Coming of age in the 60s, California Dreamin' is part of the DNA of our lives. The flute solo is by Bud Shank. Another song with a great flute solo is "Undun" by The Guess Who - the vocals and flute are performed exquisitely by Burton Cummings.
Speaking of Burton, his solo tune 'I'm Scared' is the second best 'went into a church just to get warm' song - I mean it's not exactly a crowded genre, but still...
Cass Elliot was an amzing singer. It was a real loss to music when she died. If you want flute, try the Moody Blues. Ray Thomas was super on "Nights in White Satin" .
Always loved this song, ever since it came out. I love their harmonies, and Mama Cass has such a beautiful, clear, unique voice.❤ Thanks so much for the reaction, guys! If you want to hear some phenomenal flute playing, check out the band Jethro Tull!! They are especially entertaining and enjoyable to watch live, and the lead singer, Ian Anderson is a fantastic flute player!
Oh yes, I would love to see them react/review Jethro Tull, they are something special. Aqualung or Locomotive Breath would be good songs to react to, but they have so many great songs.
went to California from London in 1979 and I have strong memories of life there then including seeing 75 year old Women driving Yellow Sports Cars and the Mid-Late 1960s era is how I will always picture California...
John and Michelle Phillips daughter was Chynna Phillips of the group Wilson Phillips. John Phillips had another daughter Mackenzie Phillips who was in the sitcom One Day At A Time.
I'm a California native that lived in Louisville for 24 years. I had left Cali, and the Family to launch out on my own. I came to KY in 1983 not knowing a soul. Driving back from work in Bardstown one December afternoon, this song came on the radio. It pulled at my heartstrings a bit, and inspired me to reconnect with my family. That simple incident had a domino effect that led me to move back to Nevada in 2007, to run the family business. It all started with this haunting song, and brown leaves on a cold and grey Kentucky winter's day.
My wife grew up in SoCal, and didn't ever see snow until she was 30 years old when we went to Utah. Watching the look on her face as it fell and stuck and grew, is a memory I still treasure.
Sorry, but there's no way someone could live in SoCal even one winter and not see snow, let alone 30 years. I grew up in the Midwest and have lived in SoCal for ten years. My relatives back east ask me if I miss snow in the winter, and I say nope, if I want to see snow in the winter all I have to do is look up, and there it is on the mountains, all the snow I want to see. Several times during the winter the mountains around L.A. are snow covered, and it's not unusual for us to get at least one winter storm where the snow level gets down onto the foothills or even into the valleys. Last winter at our elevation we had a 4" snowfall that stayed on the ground for about 48 hours. So anyone in SoCal can see snow just about anytime they want in the winter, and be standing knee deep in it within an hour or so if desired. Just get in the car and drive up the hill to Idyllwild, Big Bear, or Arrowhead, then when you get tired of it, drive back down the hill and you don't have to deal with it. I don't do that, however, because I've seen enough snow to last me a lifetime, but I could. A quick Google shows pages of SoCal snow scene photos from over the years - www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=photo%20of%20LA%20with%20snow%20in%20the%20background&tbs=imgo:1#imgrc=jiwLe2RkZDqECM
I grew up in Los Angeles in the 1960's when this song came out. My parents took my up to the mountains and we stayed in a cabin and I saw snow for the first time when I was 5 years old.
Those of us born pre-‘70’s, will always identify with the opening chords of this song. It will always transport us to an extinct time and place….Except in our memories.
This song makes me feel very nostalgic. Beautiful harmonies and sound. They had so many hits that are worth exploring. Thanks guys for posting this one!
The flute solo was played by Bud Shank, one of the leading West Coast Jazz sax players of the time. Flute was his second (or third) instrument. I think he started by taking clarinet lessons as a kid. Shank got a lot of work as a session guy on pop records to supplement his jazz career.
I was in a monastery when this song first came out. We call it a desert experience because we did not listen to the radio or watch tv. I’ve loved music and it was difficult for me giving up pop music. When a group of novices entered to join our community four of them sang this song for us. It blew me away. I did eventually leave and filled my life with music. 3000 LPs and 5200 CDs latter, I listen to world music and share it on FB with friends. I love this song. One third of the collection is classical, one third jazz and the rest is everything else.
