жыл бұрын
This was one of the rarest and most valuable records in the day. It's A Beautiful Day. It was later re-released .
@0202fabrice4 жыл бұрын
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.
@music1nut4 жыл бұрын
Jake Diamond yes. Rare music.
@michaelworse60344 жыл бұрын
Got my vinyl as a re release in' 79 , when the original copies were about 300 Dollars , if you could find one .
@rebeccasciutto27223 жыл бұрын
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.
@kirksmith38542 жыл бұрын
I have the album along with my other great '70 albums.
@jameslagarce4046Ай бұрын
I'm 74 now and the first time I heard this song I was mesmerized. It has been a beloved staple in my music . Turned mywife on to this band and she is sill a devout follower 55 years later.
@brianhorner83495 жыл бұрын
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.
@patrickqualtiere31343 жыл бұрын
Brian, I couldn't have said any better !! THANK YOU!!!!!!
@mpt25562 жыл бұрын
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!
@brianhorner83492 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@Knards5 жыл бұрын
The beautiful Patti Santos. RIP you were beautiful talented and gracious Celebrate her 12/14/1989
@gregorygibbs95515 жыл бұрын
Do you know how Ms. Santo died? I read that she passed in her 20's somewhere but no cause of death was given.
@j40bob15 жыл бұрын
@@gregorygibbs9551 According to David LaFlamme's site, she died from a car accident.
@gregorygibbs95515 жыл бұрын
j40bob1 Thank you. I am sorry she had such a short life. If they had gone to Woodstock, and she had not been in that accident, ... who knows.
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.
@archangele14 жыл бұрын
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.
@rogermacauley8062 жыл бұрын
Very cool...thank you.
@marsharupe81128 жыл бұрын
Thankfully, back in the day, we had progressive rock radio stations to play us music like this that didn't fit neatly into one genre.
@maggylind77338 жыл бұрын
Thankfully we were alive back when music was at it's greatest!
@catdaddy33028 жыл бұрын
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.
@robbinbazinet48047 жыл бұрын
I requested it on that station bro. From little Rock Clyde Clifford played Bombay calling!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@thamnosma7 жыл бұрын
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.
@thamnosma7 жыл бұрын
Never mind -- I just saw Clyde Clifford's name.
@angelomercure3747 Жыл бұрын
BEAUTIFUL! Thank you for posting!
@crabbyappleton43845 жыл бұрын
So much talent. This song is a classic forever.
@BillGordon-v1n23 күн бұрын
74 I Am. Blessed to have shared this era.
@ChuckDeFuque4 жыл бұрын
I was at this show, they were the opening act. Also on the bill was The Who and Jethro Tull!
@IsaDesOsiers5 жыл бұрын
To have live full version of this iconic song is too fabulous. Thank you Jam& Psych on MV! Here are the lyrics to "White Bird" by It's A Beautiful Day band. Written by husband and wife members, David and Linda LaFlamme from their garret in Seattle when they were very broke: 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…
@theodorealdrichjosephstali73572 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest and least appreciated songs of all time.
@lyndaoakley19674 жыл бұрын
Those were the days! Thanks for transporting me back in time.
@danapeck5382Ай бұрын
50+ years, still transfixed, thanks
@dontaylor73155 жыл бұрын
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.
@davidzornes68634 жыл бұрын
I saw this band as a warm up band for Canned Heat and The James Gang who were the headliners. Great concert....1971.
@davidzornes68634 жыл бұрын
ME TOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
@charlesmoehrke36424 жыл бұрын
I saw this band in Atlanta in 1970 with Quicksilver Messenger Service. Great concert!
@alansmith76264 жыл бұрын
I hate You! LOL Was good times for sure, still are every time I listen we need OUR music station...
@bobe32504 жыл бұрын
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.
@RobRVA3 жыл бұрын
About ten years ago Neil Young played my city and shopped at one of the local record stores. The It’s A Beautiful Day album with this song was his only purchase. It piqued my interest and I wasn’t disappointed, it’s a great album. Needs to be reissued.
@lisawilliams45878 ай бұрын
I watched my husband‘s ashes go into the wind- into the sunshine- he promised he would come back to get me- he loved this song! 🕊️💟
@GayleKazanis2 ай бұрын
Me too after 43 years alone. Since February 😢
@sharonabbott88077 жыл бұрын
I've been looking for this since 1970. it's 2017 what a treat for my brain!!!
@leonmilkowski70216 жыл бұрын
Sharon Abby
@skytop716 жыл бұрын
glad you found it!
@skiendhiu5 жыл бұрын
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....
@goodnsharp4 жыл бұрын
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!
@GregoryWonderwheel4 жыл бұрын
One of the most underrated of bands at the time.
@salcolombo42345 жыл бұрын
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.
@dancingirl119 жыл бұрын
A hauntingly beautiful song.
@deweygill19732 жыл бұрын
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
@WolfDaddy4205 жыл бұрын
Aw man, I love the way David and Patti along with the rest of the band are so exquisitely hang-loose with this one and just roll with it freely like they are riding a gorgeous wave straight up into the ionosphere and then silence. Wonderful performance by a woefully underrated San Francisco band and I thank you kindly for posting...🌹✌
@paulrich42745 жыл бұрын
Thank you KZbin for putting this incredible band and song I had forgotten.
@speedyeg-guitars-playlists48005 жыл бұрын
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 ;-)
@JoyceCopas-n8q7 ай бұрын
Oh yes, made me cry also. What a masterpiece. Still brings on the gut and heart ripping area of my young teen life. This song saved me,,,as did the artist. I feel all of this, always and forever.❤❤❤❤
@mfv20242 жыл бұрын
My first concert! Patti Santos was all aglow on stage-an image that will always be burned into my mind.
@urgdaddy3 жыл бұрын
God Bless music like this and the genius who preserved it. So much history tied up in this music!!!
@charlesking53282 жыл бұрын
My first Big Concert was at the State Fairgrounds in lndianapolis @ The Coliseum "71" Lee Michaels ,It's A Beautiful Day & Frank Zappa & The Mother's ! Went to the record store the next day and got the Beautiful Day album & 8 - track. Feel lucky to have seen them.
@rolffgeoffroyquinn3412 Жыл бұрын
Patty Santos originaria de El Salvador. Aunque no lo creas es muy salvadoreña. Viva El Salvador.
@shawnmcohen5045 Жыл бұрын
Love, love, love this! I remember when it came out and it was mystical and magical then, still is! xx
@mariahooks7972 жыл бұрын
Saw them play live in '68 and they were so beautiful. Great harmonies. Those were fantastic years.
@beckylink Жыл бұрын
RIP David LaFlamme 😢 Thanks for the music❤
@torunit4620 Жыл бұрын
RIP David LaFlamme. Pattie Santos died in a car crash in 1989, now both singers are gone.
@angelgeaninicurto5609 жыл бұрын
All we need is this white bird flying free in our hearts and minds.