Friday April 9, 2021 “Fine Fine Day” Tony Carey

It’s still 1984.

 While Tony Carey and his band Blessings were in the S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios in Hollywood working on material for their unfinished album, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple was in another room, auditioning musicians for his new band Rainbow.  Blackmore invited Carey, a keyboard player, to audition for his band, liked what he heard and offered Carey a spot in Rainbow.

 After a couple of albums/CDs and several tours, Carey left Rainbow to begin a solo career and released I Won’t Be Home Tonight which contained the single “West Coast Summer Nights” which received favorable critical reviews and began climbing the charts until the record label Rocshire fell under investigation by the IRS and all of their assets were seized including Carey’s material.

 Unable to access his previous songs Carey signed with Geffen records and began recording successful music under the pseudonym of Planet P.  His single “Why Me” gained traction with a science fiction themed video on early MtV.

 He eventually was able to return to his own name and released a number of singles including today’s “Fine, Fine Day”, a top twenty single with a big budget “Godfather” like video to accompany the Uncle Sonny story in the lyrics.

 Stay safe and well...and spoiler alert, it doesn’t end well for Uncle Sonny.

When my uncle Sonny blew back into town

Said, "I'll just go for a ride and have a look around"

And he took off his fedora, stuck his fingers in the crown

And he pulled out twenty dollars and he laid that money down

 And he called out to a taxi cab, "Take me down to central park

And keep that meter runnin' to the twenty dollar mark"

And he kept his eyes turned forward and he sat up straight and tall

And no one even noticed him, no one cared at all

 It's a fine, fine day

For a reunion

It's a fine, fine day

For comin' home

You did your sittin' you did hard time

But you ain't gonna sit no more

They can't keep you there no more

It's a fine, fine day

And nothing's gonna take you

Nothing's gonna take you away

It's a fine, fine day

 The first time I saw Sonny I was just about this tall

And he always made my momma kinda crazy when he'd call

Him and my old man would stand and whisper in the hall

Then they'd disappear and maybe not come home at all

 Then one day Sonny stopped comin' around

Heard he'd gotten himself into a little trouble out in town

Sometime after that he finally disappeared for good

Then he pulled out ol' Houdini like we always knew he would

 It's a fine, fine day

For a reunion

It's a fine, fine day

For comin' home

You did your sittin' you did hard time

But you ain't gonna sit no more

They can't keep you there no more

It's a fine, fine day, oh yeah

And nothing's gonna drag you

Nothing's gonna drag you away, oh yeah

It's a fine, fine day, a fine day

 Ooh ooh ooh, a fine, fine day, a fine day

Ooh ooh ooh, a fine, fine day, a fine day

 I see you made it back alright, alright

I see you're none the worse for wear

It's been a long time comin'

Nothing's gonna drag you away from here!

 A fine, fine day, oh yeah

And nothing's gonna drag you

Nothing's gonna drag you away, oh yeah

A fine, fine day, oh yeah

 A fine, fine day (Ooh ooh ooh, a fine, fine day)

And nothing's gonna drag you (a fine day)

Nothing's gonna drag you away, away (a fine, fine day)

A fine, fine day, a fine day

A fine, fine day