Don't know if it's been mentioned, but do you guys know that the MUSICIANS that back this and so many other bands of the sixties and beyond were the studio musicians known collectively as "The Wrecking Crew?"
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson played many flute solos in their music Their album 'Aqualung' is just brilliant. Be hard to pick my favourite song from that album☮️
M&P had SOOOO many INCREDIBLE hits- you guys should cover them some more. Mama Cass solo, too. Her songs were so uplifting and positive. Saw Her Standing There, Creeque Alley, It's Getting Better, Words of Love. Cass did a great duet with John Denver w/ "Leaving on a Jet Plane", too.
True, I haven't seen snow in over 20 years, and we had to drive up a mountain for that. We just had a decent-sized earthquake last night, too. Home, sweet home. I used to sing along with this as a teenager.
I was in L.A. a few years ago, visiting my Uncle and taking our son to Universal Studios...I live in Northern California, closer to Sacramento. I get up Super early, went from the hotel to the diner to get some coffee at 4am. A guy came out of the diner (I was outside having my coffee at 4am) and he said, "It's so cold, do you think it's going to snow?" I wanted to laugh so hard.... it was 52 degrees. I told him, "No, it's not. I live where my car gets frozen over all the time I can hardly open my car door. This is warm." He said, "I can't even imagine that". LMAO! It shows that L.A. is so different from everywhere else.
This is a stalwart of the 60s. There are very few songs that people around the world can point to exactly what decade they represent like this one. Kudos on doing this song.
Jethro Tull had a lot of flute in their songs. Ian Anderson was a great flautist, especially considering he never had any formal training in flute playing.
Thank you for saying many nice things about this song. I’m from the 60s generation and it made me feel good that a younger generation (like you) likes this song and says intelligent, positive things.
The Mamas and The Papas had harmony in spades! Their first four albums are their best without even one bad track amongst them. And you can take that to the bank!! And remember, I told you so.
Jethro Tull has flute magic, Moody Blues (Knights in white satin) has a killer flute solo one great song you will be amazed and maybe even overwhelmed by the instruments.
Jethro Tull!! If you want a flute in a rock song, try some Jethro Tull. The lead singer and flute player, Ian Anderson, is most energetic flute player ever, watch some videos of him dancing across the stage on one leg while playing the flute.
One of daughter of this group with two sisters ( daughters of the group Beach Boys ) created “ Wilson Phillips” a recognised group of music by songs like “ Hold on”
Such a LEGEND group ..... huge fan of "Mama" Cass Elliot ..... RIP, you are missed. This song ...... BECAME a staple for several groups, including today's musicians who remixed and took this to a new modern level. The Mamas and the Papas are TRUE to me, wish more of the music in the current day had this feel, btw, nothing wrong with playing the flute, better than the rap crap I hear in today's music .... you make fun the groups that REALLY created music, smh ...... I'm a boy from the BEACH.
Lynda from rural Maine, I am back, this morning 9 degrees, it's warming up,yesterday 3 degrees where I live, I am warm and my animals ,thanks be to God. It's cold outside. Love you guy. Blessings Patriots.
A great song with a flute solo is by Chicago called Colour my world. It was a wedding staple for many years after it was released as a single. You should do a reaction to that. Terry Kath sings lead on it! The bass line sounds like a stand up bass and is fantastic! Amazing song!
