RIP David LaFlamme of It’s A Beautiful Day

[vinyldavid]

Well, another great has left us.

David LaFlamme, Leader of San Francisco’s It’s a Beautiful Day, Dies - Best Classic Bands

Formed in 1967, the band, led by violinist/singer LaFlamme, was a regular attraction at the Fillmore and other San Francisco venues.

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David LaFlamme and company formed one of the most inventive and consistently fresh sounding groups to come out of San Francisco. Sounding unlike anything that came before or after, their debut album has aged incredibly well and was one of the earliest good sounding rock recordings.

Spin your It’s A Beautiful Day albums tonight!

 

[Ilikevinyl]

Sad to hear. I'll spin my copy next!

 

[spicer]

My favorite was the album Marrying Maiden. Good and good music all around, very versatile group, talented indeed, good recording.

 

[Ilikevinyl]

Favorite tune by the group.

 

[DeadRock]

Funny...and true...I was just resorting some of my records and that was one of 'em...RIP Dude

 

[Ilikevinyl]

It's A Beautiful Day / It's A Beautiful Day
1969 Columbia

 

[ETLS]

RIP and thank you for sharing your talents with the world.

 

[meggy]

RIP

 

[SteveLeB]

First time I saw It's a Beautiful Day was in summer of 69 at the New Orleans Pop Festival. I believe it was their second performance, when a biker jumped on the stage a punched him in the face. I didn't know what was going on. What a sad day after that happened.

 

[CSCHOEN]

Will spin "Hot Summer Day" today, as it is in the mid-90's right now...

 

[Pio1980]

Liked them a lot.
Local connection to a circle that overlapped mine in SLC, I chatted once with the producer/engineer of Marrying Maiden at the Railroad Exchange bar in SLC about its SQ quite by chance.