David LaFlamme, who infused the psychedelic rock of the 1960s with the plaintive sounds of an electric violin as a founder of It’s a Beautiful Day, the ethereal San Francisco band whose breakout hit, ...

In my first job as a waitress, David Laflamme’s band walked in and played “White Bird.” I thought, “Boy, I have really flown!” The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the ...

Linda LaFlamme, a songwriter and keyboardist who helped found the San Francisco folk-rock band It's a Beautiful Day in 1967 and co-wrote the band's soaring "White Bird," an enduring anthem of the ...