It's A Beautiful Day — Don And Dewey
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See, over the air radio? They DID do another song besides "White Bird." You nitwits.
I love this tune.
konz wrote:
You should check out "Child In Time" and "Bombay Calling" from their first LP.
You should check out "Child In Time" and "Bombay Calling" from their first LP.
springof63 wrote:
Check this link for info on the song's origin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I like this.
Just a mention for Deep Purple - Wring That Neck (from 'The Book of Taliesyn' released 1968) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kHFj8eWF4E
I don't know which 'tune' came first or how the 'similarity' came about. But it's definitely there.
I know Zeppelin ripped a load of people off. Never thought Purple were at it too!
(maybe they were, maybe they weren't).
I like both tracks. Maybe you will too.
Just a mention for Deep Purple - Wring That Neck (from 'The Book of Taliesyn' released 1968) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kHFj8eWF4E
I don't know which 'tune' came first or how the 'similarity' came about. But it's definitely there.
I know Zeppelin ripped a load of people off. Never thought Purple were at it too!
(maybe they were, maybe they weren't).
I like both tracks. Maybe you will too.
Check this link for info on the song's origin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I like this.
Just a mention for Deep Purple - Wring That Neck (from 'The Book of Taliesyn' released 1968) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kHFj8eWF4E
I don't know which 'tune' came first or how the 'similarity' came about. But it's definitely there.
I know Zeppelin ripped a load of people off. Never thought Purple were at it too!
(maybe they were, maybe they weren't).
I like both tracks. Maybe you will too.
Just a mention for Deep Purple - Wring That Neck (from 'The Book of Taliesyn' released 1968) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kHFj8eWF4E
I don't know which 'tune' came first or how the 'similarity' came about. But it's definitely there.
I know Zeppelin ripped a load of people off. Never thought Purple were at it too!
(maybe they were, maybe they weren't).
I like both tracks. Maybe you will too.
slaven41 wrote:
Yes. WNEW FM 102.7 NYC used to play them a lot. especially the late night DJ, Allison Steele (Your night bird)!
This is the same outfit that did "White Bird"? Huh.
Yes. WNEW FM 102.7 NYC used to play them a lot. especially the late night DJ, Allison Steele (Your night bird)!
BBoyes wrote:
Cool story. Thank You for sharing it!
They were a great live act when I heard them, in Utah, of all places, at the summer Arts Festival. Some years later I was fortunate to catch David LaFlamme playing in a dive bar and had a chance to chat in the men’s room - while we were both peeing. Turns out he has a history in UT and even played with the Symphony. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_LaFlamme
Cool story. Thank You for sharing it!
ExploitingChaos wrote:
You bet! Chair dancin' here!
we be dancin
You bet! Chair dancin' here!
GREAT TUNE!! Thanx RP! 
paulstrangeway wrote:
Pretty amazing that this is the only post with thumbs down... We should dust off the gallows! lol!
F***ing violin playing hippy rubbish.
Pretty amazing that this is the only post with thumbs down... We should dust off the gallows! lol!
kcar wrote:
= 
= nomnol wrote:
Growing up in the SF Bay Area in the 60s brought us many treasures like this.
Bill, where do you find this stuff? Excellent!
Growing up in the SF Bay Area in the 60s brought us many treasures like this.
Because of this number, I have searched and found a cd from them. After many years a album from It's beautiful Day, al last.
Step into the time machine…
Nice progressive jazz rock fusion. Wonder if Grappelli would be stomping to this?
paulstrangeway wrote:
Ya... ain't it great rubbish though! The kind of rubbish I'd wanna keep. BTW I was one of them back in the day... never really lost that. I do hope you get over the hate stuff.
F***ing violin playing hippy rubbish.
Ya... ain't it great rubbish though! The kind of rubbish I'd wanna keep. BTW I was one of them back in the day... never really lost that. I do hope you get over the hate stuff.
idiot_wind wrote:
I got to see Papa John playing with Hot Tuna in Carnegie Hall in the early 70's. Very cool!
but thats not papa john creech on fiddle
hmmmmmmm
I got to see Papa John playing with Hot Tuna in Carnegie Hall in the early 70's. Very cool!
Superb stuff! Thanks for playing!