The Mamas & the Papas were a folk rock vocal group formed in Los Angeles, California, which recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968. The group was a defining force in the music scene of the counterculture of the 1960s. The group consisted of Americans John Phillips, Cass Elliot, and Michelle Phillips and Canadian Denny Doherty. Their sound was based on vocal harmonies arranged by John Phillips, the songwriter, musician, and leader of the group, who adapted folk to the new beat style of the early 1960s. The Mamas & the Papas released five studio albums and 17 singles over four years, six of which made the Billboard top 10, and have sold close to 40 million records worldwide. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 for its contributions to the music industry. The band reunited briefly to record the album People Like Us in 1971 but had ceased touring and performing by that time. Some of their most popular singles include "California Dreamin'", "Monday, Monday", and "Dedicated to the One I Love". Wilson Phillips is an American pop group formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The group consists of Chynna Phillips, the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas and Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson, the daughters of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. Their 1990 eponymous debut album sold over 10 million copies worldwide and included five major US hit singles, four of which went Top 10 (three of those to number one) on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1990, the group won the Billboard Music Award for Hot 100 Single of the Year for their song "Hold On", and was nominated for five Grammy Awards and two American Music Awards.
Traffic with Steve Winwood and Dave Mason had a flute in their songs, check out 40,000 Headmen, Hidden Treasure, Many a Mile to Freedom, and the fantastic Rainmaker. Great great stuff and of course you can't forget Jethro Tull.
Native Californian born in 1960. California back then was a quite different place than it is now. It was the land of dreams. There were millions of people moving there from all over the country for the good paying plentiful jobs, affordable real estate (homes were cheaper here than back east), nice weather (along the coast) and a chance to start over. There were only half as many people as there are now. Plus politically it was much more balanced (Ronald Reagan was governor). So yeah, California Dreaming was definitely a real thing. Its a bit shocking to see how much its changed in my lifetime. Not for the better imo.
Many know this yet don't realize it, John and Michelle's daughter joined with a pair of sisters she grew up with, Brian Wilsons daughters, to form Wilson Phillips
If you want some flute lead check out Jethro Tull. Ian Anderson did lead vocals AND flute, sometimes at the same time. Find a live performance… you’ll be blown away.
One day in 1968, I was out on the playground. It was a North New Jersey winter, and I fell through the snow crust into snow almost up to my head (I was 6). I wasn't hurt, but cried because it scared me. Thankfully dad found me and pulled me out. When we got home, I pulled off my wet things in the entryway, and this song was on the radio. I listened as dad dried me off and bundled me up to get me warm. I'm 61 now, but the song still reminds me of the pleasant feeling of being safe and warming up after my mishap. ❤ My other best memory associated with this song was after I'd moved to Germany. I was having a late dinner and nightcap with a good friend at a pub outside of Munich. We missed the last commuter train back to town, and didn't have enough money left for a cab. So we had no choice but to walk several miles to her place. It was the dead of winter and late at night, and as we slogged through knee-deep snow, she struck up this song, and we sang it at the top of our lungs all the way to her place, to keep our spirits up, and possibly scare any bad guys away with our screeching 😉😊. We made it safely back to her place, and I slept in a sleeping bag on her rug till late the next morning. Just like my childhood mishap, this was not pleasant in the moment, but looking back on it always makes me smile. 😊 So, "California Dreaming" in the middle of winter seems to be my thing, too! 😊 And if you're looking for flute solos, you've got to check out Jethro Tull. Frontman Ian Anderson plays great flute solos in most of their songs. They're still around, I believe, but personally I'd recommend their 1970's songs.
Wonderful harmonies. Try their "I saw her again last night", or Mama Cass duetting live with John Denver on his song "Leaving on a Jet Plane"... Magical. And if you've got no flute, you MUST hear some Jethro Tull!
Defining song and also group of the 60's, this song is iconic Americana.......my time growing up the 60-70's and so many great concerts that I attended, too bad I cannot remember all them due to what was in the air at that time!!! I had to inhale!!!!
There are interesting connections from the off spring of this group. John and Michelle had a daughter together - Chynna Phillips who also became a singer/musician. She joined with the daughters of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys to form the group, Wilson Phillips. Also John had a daughter (with another woman) who was named MacKenzie Phillips. She became an actress and was on the hit sitcom One Day at a Time. Her co-star was Valerie Bertinelli who later married Eddie Van Halen. Mama Cass Elliott also had a daughter who became a musician. She toured with one of the Beach Boys, Al Jardine.
