I was thinking of something in a Halloween theme for today’s Sunday Morning Music. But I changed my mind when I realized that after the last year in this country it had become an ironic holiday. Or at least overkill because every day feels like Halloween and at some point on most days I find myself screaming at the sky in horror.
All tricks and no treats.
Why the hell do I want to celebrate that?
So, I’m gonna go in a different direction (note the Chagall print at the top– not scary, right?) and play a song, White Bird, from 1968 from the San Francisco based group, It’s a Beautiful Day. They never achieved the same kind of fame as the other bands– Jefferson Airplane, Santana and the Grateful Dead–who came out of SF’s 1967 Summer of Love. but this song is pretty captivating in tone with it’s soaring violin from David LaFlamme, who re-released a version of the song a decade later under his name. That’s where I first heard the song.
Give a listen and have a good day. And if you hear a blood-curdling scream in the woods around my studio, don’t worry– it’s just another day in Halloween Land.
Redtree Times 
I can’t believe I haven’t this of this song or this group, even though the first two measures of “Incense and Peppermints” will have me screaming Strawberry Alarm Clock!
I love autumn, and Halloween’s still fun for me, and the truth is it’s all treats around here this morning. The Houston Astros are going to the World Series after mowing down the Red Sox and the Yankees, and now they have a chance to deal with the Dodgers — What could be better than that? As a baseball fan, you can imagine the excitement here last night!
As a Yankees fan, I can *only *imagine the excitement! And yet another trick!
But seriously, congrats to the Astros. I had no expectations for the Yanks this year so this playoff run was a bonus and a hint of bigger things to come. The Astros will be severely challenged by the Dodgers but for the folks in your region, I wish them well.
Thanks, that was beautiful…..Margaret
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you!
On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Redtree Times wrote:
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