That's 1969? Sounds very much like a little jazz / prog rock tune that would have been out in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
It's strange thinking they could have been listening to this while walking around on the moon during Apollo 11, or in a quonset hut during the height of the Vietnam War.
but thats not papa john creech on fiddle
hmmmmmmm
hmmmmmmm
Highlowsel wrote:
The 60's did seem very dramatic to us, with lost leaders, the founding of mass consciousness of the environment, a half million soldiers pursuing a losing imperial war and incredible music. The biggest surprise at the end of the decade was that the supply of Beatles, Byrds, Jimi's, Jims and Janis's, not to mention Martins, Bobbys and Jacks is limited.
did the 60's seem special to y'all?
The 60's did seem very dramatic to us, with lost leaders, the founding of mass consciousness of the environment, a half million soldiers pursuing a losing imperial war and incredible music. The biggest surprise at the end of the decade was that the supply of Beatles, Byrds, Jimi's, Jims and Janis's, not to mention Martins, Bobbys and Jacks is limited.
They were a great live act when I heard them, in Utah, of all places, at the summer Arts Festival. Some years later I was fortunate to catch David LaFlamme playing in a dive bar and had a chance to chat in the men’s room - while we were both peeing. Turns out he has a history in UT and even played with the Symphony. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_LaFlamme
wish I could have seen them performing live........
wow, never heard of them... superb!!
kcar wrote:
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Far out !
= Far out !
only on RP
we be dancin
This is the same outfit that did "White Bird"? Huh.
This was a progressive station staple back in the day. I think it has held up beautifully over the years and brings back so many great memories. Thanks for the tonic, Bill.
A fabulous band that never got the credit it deserved.
Answering FredRiley on the sixties. We knew but we didn't. Only we knew that the music was a revelation that'd stay. We knew.
paulstrangeway wrote:
Huh? Do hippies regularly listen to RP? Oh my! Time to find a new station! Eeeewwwww!
F***ing violin playing hippy rubbish.
Huh? Do hippies regularly listen to RP? Oh my! Time to find a new station! Eeeewwwww!
paulstrangeway wrote:
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F***ing violin playing hippy rubbish.
= F***ing violin playing hippy rubbish.
idiot_wind wrote:
Egads! First world problems.
Egads! This new comment posting template is less functional than the old one.
When was last comment posted? Oh....about 6 months ago, maybe a year, who knows. C'mon, put in the freaking date, like the previous posting template.
Also, can't use mouse to slide the volume slide. It won't budge.
When was last comment posted? Oh....about 6 months ago, maybe a year, who knows. C'mon, put in the freaking date, like the previous posting template.
Also, can't use mouse to slide the volume slide. It won't budge.
Egads! First world problems.
Egads! This new comment posting template is less functional than the old one.
When was last comment posted? Oh....about 6 months ago, maybe a year, who knows. C'mon, put in the freaking date, like the previous posting template.
Also, can't use mouse to slide the volume slide. It won't budge.
When was last comment posted? Oh....about 6 months ago, maybe a year, who knows. C'mon, put in the freaking date, like the previous posting template.
Also, can't use mouse to slide the volume slide. It won't budge.
Outstanding! Play this more! :)
On_The_Beach wrote:
Yes, this is similar to the LP cover I have. Your's is the original cover used for the San Francisco Sound reissue.
This is the original 1970 CBS Vinyl LP cover.
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Upon further investigation, the cover used in the song listing is from European reissues of the 1980's. Don't know where the artwork originated from. It was used for awhile and then reverted to the original.
Hmm, this is the cover I remember:
Yes, this is similar to the LP cover I have. Your's is the original cover used for the San Francisco Sound reissue.
This is the original 1970 CBS Vinyl LP cover.
Upon further investigation, the cover used in the song listing is from European reissues of the 1980's. Don't know where the artwork originated from. It was used for awhile and then reverted to the original.
RedTruk wrote:
Yeah, never thought that, but definitely. And then there is DP's Child In Time and Bombay Calling from IABD's first album. Always did wonder about those two.
Nonetheless love these four songs by both artists.
This is an old Deep Purple song - Hard Road (European albums called it Wring That Neck) from their Book of Taliesyn album of Dec 1968 when Ritchie Blackmore was still playing lead. I wonder what the relationship was between It's A Beautiful Day and Deep Purple? And Don & Dewey, 50/60's California duo, for that matter? https://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=14110
Yeah, never thought that, but definitely. And then there is DP's Child In Time and Bombay Calling from IABD's first album. Always did wonder about those two.
