Talk:David LaFlamme

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I started this page, but I intend to do more work on it --Blue Tie 02:40, 11 March 2007 (UTC) July 15,2009 I don't remember exactly what year it was it was somewhere betweeen 68/69 perhaps I saw It's a Beautiful Day in concert at Long Beach California. I tend to recall that on the same billing was "Canned Heat" & "Hot Tuna" i was 11 or 12 at the time. David is my cousin his Mom was my Grandfather's older sister.and I had the rare privelege and opportunity to go backstage and meet David's band members and friends. what an experience, thanks David!!! His Mother Norma was always so proud of David and as family we were staunchly loyal buying up his albums and listening with an extra special feeling of pride. to this day the album "its a beautiful day" with the timeless "White Bird" is among my all time favorites, the haunting melody and lyrics of "girl with no eyes", "Bombay calling" and "Time is" to me are quinticential representations of the 60's music experience. We had heard taht David had also appeared in a touring company of sound of Music? Keep Rockin David!, your cousin, Chris. ( Joe and Gloria's son, cjens909@hotmail.com) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.12.14.211 (talk) 02:27, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Just throwing this out there. David LaFlamme is my great uncle, and his name is not, in fact, Gary Posie. He made this up as a joke in an interview and it caught on as a rumor. While I think that this is hilarious, it might be better to remove the "born as" part of the first sentence of this article. 172.58.62.151 (talk) 21:10, 9 November 2020 (UTC)Ethan
 * Unless you have a reliable 3rd party source for the info that can be cited it has to remain unchanged. If you know of an interview or other source for the info please feel free to post a link or do the edit yourself. THX1136 (talk) 23:59, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * There is no evidence or proof I can find that "Gary Posie" is anything but a spurious connotation, along the lines of what Ethan states above. The 1950 LDS Church Census lists a "David Gordon Laflamme" living in Salt Lake City, Utah. His birth date is given as 1941, and his birthplace indicates New Britain, Connecticut. He is living with his mother and two younger siblings, all using the surname Laflamme. This should be all the evidence any objective person would need to strike that dubious adjunct, which I'll gladly do (barring something concrete showing its validity otherwise). Socalville (talk) 10:23, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * This is unrelated to what you wrote. John DiLiberto, host of an FM radio program entitled Echoes, told this story about It's a Beautiful Day. In 1969, the producers of the Woodstock Festival asked Bill Graham, owner of the Fillmore East and Fillmore West, to recommend a upcoming group to play at the festival. Graham suggested two: It's a Beautiful Day and Santana. The Woodstock folks chose Santana. I don't know where Echoes is produced, but it is aired on WXPN-FM, the University of Pennsylvania radio station. 2601:49:4300:8670:28CA:6826:EACE:6BEA (talk) 05:18, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

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"THE violin soloist for the Utah Symphony"?
Re: "...''eventually he [LaFlamme] became the violin soloist for the Utah Symphony Orchestra."'

This sounds extremely dubious. I've never heard of such a position. The solo violin part in violin concertos are generally played by touring concert violinists who are not affiliated with any particular orchestra. Brief solo violin passages in other orchestral music are generally played by the concert master (or concert mistress). The concert master is the first-chair first violinist. If the editor who wrote the above bit meant that LaFlamme was the concert master of the Utah Symphony Orchestra, that's what he should have written. Apparently LaFlamme was not the concert master of this (or any other) orchestra, however. The linked LaFlamme interview includes this passage: "I was determined to stay there [in San Francisco] and make a life for myself. I didn’t have anything more back in Salt Lake City really that I was interested in getting involved with. There had been a lot of interest in me becoming a member of the Utah Symphony there. I had played with the Symphony again I had won a couple of different competitions and because of the competitions I was invited to play with the Symphony as a soloist." In other words, LaFlamme had apparently won a one-time chance to perform as a soloist in a special concert featuring young local talent. Such contests are common in cities across the country, and they generally don't result in immediate permanent employment of any kind with the orchestra in question. TheScotch (talk) 07:32, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Stub expanded
David LaFlamme most certainly deserves a wiki page of his own. He is the founder, chief songwriter and longstanding leader of the band It's a Beautiful Day, one of the most cutting edge and popular groups to emerge from the "San Francisco scene" in the 60's, and has run that outfit along with the David LaFlamme Band for 50+ years. I have added additional historical information, plus discography data and one additional interview reference to fill out his story more. Socalville (talk) 22:34, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Death?
Hal Wagenet, IABD's lead guitarist for most of its existence, posted on his FB page that David had died at age 82 on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. So far it's been confirmed by the website bestclassicbands.com but I've not seen it anywhere else.Maccb (talk) 17:53, 8 August 2023 (UTC)


 * The Washington Post has now reported it also. So has Euro ES Euro. So that's in addition to David's niece Chantelle LaFlamme and former group member Hal Wagenet on their Facebook pages. Someone keeps changing David's death date back to the 6th, when all accounts so far indicate the 7th. I'll try to change this again, as so far I see no evidence Mr. LaFlamme died on anything but that date. Socalville (talk) 23:25, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much, Socalville! I heartily agree w/ Mon Aug 7th -- that's also what both  cited references claim (cf. Best Classic Bands and The Washington Post) so now the article is consistent with the reputable sources. WhackTheWiki (talk) 14:30, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, they're back -- the change in dates on the Wiki to Aug 6th -- but that now looks legit -- WaPo now [Sat 12-Aug-2023, fetch 5:30 AM PDT] says "An earlier version of this obituary gave the incorrect date of death for David LaFlamme. He died Aug. 6, not Aug. 7. The obituary has been corrected." And Best Classic Bands reference now has "His passing yesterday (Aug. 6, 2023) was confirmed". WhackTheWiki (talk) 12:37, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Excellent Socalville (talk) 19:51, 12 August 2023 (UTC)