tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380084716739328494.post3703375997174898573..comments2024-03-28T21:05:03.743+02:00Comments on Plain and Fancy: Day Blindness - Day Blindness (1969 us, terrific heavy acid psych)Marioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11521078254326011558noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380084716739328494.post-79272644543682244532023-09-15T11:20:59.067+03:002023-09-15T11:20:59.067+03:00Personal thanks for this beautiful album - it rema...Personal thanks for this beautiful album - it remains me UTHER PENDRAGON in style which I love (and which I have from Your blog) !Adam Ostrogothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195280072866593510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380084716739328494.post-4959083568148579172021-09-23T03:52:03.847+03:002021-09-23T03:52:03.847+03:00ThanksThanksCarlos Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961294949426361371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380084716739328494.post-16313028052438785242015-01-04T01:39:23.439+02:002015-01-04T01:39:23.439+02:00Link dead,thanks for repost this beauty.Too many s...Link dead,thanks for repost this beauty.Too many stuff and not enough time?chicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05624714852771791980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380084716739328494.post-23019748083566356092012-08-20T19:48:42.663+03:002012-08-20T19:48:42.663+03:00thanks a lot marios.Cheersthanks a lot marios.Cheersjuan manuel muñozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685330381281868623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380084716739328494.post-87402886521413263492012-08-19T21:29:48.093+03:002012-08-19T21:29:48.093+03:00Ah, there is much disagreement as to the fate of G...Ah, there is much disagreement as to the fate of Gary Pihl, but that only adds flavor,in search for info on this topic ...Guitarist Gary Pihl later joined Sammy Hagar's band 1977' and stayed until 1984 when Tom Scholz of Boston asked him to join the band and stayed on the remaining albums this band.<br /><br />Marios Thanks again for sharing your collection...I greet!<br />Adam.adamus67https://www.blogger.com/profile/07035959023698485029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380084716739328494.post-56193425105406980392012-08-19T21:06:18.470+03:002012-08-19T21:06:18.470+03:00This very obscure & classic album created by t...This very obscure & classic album created by the San Francisco psychedelic band Day Blindness in 1969 features driving guitars & crunching organ. Long jams sum up their music, which shows influences of both Iron Butterfly & The Doors.<br /><br />In the wake commercial successes enjoyed by San Francisco-based bands such as Country Joe and the Fish, The Grateful Dead and The Jefferson Airplane, big and small record labels went into a corporate feeding frenzy, determined to find another act that could bolster their profit and loss statements. As you'd expect, the results of their search were mixed, with lots of marginal acts getting a brief shot at the spotlight. <br />One of the bands that apparently benefited from that corporate talent search was Day Blindness. Singer/keyboardist Felix Bria, drummer Dave Mitchell and guitarist Gary Pihl started out in 1967. Within a year they'd made a minor name for themselves on the city's club circuit, where they became fairly regular performances at Bill Graham's Fillmore, the Avalon Ballroom, as well as a regular featured at free concerts at Golden Gate Park. Along the way Mitchell was replaced by Roy Garcia, with Bria being replaced by Johnny Vernazza. <br /><br />Recorded at San Francisco's Studio 10 with Tom Preuss producing, 1969's cleverly titled "Day Blindness" seems to fall in the latter category. While we've seen it garner some fairly high sales prices on recent lists, musically their album isn't anything to get real excited about. Recorded as a trio in the wake of Vernazza's departure (he reappeared as a member of the Elvin Bishop Band, followed by a stint with Norton Buffalo), the remaining trio were certainly competent musicians, but none of their material was particularly original. Tracks such as 'Young Girl', 'Middle Class Lament' and 'I Got No Money' offered up a fairly standard mix of pedestrian electric blues, harder rock numbers and modest psych moves. That lack of originality, coupled with the absence of a strong or distinctive singer didn't exactly help the proceedings. If you had to pick a couple of highlights, go with the bouncy 'Live Deep' (which also sported a nice Pihl solo) and the weird, 12 minute plus Doors-influenced 'Holy Land'. <br /><br />Marios,Thanks for the reminder!adamus67https://www.blogger.com/profile/07035959023698485029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380084716739328494.post-13405294066658082062012-08-19T18:40:57.250+03:002012-08-19T18:40:57.250+03:00Thank-you Marios, greatly appreciated!Thank-you Marios, greatly appreciated!Remyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03079050108692713727noreply@blogger.com