Nonetheless love these four songs by both artists.
On_The_Beach wrote:
Hey beach, That;s a helluva memory you have.
Hmm, this is the cover I remember:
Hey beach, That;s a helluva memory you have.
Hmm, this is the cover I remember:
fredriley wrote:
I was but a kid knee-high to a cricket in the 60s, but have gone out with more mature women who lived through the decade, and they've told me that it was pretty much like any other decade until it had passed then got the label "the 60s". True, there were major évènements in the era both sides of the Pond, but did people believe that they were living through a special era that would be in/famously immortalised? Perhaps some of the older denizens of this board could answer that question...?
Ah yes...every generation likes to think their young adult years...and even NOT so young adult years (heh), were some sort of special. Stand back away from that self-centered indulgent thinking and you can see they're....not? It's all just a point of view. Add the benefit of some time and the point of view equalizes out along the line of your mature women. Time is the great leveler of each and every one of us. But even so every generation has certain moments that define them, for better and, god help us, for worse. The best of those times is reflected in music like this. And reflected in other fashions, too.
Sociological forces powered by the unfettered mind of a large cohort of young people did change society in fundamental sense(you can read into THAT statement anything you like - heh). From technological developments you even now reap the benefits of, to the less technologically elegant and hideous styles of (disco) clothing, ethics and thought, some of which thank god were relegated to the trash can. There were some things brewing back then, especially in politics. I've seen those forces burble up from time to time ever since that era. It's always surprising, sometimes better and other times not so much. Regardless, they're always motivating. And almost always the forces emerge from the province of the young. It's a good thing, too. Imagine a society dominated by an ossified elderly mind closed off to those energizing forces. Why....then you'd have....Trump?
And here's the irony for my generation. If the Clintonistas were a reflection of our generations (purported) best instincts the Great Liar (as I call Trump) represents the worst of our carnal Huge Hefner playboy corporate aspirations. Yin/Yang. And life rolls regardless.
Sorry for being long-winded...
Highlow
American Net'Zen
I was but a kid knee-high to a cricket in the 60s, but have gone out with more mature women who lived through the decade, and they've told me that it was pretty much like any other decade until it had passed then got the label "the 60s". True, there were major évènements in the era both sides of the Pond, but did people believe that they were living through a special era that would be in/famously immortalised? Perhaps some of the older denizens of this board could answer that question...?Ah yes...every generation likes to think their young adult years...and even NOT so young adult years (heh), were some sort of special. Stand back away from that self-centered indulgent thinking and you can see they're....not? It's all just a point of view. Add the benefit of some time and the point of view equalizes out along the line of your mature women.
Time is the great leveler of each and every one of us. But even so every generation has certain moments that define them, for better and, god help us, for worse. The best of those times is reflected in music like this. And reflected in other fashions, too. Sociological forces powered by the unfettered mind of a large cohort of young people did change society in fundamental sense(you can read into THAT statement anything you like - heh). From technological developments you even now reap the benefits of, to the less technologically elegant and hideous styles of (disco) clothing, ethics and thought, some of which thank god were relegated to the trash can. There were some things brewing back then, especially in politics. I've seen those forces burble up from time to time ever since that era. It's always surprising, sometimes better and other times not so much. Regardless, they're always motivating. And almost always the forces emerge from the province of the young. It's a good thing, too. Imagine a society dominated by an ossified elderly mind closed off to those energizing forces. Why....then you'd have....Trump?
And here's the irony for my generation. If the Clintonistas were a reflection of our generations (purported) best instincts the Great Liar (as I call Trump) represents the worst of our carnal Huge Hefner playboy corporate aspirations. Yin/Yang. And life rolls regardless.
Sorry for being long-winded...
Highlow
American Net'Zen
STILL ZESTY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS !DUUUUUUUUDE! Thanks for motivating me to get off my ass, put on my glasses, and find this incredible LP that had gone missing on my stax-o'-wax!