No Auto tune no computer enhancement just pure talent
Pure talent and hard work
4 Point Counterpoint Harmony here! Rare and beautiful to hear!!
John and Michelle were married. Cass crushed on Denny, he didn't see her that way. Michelle slept with Denny, all hell broke loose.
Yep, there was a lot of drama in that band. They even replaced Michelle with another cute blonde singer on one album, iirc.
John was a rapist.
Also, John had an inappropriately close relationship with his daughter, actress MacKenzie Philips. Well understood to have been incestuous.
@@airamsipuola5045 Jill Gibson
John and Michelle wrote the song about his drug addiction.
Coming of age in the 60s, California Dreamin' is part of the DNA of our lives. The flute solo is by Bud Shank. Another song with a great flute solo is "Undun" by The Guess Who - the vocals and flute are performed exquisitely by Burton Cummings.
Undun is a great tune.
We were head bobbing in unison sister Joanne.
Speaking of Burton, his solo tune 'I'm Scared' is the second best 'went into a church just to get warm' song - I mean it's not exactly a crowded genre, but still...
LOVE the song “Undun” !! And love the band that sang it, called the Guess Who!! Loved most all their songs!!
Moody Blues features a flute solo in Nights in White Satin and my favorite Jethro Tull song Aqualumg.
Cass Elliot was an amzing singer. It was a real loss to music when she died. If you want flute, try the Moody Blues. Ray Thomas was super on "Nights in White Satin"
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Also Canned Heat... "Goin up Country" has flute.
Another great flute song, Heard it in a Love Song - Marshal Tucker Band
If they do Nights on White Satin, it's got to be the long version!
Has nobody here EVER heard of Jethro Tull???
This song is one of the greats! It's not complicated. It grabs you and you just have to groove with it. Groovy man, groovy!!
Always loved this song, ever since it came out. I love their harmonies, and Mama Cass has such a beautiful, clear, unique voice.❤ Thanks so much for the reaction, guys!
If you want to hear some phenomenal flute playing, check out the band Jethro Tull!! They are especially entertaining and enjoyable to watch live, and the lead singer, Ian Anderson is a fantastic flute player!
Oh yes, I would love to see them react/review Jethro Tull, they are something special. Aqualung or Locomotive Breath would be good songs to react to, but they have so many great songs.
Any Jethro Tull song (except for Aqualung because it has no flute in it). I would recommend My God.
Moody Blues has some flute solos and so does The Guess Who on Undun.
The Moody Blues, Ray Thomas and his flute were upfront.
Men at work had a flute solo, and the Moody Blues band, song knights in white satin
The Phillips daughter and Brian Wilson's daughters formed Wilson Phillips and had numerous hits, biggest one was "Hold On."
They had such a good sound. This song pulls you right in. The best of times. ✌🏻
A very intelligent analysis. Thank you.
went to California from London in 1979 and I have strong memories of life there then including seeing 75 year old Women driving Yellow Sports Cars and the Mid-Late 1960s era is how I will always picture California...
John and Michelle Phillips daughter was Chynna Phillips of the group Wilson Phillips. John Phillips had another daughter Mackenzie Phillips who was in the sitcom One Day At A Time.
I'm a California native that lived in Louisville for 24 years. I had left Cali, and the Family to launch out on my own. I came to KY in 1983 not knowing a soul. Driving back from work in Bardstown one December afternoon, this song came on the radio. It pulled at my heartstrings a bit, and inspired me to reconnect with my family. That simple incident had a domino effect that led me to move back to Nevada in 2007, to run the family business. It all started with this haunting song, and brown leaves on a cold and grey Kentucky winter's day.
My wife grew up in SoCal, and didn't ever see snow until she was 30 years old when we went to Utah. Watching the look on her face as it fell and stuck and grew, is a memory I still treasure.
You know Big Bear Ski resort is only 2 hours from LA, 3 hours from San Diego.
@@misterkite Sure. Why she never went, or her parents never took her, is a mystery.
OH MY GOD...my HEART! Such GORGEOUS sentiment! Your wife is a lucky girl!
@@gabriellenojaim261 Thank you!
