Friday Freak-Out: It's A Beautiful Day performing "White Bird" live at the Fillmore, 1971. From the film Fillmore: The Last Days.

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David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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Anonymous

Was that Bill Graham introducing?
Anonymous

I was there. :)

We had just graduated from high school in the Bay Area that spring, and my friends and I wanted to celebrate by going to the Fillmore during the last week. We couldn’t afford to go every night so we checked the scheduled line up and decided to go the night IaBD was scheduled to perform.

Sorry, I can’t remember the rest of the line up that night.
akputney

Just dug the album out from my collection. I know I’d pull it out regularly for about 15 years. Great album art as well. Thanks, David!
Anonymous

Needs more cowbell
passerby

I saw Beautiful Day perform this at the Spectrum In Philadelphia. They opened for Santana. This would be around ’71 or ’72. Good times. Thanks for the reminder.
frankieboy

sweet blast from the past. I always grouped them with Renaissance, same kind of vibe, no?
Anonymous

“Dieses Video enthÃ¤lt Content von SME. Es ist in deinem Land nicht verfÃ¼gbar.”

German Youtube sucks! 6 from 10 viewing attempts on my favourite music-videos end up in this cute message above.
Anonymous

Heard IABD a couple of years ago , they were way hotter than back in the day.
adamnvillani

I remember circa 1990 L.A. radio station KLSX (back when it was a classic rock station) would always let us listeners know that they were playing this song off of DAT. How many commercially-produced pre-recorded DAT cassettes were made available? More or less than the number of pre-recorded Minidiscs?
fyreflye

Believe it or not this band, with numerous personnel changes, is still active and based in Petaluma. CA. I haven’t seen them live but the musician/owner of the local hip record store assures me they do still perform.
damiro

Definitely Bill Graham on the introduction. Great video.
gwailo_joe

Totally. Freaking. Awesome.

the woowoo fauxlectricity video bit was perhaps a little much.

But a groovy time capsule. . .yay musicians!

Fly birdie, fly!
briefer

Amazing. I’ve got the original album from my misspent youth. Some of the best of “underground” rock. Don’t think I ever heard it on Top 40 stations.
InsertFingerHere

Been a fan for a long time, some great sound. Songs I can imagine listening to in an amphitheater somewhere in my later years. So easy-listening but not the forgettable blah of later years.
Anonymous

This makes me wanna dose right now. Yes! Thanks.
franko

groovy! always loved this song.
cometboy

The other act that night was Jethro Tull.
Anonymous

Great work Dave. You’re the master
Anonymous

Great pick. Perfect for a sunny Friday in L.A.
monitorhead

man, it’s awesome to see this group grace boingboing. I grew up listening to this album (thanks to my parents). heh. In fact, I remember my dad in the 80s going to the record shop and purchasing the rare cd at the time. I seem to remember it was in the glass display case up front, and not in the normal racks in the store. how interesting. ahhh the memories.

Friday Freak-Out: It's A Beautiful Day's "White Bird" (1971)

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