Evidently it has sat for some years misfiled under the name "Marrying Maiden" when it correctly belongs snuggled up with, as it were, my Incredible String Band LP's, in the "i'" section right between Isaac Hayes and The J Geils Band, keeping the world in its eternal balance of yin and yang. Somewhere in this Bearcave there's a copy of It's A Beautiful Day, their eponymous first album too that's eluding capture...
Those and David LaFlamme's solo "White Bird" LP make a tasty sam'wich of early psychedelia that're just good enough to eat!
Evidently it has sat for some years misfiled under the name "Marrying Maiden" when it correctly belongs snuggled up with, as it were, my Incredible String Band LP's, in the "i'" section right between Isaac Hayes and The J Geils Band, keeping the world in its eternal balance of yin and yang. Somewhere in this Bearcave there's a copy of It's A Beautiful Day, their eponymous first album too that's eluding capture...
Those and David LaFlamme's solo "White Bird" LP make a tasty sam'wich of early psychedelia that're just good enough to eat!
nomnol wrote:
IN MY BOOK!
Bill, where do you find this stuff? Excellent!
He is THE BEST! IN MY BOOK! Bill, where do you find this stuff? Excellent!
very good
Some sweet playing.
RedTruk wrote:
Thanks RedTruk! it's got that Blackmore vibe man : )
This is an old Deep Purple song - Hard Road (European albums called it Wring That Neck) from their Book of Taliesyn album of Dec 1968 when Ritchie Blackmore was still playing lead. I wonder what the relationship was between It's A Beautiful Day and Deep Purple? And Don & Dewey, 50/60's California duo, for that matter? https://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=14110
Thanks RedTruk! it's got that Blackmore vibe man : )
Good way to describe it.
Sloggydog wrote:
Sloggydog wrote:
This is freakin cool
Once saw this band open up for Nazareth.
They started with "white bird" song and were pretty much got booed off stage.
"Now your're messing with a son of ...".
They started with "white bird" song and were pretty much got booed off stage.
"Now your're messing with a son of ...".
fredriley wrote:
I was but a kid knee-high to a cricket in the 60s, but have gone out with more mature women who lived through the decade, and they've told me that it was pretty much like any other decade until it had passed then got the label "the 60s". True, there were major évènements in the era both sides of the Pond, but did people believe that they were living through a special era that would be in/famously immortalised? Perhaps some of the older denizens of this board could answer that question...?
Those "mature" women weren't the philosophical types...
Yeah, think about it. THE PILL was the revolution.
What type of woman has 4, 5, 6+ kids these days. Nasty, politically incorrect comment could follow but I don't want to stray from the music forum.
I was but a kid knee-high to a cricket in the 60s, but have gone out with more mature women who lived through the decade, and they've told me that it was pretty much like any other decade until it had passed then got the label "the 60s". True, there were major évènements in the era both sides of the Pond, but did people believe that they were living through a special era that would be in/famously immortalised? Perhaps some of the older denizens of this board could answer that question...?Those "mature" women weren't the philosophical types...
Yeah, think about it. THE PILL was the revolution.
What type of woman has 4, 5, 6+ kids these days. Nasty, politically incorrect comment could follow but I don't want to stray from the music forum.
now that's some good ol fine jammin..
Excellent, never heard this before.
Yeee...Haaa. Saddle up!
Johnny_Wave wrote:
you thinking gangsta crap is better?...............or maybe the canned crap from the mainstream shlocks......
Maybe if it were still 1970 this might be OK, but it's 40 years too late. Enough already
you thinking gangsta crap is better?...............or maybe the canned crap from the mainstream shlocks......
nice treat, . David in fine form......This is an old Deep Purple song - Hard Road (European albums called it Wring That Neck) from their Book of Taliesyn album of Dec 1968 when Ritchie Blackmore was still playing lead. I wonder what the relationship was between It's A Beautiful Day and Deep Purple? And Don & Dewey, 50/60's California duo, for that matter? https://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=14110
fredriley wrote:
I was but a kid knee-high to a cricket in the 60s, but have gone out with more mature women who lived through the decade, and they've told me that it was pretty much like any other decade until it had passed then got the label "the 60s". True, there were major évènements in the era both sides of the Pond, but did people believe that they were living through a special era that would be in/famously immortalised? Perhaps some of the older denizens of this board could answer that question...?
