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Show ; the Bisw music BY STEVE POULSON Entertainment Writer Beautiful Day and Youngbloods Tape Head Co. will present It's i; a Beautiful Day and The Young-bloods, Young-bloods, two of the most original and talented bands playing pro- gressive' music, Saturday night at ',' the Terrace. i It's a Beautiful Day began in , 1967 when violinist David La Flam me split from the Utah Symphony to seek his fortune in ' the electric maze of San Fran-'( Fran-'( Cisco. LaFlamme, who also sings '4 and writes music, eventually j. found an organist, a female voca-j; voca-j; list, a drummer, a guitarist and a t bass player to fit his unheard of concept of music, i A blend of classical, folk and ' rock, the sum of their music is greater than its parts. Without any stylistic guidelines, the group is free to experiment. It's a Beautiful Beauti-ful Day's first album, which was released last summer, is a masterpiece. master-piece. "One of the least fashionable and most talented pop groups around is the Youngbloods," so says the N.Y. Times. The Youngbloods had been in hibernation for over a year, having regrouped as a trio and relocating to San Francisco from New York. When they finally emerged, it was with their latest LP, "Elephant Mountain"-one of the year's most uniquely beautiful albums. The nucleus of the group is Jesse Colin Young-the singer and bass player responsible for the continued on page 6 the new musi continued from page 5 Youngblood's soft-spoken and lyrical vocals. Joe Bauer, the group's drummer, drum-mer, was originally conned into his position while looking for work as a jazz drummer. He discovered, dis-covered, however, that their music had evolved into something he could no longer pigeon-hole as rock and roll, and became totally interested in the possibilities for development. A freak named Banana is responsible re-sponsible for the Youngblood's in-genius in-genius musical patterns. A onetime one-time classical pianist, he has mastered mas-tered guitar and bluegrass banjo as well. The Youngbloods will slip from rock into jazz, blues, fc and classical music wife, ing the slightest bit ,t able. They have n sound to them, desafe. that "makes you happ, concert is a must. Record reiiti "Fathers and Sons'i Blues freaks rejoice! i happened: the giantsof: world managed to tot in Chicago, 111. and rent cord albums. Partly i partly spontaneous, I: ment was surprisingly t The group includes suchr. Muddy Waters, Mike t Paul Butterfield.Budiyl What else can be said? |