Sorry, but there's no way someone could live in SoCal even one winter and not see snow, let alone 30 years.
I grew up in the Midwest and have lived in SoCal for ten years. My relatives back east ask me if I miss snow in the winter, and I say nope, if I want to see snow in the winter all I have to do is look up, and there it is on the mountains, all the snow I want to see. Several times during the winter the mountains around L.A. are snow covered, and it's not unusual for us to get at least one winter storm where the snow level gets down onto the foothills or even into the valleys. Last winter at our elevation we had a 4" snowfall that stayed on the ground for about 48 hours.
So anyone in SoCal can see snow just about anytime they want in the winter, and be standing knee deep in it within an hour or so if desired. Just get in the car and drive up the hill to Idyllwild, Big Bear, or Arrowhead, then when you get tired of it, drive back down the hill and you don't have to deal with it. I don't do that, however, because I've seen enough snow to last me a lifetime, but I could.
A quick Google shows pages of SoCal snow scene photos from over the years -
www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=photo%20of%20LA%20with%20snow%20in%20the%20background&tbs=imgo:1#imgrc=jiwLe2RkZDqECM
Jethro Tull is a Progressive Rock band that the Flute usually is the lead instrument!!!!
Yes, I would like to see the reaction to this group
Same with Traffic
Locomotive breath by Jethro Tull live is great.
I love me some Jethro Tull
Just going to say, must not have done any Tull.
I grew up in Los Angeles in the 1960's when this song came out. My parents took my up to the mountains and we stayed in a cabin and I saw snow for the first time when I was 5 years old.
In case you didn't know they used boom mics or overhead Mics on TV back in those days this was on the TV show
Mama Cass was worth listening to anytime!!!
Jethro Tull is all over my playlist with lead flute playing on so many of their songs.
Early Heart albums featured Ann Wilson playing the flute quite a bit and then, of course, Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is a flute wizard.
later...Men At Work....
Peter G played flute on early real Genesis songs
The Moody Blues ... ton of flute. Examples: Nights in White Satin, Tuesday Afternoon, etc.
Chicago--Walt Parazaider played flute as well as saxophone. Played the solo on "Colour My World".
Cass and Denny were legit monster folk voices on their own. Put them together and bam.
Lynda from rural Maine, use to cold. Thank you for the Mamas and Papas.Guess I am getting old. Thanks for the memories. Love you guys.
Those harmonies. And the flute solo I didn't know I needed.
Those of us born pre-‘70’s, will always identify with the opening chords of this song. It will always transport us to an extinct time and place….Except in our memories.
"Jethro Tull" plays the flute. There's flute in "Spill The Wine" by "Eric Burden and War"
Burton Cummings plays flute on ‘Undun’.
Just one of the memorable songs from the Mamas and Papas. Lot of free love 💘 back then..
This song makes me feel very nostalgic. Beautiful harmonies and sound. They had so many hits that are worth exploring. Thanks guys for posting this one!
Mama Cass' vocals are showcased on Words of Love and Dream a Little Dream of Me. She had some pipes
There would be no Mamas and Papss without her or Denny
The flute solo was played by Bud Shank, one of the leading West Coast Jazz sax players of the time. Flute was his second (or third) instrument. I think he started by taking clarinet lessons as a kid. Shank got a lot of work as a session guy on pop records to supplement his jazz career.
The blond gal Michelle Philips had 2 daughters, Mackenzie and Chyna Chyna was later in the all gal 80's group "Wilson-Philips" . Check them out too.
Can't get better harmonization than that.
The instrumentals were recorded by the "Wrecking Crew". John Phillips later wrote Kokomo for The Beach Boys.
Denny Doherty ( soloist ) was the Canadian member of the group….loved his voice….loved them all.
The Halifax Three
Loved Denny and his sense of humor, he was hilarious, he kind of loved Michelle too, which was part of their breakup
@@margaretmc4707 Yes their affair didn’ t bode well for the group, trouble was Denny was one of several that caught Michelle’s fancy!