I can speak only for myself and for my milieu, which was San Francisco, but, yes, we knew something special was happening. All you had to do was step foot on Haight Street (before the hard drugs took it down), and you knew. The music scene was like something you'd never heard; the plastic arts were simply explosive; literature ditto. How could you not feel you were part of something important?
I was but a kid knee-high to a cricket in the 60s, but have gone out with more mature women who lived through the decade, and they've told me that it was pretty much like any other decade until it had passed then got the label "the 60s". True, there were major évènements in the era both sides of the Pond, but did people believe that they were living through a special era that would be in/famously immortalised? Perhaps some of the older denizens of this board could answer that question...?I can speak only for myself and for my milieu, which was San Francisco, but, yes, we knew something special was happening. All you had to do was step foot on Haight Street (before the hard drugs took it down), and you knew. The music scene was like something you'd never heard; the plastic arts were simply explosive; literature ditto. How could you not feel you were part of something important?
Frater_Kork wrote:
Well, you definitely beat me to that, man.
Feeling more than a little Grappelli in this one. =)
Well, you definitely beat me to that, man.
fredriley wrote:
I was but a kid knee-high to a cricket in the 60s, but have gone out with more mature women who lived through the decade, and they've told me that it was pretty much like any other decade until it had passed then got the label "the 60s". True, there were major évènements in the era both sides of the Pond, but did people believe that they were living through a special era that would be in/famously immortalised? Perhaps some of the older denizens of this board could answer that question...?
I was but a kid knee-high to a cricket in the 60s, but have gone out with more mature women who lived through the decade, and they've told me that it was pretty much like any other decade until it had passed then got the label "the 60s". True, there were major évènements in the era both sides of the Pond, but did people believe that they were living through a special era that would be in/famously immortalised? Perhaps some of the older denizens of this board could answer that question...?
You talking to me? You talking to ME? Sorry, just hard of hearing.
Well, I did go to the same school as Keef, saw the Who when they were the butt of jokes, The Small Faces, also Cliff Richards (!). rode a scooter and lived near Brands Hatch. Went to many Trad Jazz clubs, pubs mainly, Chislehurst Caves for the concerts and read the NME front to back weekly. Felt privileged, since my background was distinctly blue collar. I was in Toronto when Woodstock was about to happen and 2 American friends were going down, but I couldn't be bothered - went to Yorkville to see Gordon Lightfoot play instead.
I did go to Greenwich village later that year and was unimpressed.
Did I know that it was going to become know as an infamous decade?
Of course not.
johnjconn wrote:
I was but a kid knee-high to a cricket in the 60s, but have gone out with more mature women who lived through the decade, and they've told me that it was pretty much like any other decade until it had passed then got the label "the 60s". True, there were major évènements in the era both sides of the Pond, but did people believe that they were living through a special era that would be in/famously immortalised? Perhaps some of the older denizens of this board could answer that question...?
Ahhhh , the 60's
If I could remember it, I'd probably speak highly of it.
I was but a kid knee-high to a cricket in the 60s, but have gone out with more mature women who lived through the decade, and they've told me that it was pretty much like any other decade until it had passed then got the label "the 60s". True, there were major évènements in the era both sides of the Pond, but did people believe that they were living through a special era that would be in/famously immortalised? Perhaps some of the older denizens of this board could answer that question...? 
Frater_Kork wrote:
Absolutely. I always thought that a 'little Django' would have been nice as well. A wonderful band nevertheless.
Feeling more than a little Grappelli in this one. =)
Absolutely. I always thought that a 'little Django' would have been nice as well. A wonderful band nevertheless.
Very snazzy!
Throwback!!!! I have this on vinyl!
This is freakin cool
unclehud wrote:
How about music by Bach, Puccini, Cage, Coltrane, or Elvis? How about books over 40? Buildings over 40? People over 40? Enough already.
Some stuff still seems vibrant and relevant years later, some does not. This tune is okay, but it is heavily dated (which is fine) and it isn't quite Bach or Coltrane. Do you really listen to John Cage - does anyone?
How about music by Bach, Puccini, Cage, Coltrane, or Elvis? How about books over 40? Buildings over 40? People over 40? Enough already.
Some stuff still seems vibrant and relevant years later, some does not. This tune is okay, but it is heavily dated (which is fine) and it isn't quite Bach or Coltrane. Do you really listen to John Cage - does anyone?
