Longtime Sonoma County resident and musician David LaFlamme, who inspired a generation of rock-violinists with the 1969 song “White Bird,” died Aug. 6 in Santa Rosa. He was 82. LaFlamme died of health ...

In my first job as a waitress, David Laflamme’s band walked in and played “White Bird.” I thought, “Boy, I have really flown!” The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the ...

Linda LaFlamme, a songwriter and keyboardist who helped found the San Francisco folk-rock band It's a Beautiful Day in 1967 and co-wrote the band's soaring "White Bird," an enduring anthem of the ...