I was in a monastery when this song first came out. We call it a desert experience because we did not listen to the radio or watch tv. I’ve loved music and it was difficult for me giving up pop music. When a group of novices entered to join our community four of them sang this song for us. It blew me away. I did eventually leave and filled my life with music. 3000 LPs and 5200 CDs latter, I listen to world music and share it on FB with friends. I love this song. One third of the collection is classical, one third jazz and the rest is everything else.
I love how all of your heads are bobbing in sync! A true classic! Great reaction.
I am 66 years old and remember this song when it first came out. They also preformed this song on the Ed Sullivan Variety. Show.
Creeque Alley....an autobiographical song on how the group got started. GO!!!!
Don't know if it's been mentioned, but do you guys know that the MUSICIANS that back this and so many other bands of the sixties and beyond were the studio musicians known collectively as "The Wrecking Crew?"
great songs never get old, and a lot of times you hear something different, or it hits you in a different way...
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson played many flute solos in their music Their album 'Aqualung' is just brilliant. Be hard to pick my favourite song from that album☮️
Benefit is my favorite Tull album.
Locomotive Breath is my favorite from Aqualung
You guys kill me, no explanation...lol. 3 hockey players on break! 😊
If you're so inclined, try 'Creeque Alley' by Ms&Ps. Kind of a musical autobiography of their formation and the California music scene at that time.
Also - I call your name- written by John Lennon and given to them to sing!!
M&P had SOOOO many INCREDIBLE hits- you guys should cover them some more. Mama Cass solo, too. Her songs were so uplifting and positive.
Saw Her Standing There, Creeque Alley, It's Getting Better, Words of Love. Cass did a great duet with John Denver w/ "Leaving on a Jet Plane", too.
Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" is a well-known song with a flute solo.
one of the greatest band in the history of music.. icons of 60 and forever .
BTW, FYI, You were asking about flute solos....Knights in White Satin by the Moody Blues had one and Jethro Tull had them too
I like the way they put all those mic's above their heads.
Read through a lot of comments, and as far as i can tell, no one mentioned the Moody Blue's and their flute toting music.
True, I haven't seen snow in over 20 years, and we had to drive up a mountain for that. We just had a decent-sized earthquake last night, too. Home, sweet home. I used to sing along with this as a teenager.
Dedicated to the One I Love is probably the best song to hear Michelle and Mamma Cass voices. Beautiful song
Great rock songs for flute solos is California Dreaming. Nights in White Satin. And Jethro Tull’s Aqua Lung
..."Class of 76"...The microphones are hanging just above the shot....Flute...Jethro Tull...Locomotive Breath (live version) 5:43
I was in L.A. a few years ago, visiting my Uncle and taking our son to Universal Studios...I live in Northern California, closer to Sacramento. I get up Super early, went from the hotel to the diner to get some coffee at 4am. A guy came out of the diner (I was outside having my coffee at 4am) and he said, "It's so cold, do you think it's going to snow?" I wanted to laugh so hard.... it was 52 degrees. I told him, "No, it's not. I live where my car gets frozen over all the time I can hardly open my car door. This is warm." He said, "I can't even imagine that". LMAO! It shows that L.A. is so different from everywhere else.
Michelle's daughter is the blond in the Wilson Phillips Band.
This is a stalwart of the 60s. There are very few songs that people around the world can point to exactly what decade they represent like this one. Kudos on doing this song.
The 80s has a ton like that
If the 502 means area code. Cass Elliott was from Louisville
Whenever I shovel the snow out of my driveway during the winter, I sing this song.
Flutes - Simon & Garfunkel and Jethro Tull
Mid to late 60s had a lot of flute in their songs. Checkout The Moody Blues for instance.
Jethro Tull had a lot of flute in their songs. Ian Anderson was a great flautist, especially considering he never had any formal training in flute playing.
Ian Anderson and the band Jethro Tull. Flute playing like you’ve never seen. MY GOD from the Isle of White will blow your mind!!
Pretend to pray? For 52 years I thought it was "began to pray" 😆
Me too.
Me three. I sang it that way since the song first came out and I'll continue to do so. 😊
The glorious voice of Canadian Denny Doherty on the solo!