RonBraithwaite wrote:
If RP has taught us anything, it's that good music is good music....age doesn't matter.
It's A Beautiful Day is one of my all-time favorite bands and this is probably my favorite song from their second album. I wore out three copies of their first album.
And I'm not a complete fuddy-duddy. I like Daft Punk, Radiohead, Porcupine Tree, et.al. But just because a song is more than 40 years old doesn't mean that it is no longer beautiful.
And I'm not a complete fuddy-duddy. I like Daft Punk, Radiohead, Porcupine Tree, et.al. But just because a song is more than 40 years old doesn't mean that it is no longer beautiful.
If RP has taught us anything, it's that good music is good music....age doesn't matter.
johnjconn wrote:
Good one!!!!
Ahhhh , the 60's
If I could remember it, I'd probably speak highly of it.
Good one!!!!
This is so good. Stopped working to listen. Wow.
More from the magically musical year of 1969
These guys were the sh#t in the 60's - earlyt 70's. Remember "White Bird"? Yup. Its a Beautiful Day....once again RP pleases when it surprises...
Nice call. I haven't heard these guys in forever.
Don't know what to think of this. I will flag it as a 6 for now.
Feeling more than a little Grappelli in this one. =)
Wow, heavy man, heavy. Back when music was more than music, it was COSMIC, know what I mean? Just kidding. But seriously, really, really good stuff, they don't make cars like they used to(thank goodness), but I wish more music was made like this stuff, karma filled joy.If you really like this song, you should buy the album, The Dolphin is one of my fav's as well, and was covered much later by Gove Scrivenor on his album from a few years back. Man oh man, life was good back then, life's still good, and I really believe in spite of all of the naysayers and end of the worlders out there, that it will be a good life in the future. You just gotta keep your focus, keep smilin, no matter what.
Tune has soul 
I dig.
Johnny_Wave wrote:
How about music by Bach, Puccini, Cage, Coltrane, or Elvis? How about books over 40? Buildings over 40? People over 40? Enough already.
Maybe if it were still 1970 this might be OK, but it's 40 years too late. Enough already
How about music by Bach, Puccini, Cage, Coltrane, or Elvis? How about books over 40? Buildings over 40? People over 40? Enough already.
It's A Beautiful Day is one of my all-time favorite bands and this is probably my favorite song from their second album. I wore out three copies of their first album.
And I'm not a complete fuddy-duddy. I like Daft Punk, Radiohead, Porcupine Tree, et.al. But just because a song is more than 40 years old doesn't mean that it is no longer beautiful.
And I'm not a complete fuddy-duddy. I like Daft Punk, Radiohead, Porcupine Tree, et.al. But just because a song is more than 40 years old doesn't mean that it is no longer beautiful.
Cool song.
Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:
I'm in my 30's, and the 1960's were before I was born. That's a long time ago.
Dude, you really missed out.
I'm in my 30's, and the 1960's were before I was born. That's a long time ago.
Dude, you really missed out.
Johnny_Wave wrote:
Speak for yourself. I like this just as much now as I did then. You evidently could not be bothered to explain how the context of 2010 has changed your opinion from 1970. How old are you, anyway?
Maybe if it were still 1970 this might be OK, but it's 40 years too late. Enough already
Speak for yourself. I like this just as much now as I did then. You evidently could not be bothered to explain how the context of 2010 has changed your opinion from 1970. How old are you, anyway?
Maybe if it were still 1970 this might be OK, but it's 40 years too late. Enough already
Foot. Won't. Stop. Tapping. The only other song I've ever heard by these folks is "White Bird." What a departure "Don And Dewey" is! I'm lovin' it...
Saw these guys in 1970 at the Bath Festival. Their set was awesome and I bought "Marrying Maiden" as soon as I got back to London. I lost the LP about 20 years ago along with a lot of others from that period so this was a very welcome refresher.
For reasons that are beyond me, this reminds me of "Whistlin' Past The Graveyard" by Tom Waits (off Blue Valentines). That album is from 78, a good 8 years after It's a Beautiful Day recorded "Don and Dewey".
No idea why.
Am I going mad?
No idea why.
Am I going mad?
I considered myself a fan of these guys back in the day — yes, a long time ago, why don't you rub it in, AgentOrange— and I've never heard this track. Thanks for playing it, Bill. And the segue to the following track, Embryonic Journey by Jefferson Airplane, was flawless. Bravo.
