Tunes For Tuesday – It’s A Beautiful Day “White Bird”
A sample of some obscure – and some maybe not obscure – tunes from my strange and off-the-wall collection.
Today’s selection: It’s A Beautiful Day “White Bird” 1968
Hippies!
A 1967 San Francisco band; their most famous cut was inspired when living in Seattle during winter.
“Where the ‘white bird’ thing came from … We were like caged birds in that attic. We had no money, no transportation, the weather was miserable. We were just barely getting by on a very small food allowance provided to us. It was quite an experience, but it was very creative in a way.“
Nice tune though
The whole album was quite amazing. Very easy to listen to and I still pop in the cd when I’m working around here. If driving that yellow pickup you’d have to insert the 8-track. David Laflamme was the violinist and he was previously employed by Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks which is another creative ensemble of infectious rhythm and joy.
I came across a link to that toon within the past year, after not even thinking about it for about 40 years. Pleasant, somber.
Beautiful song.