He was also the Harbor Master in the old kids show Theodore Tugboat
Also Ian Anderson plays a flute regularly in Jethro Tull, Mostly standing on one leg. Try Living In THe Past to see what I mean.
Thank you for saying many nice things about this song. I’m from the 60s generation and it made me feel good that a younger generation (like you) likes this song and says intelligent, positive things.
The Mamas and The Papas had harmony in spades! Their first four albums are their best without even one bad track amongst them. And you can take that to the bank!! And remember, I told you so.
Love how the big sound of this recording envelopes you.
Love how Denny bends his notes.
And the slow awkward death of the Flute Loops joke .........
Momma Cass might have been a bigger gal but she had amazing footwork while singing so beautifully🥰
It sounds way ahead of its time to me, always loved this song
Listen to Moody Blues, “Nights in White Satin “ if you want to hear more flute.
Jethro Tull has flute magic, Moody Blues (Knights in white satin) has a killer flute solo one great song you will be amazed and maybe even overwhelmed by the instruments.
Jethro Tull!! If you want a flute in a rock song, try some Jethro Tull. The lead singer and flute player, Ian Anderson, is most energetic flute player ever, watch some videos of him dancing across the stage on one leg while playing the flute.
One of daughter of this group with two sisters ( daughters of the group Beach Boys ) created “ Wilson Phillips” a recognised group of music by songs like “ Hold on”
Such a LEGEND group ..... huge fan of "Mama" Cass Elliot ..... RIP, you are missed. This song ...... BECAME a staple for several groups, including today's musicians who remixed and took this to a new modern level. The Mamas and the Papas are TRUE to me, wish more of the music in the current day had this feel, btw, nothing wrong with playing the flute, better than the rap crap I hear in today's music .... you make fun the groups that REALLY created music, smh ...... I'm a boy from the BEACH.
Lynda from rural Maine, I am back, this morning 9 degrees, it's warming up,yesterday 3 degrees where I live, I am warm and my animals ,thanks be to God. It's cold outside. Love you guy. Blessings Patriots.
A great song with a flute solo is by Chicago called Colour my world. It was a wedding staple for many years after it was released as a single. You should do a reaction to that. Terry Kath sings lead on it! The bass line sounds like a stand up bass and is fantastic! Amazing song!
"Can't You See" has a flute solo.
Marshall Tucker Band a great southern rock band.
The Mamas & the Papas were a folk rock vocal group formed in Los Angeles, California, which recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968. The group was a defining force in the music scene of the counterculture of the 1960s. The group consisted of Americans John Phillips, Cass Elliot, and Michelle Phillips and Canadian Denny Doherty. Their sound was based on vocal harmonies arranged by John Phillips, the songwriter, musician, and leader of the group, who adapted folk to the new beat style of the early 1960s. The Mamas & the Papas released five studio albums and 17 singles over four years, six of which made the Billboard top 10, and have sold close to 40 million records worldwide. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 for its contributions to the music industry. The band reunited briefly to record the album People Like Us in 1971 but had ceased touring and performing by that time. Some of their most popular singles include "California Dreamin'", "Monday, Monday", and "Dedicated to the One I Love".
Wilson Phillips is an American pop group formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The group consists of Chynna Phillips, the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas and Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson, the daughters of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. Their 1990 eponymous debut album sold over 10 million copies worldwide and included five major US hit singles, four of which went Top 10 (three of those to number one) on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1990, the group won the Billboard Music Award for Hot 100 Single of the Year for their song "Hold On", and was nominated for five Grammy Awards and two American Music Awards.
Ok guys you need to get some Jethro Tull and find out what a lead flute can do. There's a ton of it try Locomotive Breath or Living in the Past
Yes the harmonies are just wonderful. They were fantastic together...
For flute….Jethro Tull. Locomotive Breath or Aqualung. Your welcome……..good stuff fellas
Denny is a Canadian, from Nova Scotia. 🇨🇦
Traffic with Steve Winwood and Dave Mason had a flute in their songs, check out 40,000 Headmen, Hidden Treasure, Many a Mile to Freedom, and the fantastic Rainmaker. Great great stuff and of course you can't forget Jethro Tull.
