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All concerts @ 7:30 pm unless otherwise noted     Doors open at 7:00 pm
Unless otherwise noted, all concerts are held at:

AcousticMusicSanDiego.com
4650 Mansfield Street
San Diego, CA 92116
(619) 303-8176
MAILING ADDRESS: 1205 Buena Vista Avenue ~ Spring Valley, CA 91977
Dinner &
Premium Seat
Eric Andersen - October 4 @7:30
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  • Ron McUne of the BrittFest (Medford OR): "Finally
    after four years, we finally got you here, great show,
    thanks so much for being here."
  • Stage Production Manager BrittFest (Medford OR):
    "First time I've ever seen an opening act sell so
    many CD's!"
  • Steve Reishman/ Bear Concerts-Portland Zoo:
    "Nothing short of a great show! Everybody of every
    age went nuts over your music. 'very professional &
    businesslike to deal with."
  • Michael Macaluso / San Francisco Bay Area
    promoter: THANKS for adding some SUPER
    highlights to the Annual Novato Rock'n Blues By The
    Lake......you guys were absolutely awesome......you
    got the crowd dancing and shakin'.......I'm still in
    shock over how hot you were!!!!!! NEW MEMORIES
    for this old(er) San Francisco fan/promoter!
It's A Beautiful Day is most famous for their song "White Bird", a melancholy ballad that stood out not only for
its memorable vocal melody and "seize the day" message, but also for front man David Laflamme's slow-burning
violin solo. Multiple albums were laced with classic cuts such as
"Hot Summer Day", "Bombay Calling," "Girl
With No Eyes"
, "Wasted Union Blues", "Time Is", "Dolphins", "Misery Loves Company", and many more you'll
remember.

Today, the band performs the music of It's A Beautiful Day along with newer material, moving effortlessly from
an almost folksy sound to ethereal jazz to psychedelic to straight on rock & roll, performing selections from
three new CDs and over seven of their previous albums. The show is enhanced with David Laflamme's delightful
reminiscing of the San Francisco Summer of Love Days and 40 plus years of performing.

The current band boasts the longest continuous lineup of 8 years with 4 of the 6 members going back 25-40 years!
 
David LaFlamme on violin and vocals, Linda LaFlamme vocals, original drummer Val Fuentes, 28 year veteran
Toby Gray on bass, Rob Espinosa on guitar and Gary Thomas on keyboards.
Rows 6 - 18:  $25
Rows 1 - 5:  Dinner Package - $50   (click HERE for details)
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It's A Beautiful Day - October 5 @7:30
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After emerging from the '60s Northeast folk-club circuit, Eric Andersen
began his recording career in 1965 with
Today Is the Highway. His second
album,
'Bout Changes & Things, contained some of his most accomplished
writing, including the highly poetic
"Violets of Dawn," "Thirsty Boots," and
"I Shall Go Unbounded."  In addition to his writing skills, Andersen
featured a flexible tenor voice (he shaded toward a baritone later) and
intricate fingerpicking guitar work. In the late '60s and early '70s, he
experimented with country, pop, and rock music, settling on an
amalgamation by the time of his masterpiece
Blue River in 1972. This was
also his most commercially successful album, but Andersen, like friends
Leonard Cohen and Townes Van Zandt, was always too serious-minded for
the mainstream. In the '70s and '80s, he recorded sporadically while
playing folk clubs around the U.S. and especially in Europe, where he took
up residence. His later material, including 1989's
Ghosts Upon the Road,
recalls his work in the '60s as it ruefully reflects on that decade.
The '90s saw Andersen collaborate with friends like Rick Danko and Jonas Fjeld on Danko/Fjeld/Andersen, as
well as the release of a solo album, 1998's
Memory of the Future; Andersen also oversaw the release of Stages:
The Lost Album
as well as a 1999 reissue of Blue River. You Can't Relive the Past followed early the next year.
Beat Avenue from 2003 was an ambitious double CD while 2004's The Street Was Always There was a nostalgic look
back at the music of the New York Greenwich Village scene of the early to mid-'60s.
Waves from 2005 was
another album of covers, but with broader material. Andersen released
Blue Rain in May 2007 and continues to
tour the world, spending much of his time in Europe.

Eric played at AMSD in October 2004, and his long-overdue return is one we anxiously await.
“Her songwriting has a Dylanesque quality as her tunes burst
with edgy lyrics and poetic imagination. With a knowing eye on
the past,
Eliza Gilkyson is making folk music for the 21st
Century, and it’s a delightful thing to hear.” ~ Austin Chronicle

“Intimate, delicate-voiced and given to musical introspection . . .
her honest voice and understated, life affirming lyrics remain
the core of her songs.” ~ People Magazine

Daughter of songwriter
Terry Gilkyson (“Greenfields,”
“Marianne,” and “Memories Are Made of This,” among many
others), Eliza Gilkyson has the voice of an angel and the
songwriting chops of -- well, her dad, for one. Socially and
politically conscious, many of her songs reflect her views in
those areas. But she's far from being “just” a protest singer.
Songs of love and humor make her an all-around artist.
Eliza Gilkyson - October 25 @7:30
On Sale: TBA
David Laflamme - with the music of.....
Photo:  Knut Vadseth
Rows 5 - 18:  $22
Rows 1 - 4:  Dinner Package - $47   (click HERE for details)
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