Regarding The Flock

1.
It's A Beautiful Day
A bad forecast of what was to come for San Francisco music: rampant eclecticism, gussied-up middle-of-the-road arrangements and - worst of all - a violin as a lead instrument, a smart move immediately copied by such likewise memorable outfits as the Flock (from Chicago) and Pavlov's Dog (St. Louis). If one must: It's A Beautiful Day (Columbia).
Sculatti and Seay, San Francisco Nights
St. Martin's press, New York 1985

2.
The Rowans
Jerry Garcia called this group of Marin County wimps the California Beatles when the boys' first album was released in the early seventies. One presumes he was tripping at the time. The most godawful hippie mindlessness since It's A Beautiful Day.
The Rolling Stone Record Guide (First Edition)
Random House / Rolling Stone, New York 1979

3.
The Seeds
... A Full Spoon of Seedy Blues, a blues LP with liner notes by Muddy Waters ("I sincerely believe that at last America has produced a group to be another Rolling Stones.") ...
The Rolling Stone Record Guide (First Edition)
Random House / Rolling Stone, New York 1979

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