Great song. Awesome harmonies. As far as flute being prominent, Jethro Tull springs to mind. Aqualung, Locomotive Breath should be checked out. Peace!
Native Californian born in 1960. California back then was a quite different place than it is now. It was the land of dreams. There were millions of people moving there from all over the country for the good paying plentiful jobs, affordable real estate (homes were cheaper here than back east), nice weather (along the coast) and a chance to start over. There were only half as many people as there are now. Plus politically it was much more balanced (Ronald Reagan was governor). So yeah, California Dreaming was definitely a real thing. Its a bit shocking to see how much its changed in my lifetime. Not for the better imo.
Many know this yet don't realize it, John and Michelle's daughter joined with a pair of sisters she grew up with, Brian Wilsons daughters, to form Wilson Phillips
If you want some flute lead check out Jethro Tull. Ian Anderson did lead vocals AND flute, sometimes at the same time. Find a live performance… you’ll be blown away.
One day in 1968, I was out on the playground. It was a North New Jersey winter, and I fell through the snow crust into snow almost up to my head (I was 6). I wasn't hurt, but cried because it scared me. Thankfully dad found me and pulled me out. When we got home, I pulled off my wet things in the entryway, and this song was on the radio. I listened as dad dried me off and bundled me up to get me warm. I'm 61 now, but the song still reminds me of the pleasant feeling of being safe and warming up after my mishap. ❤
My other best memory associated with this song was after I'd moved to Germany. I was having a late dinner and nightcap with a good friend at a pub outside of Munich. We missed the last commuter train back to town, and didn't have enough money left for a cab. So we had no choice but to walk several miles to her place. It was the dead of winter and late at night, and as we slogged through knee-deep snow, she struck up this song, and we sang it at the top of our lungs all the way to her place, to keep our spirits up, and possibly scare any bad guys away with our screeching 😉😊. We made it safely back to her place, and I slept in a sleeping bag on her rug till late the next morning. Just like my childhood mishap, this was not pleasant in the moment, but looking back on it always makes me smile. 😊
So, "California Dreaming" in the middle of winter seems to be my thing, too! 😊
And if you're looking for flute solos, you've got to check out Jethro Tull. Frontman Ian Anderson plays great flute solos in most of their songs. They're still around, I believe, but personally I'd recommend their 1970's songs.
All of you might be young; but you have an old soul, so refreshing to say the least. Kudos to all three of you!😉
Wonderful harmonies. Try their "I saw her again last night", or Mama Cass duetting live with John Denver on his song "Leaving on a Jet Plane"... Magical. And if you've got no flute, you MUST hear some Jethro Tull!
60's ROCK man ! Denny is Canadian ...........Peace and Love
Defining song and also group of the 60's, this song is iconic Americana.......my time growing up the 60-70's and so many great concerts that I attended, too bad I cannot remember all them due to what was in the air at that time!!! I had to inhale!!!!
you guys need to see the movie "The Wrecking Crew" to tell you who played on all the hits in the 60"s!
If you want flute take a look at the Moody Blues. "Nights in White Satin"
John Phillips' daughter is talented but troubled teen actress Mackenzie Phillips, a star of the late 1970s sitcom One Day At A Time.
Mama Cass was a classically trained singer. And had her own records.
ELO, Kansas, King Crimson and Jethro Tull all had songs with flute solos. Maybe there are others but those are the only ones that I can think of.
There are interesting connections from the off spring of this group. John and Michelle had a daughter together - Chynna Phillips who also became a singer/musician. She joined with the daughters of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys to form the group, Wilson Phillips. Also John had a daughter (with another woman) who was named MacKenzie Phillips. She became an actress and was on the hit sitcom One Day at a Time. Her co-star was Valerie Bertinelli who later married Eddie Van Halen. Mama Cass Elliott also had a daughter who became a musician. She toured with one of the Beach Boys, Al Jardine.