Haven't heard this since it came out in 1970—nice!
Gryn wrote:
I'm in my 30's, and the 1960's were before I was born. That's a long time ago.
An amazing long time ago?
Only to those under 20.
Some people know the 1960's weren't that long ago.
Only to those under 20.
Some people know the 1960's weren't that long ago.
I'm in my 30's, and the 1960's were before I was born. That's a long time ago.
One of the best bands of the era. So fun to see them live. Deserves way higher rating!
Christmas Eve and I'm busy working my ass off to get stuff done so I can put work to rest for the next two days. Man, THIS is the sort of thing that you only get on Radio Paradise to make that whole process go SO much better.
I bet Huey and Louie are feeling a bit left out.
Havent heard this for a very long time!! Thanks RP!!
Otomi wrote:
Seems like yesterday, eh?
It wasn't?
Seems like yesterday, eh?
It wasn't?
I'm upping this from an 8 to a 9. Sweeeeet!
Have loved this song since the days of "underground" radio. I uploaded it twice and it got rejected both times, glad Rebecca finally came around.
Gryn wrote:
Seems like yesterday, eh?
An amazing long time ago?
Only to those under 20.
Some people know the 1960's weren't that long ago.
Only to those under 20.
Some people know the 1960's weren't that long ago.
Seems like yesterday, eh?
Still love this song and like hearing it on regular basis. It still stands up, especially if you love good fiddlin'.
I just love this song and this group. One of the few oldies i have in my collection.
An amazing long time ago?
Only to those under 20.
Some people know the 1960's weren't that long ago.
Only to those under 20.
Some people know the 1960's weren't that long ago.
rscherm wrote:
so-so? , thats a damn nice so-so
A profound experience at the time, but the 30-something years since have brought so much ecclectic innovation that this is left sounding so-so.
so-so? , thats a damn nice so-so
Ahhhhhhhh, yes.
I loved this song/album then (when it came out), and I love it now.
Woo-hoo! What a wondrous piece of fiddling!
Yes! Yes! 
love love love! thanks bill...dig the playlist tonite~
Nice old song from the past. I used to listen to this on one of my old records, but I just dont remember wich one. A collection I think...
It's a beautiful listening! 
rscherm wrote:
A profound experience at the time, but the 30-something years since have brought so much ecclectic innovation that this is left sounding so-so.
Hey, can I have your old LPs?
WOW - major flashback - thanks, Bill!! Raoule wrote: IFF
damn...where'd Alice and the Dormouse wander off to now...
Zoiks! Acid flashback, indeed! Nice to hear the LaFlammes are back in the fold. I saw the remnants of the original lineup open for Bruce Springsteen circa 1972-73. God, they were awful!! 
Saw David & Linda LaFlamme last month w/ Tom Constanten on keyboards.. Opened with "Don and Dewey"! ..real professionals, tight and hard working, enjoyed them quite a bit, very nice vibe.. I think the 72-73 band that so disappointed you may have already lost their heart and soul?
IFF
damn...where'd Alice and the Dormouse wander off to now...
Yawn.
ThePoose wrote:
Sounds as if Bill is fiddling around again. Who's next? Jean-Luc Ponty playing with Uncle Frank?
Pretty please??
Sounds as if Bill is fiddling around again. Who's next? Jean-Luc Ponty playing with Uncle Frank?
Phenomenal.
This song brings a flood of memorys. '69 VW van travaling across the U.S. with my hippi parents when I was but 13. Family reunions in visalia.
Play some Quicksilver Messenger Service & Country Joe and the Fish and warm up my casket for me...I'm going out dancin'
springof63 wrote:I like this.
Just a mention for Deep Purple - Wring That Neck (from 'The Book of Taliesyn' released 1968) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kHFj8eWF4E
I don't know which 'tune' came first or how the 'similarity' came about. But it's definitely there.
I know Zeppelin ripped a load of people off. Never thought Purple were at it too!
(maybe they were, maybe they weren't).
I like both tracks. Maybe you will too.
konz wrote:
Check this link for info on the song's origin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Fascinating! Thanks for that, i would never have known if it weren't for Radio Paradise and the army of listening music aficionados it attracts, including yourself.