Thursday August 19, 2021 “One Fine Morning” Lighthouse

Our next festival is Isle of Wight Festival which was held between August 26-31, 1970 at Afton Down, an area on the western side of the Isle of Wight in England. It was the last of three consecutive music festivals to take place on the island between 1968 and 1970 and is often acknowledged as the largest musical event of its time, with a larger attendance than Woodstock.  Although estimates vary, Guinness World Records estimated that between 600,000 to 700,000 people attended.  

As for the artists who appeared it might actually be easier to list the few who didn’t but the list included, among many others Jimi Hendrix, Cactus, Chicago, the Doors, Lighthouse, the Moody Blues, the Who, Miles Davis, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Melanie, Jethro Tull, Tiny Tim, the Moody Blues, Sly and the Family Stone, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Free, Leonard Cohen and an unannounced set by John Sebastian and Zal Yanovsky of the Lovin’ Spoonful.

The Isle of Wight was a favored retirement destination of the British well-heeled, and a haven of the yachting set, so aside from the fact that it actually was an island destination that meant massive logistical and transportation problems, many of the traditional residents deplored the huge influx of "hippies" and "freaks".

Nonetheless, weather aside, the festival took place without incident.

As we did with the previous festivals let’s go with one of the lesser known groups Lighthouse, big stars in Canada.  Why Lighthouse?  Heck why not, it’s an interesting song by a band that will likely remind you of the group Chicago or Blood Sweat & Tears.  So why wasn’t Lighthouse as successful as those bands...yeah, why not?

Stay safe and well...and how many songs do you know that open with a bass and drum solo?

One fine morning, girl, I'll wake up

Wipe the sleep from my eyes

Go outside and feel the sunshine

Then I know I'll realize

That as long as you love me, girl, we'll fly

 And on that mornin' when I wake up

I'll see your face inside a cloud

See your smile inside a window

Hear your voice inside a crowd

Calling, "Come with me baby and we'll fly"

 Yeah, we'll fly, yeah, we'll fly

We'll fly, yeah, we'll fly

 And on that mornin' when I wake up

We'll go outside and live our dreams

I'll buy you candies made of stardust

And little dolls dressed up in moonbeams

And everywhere we go we'll laugh and sing

I'll kiss you morning, noon and night

And all the universe will smile on us

'Cause they know that our love is finally right

 Yeah, we'll fly, yeah, we'll fly

We'll fly, yeah, we'll fly

 Yeah, we'll fly to the east, we'll fly to the west

There'll be no place we can't call our own

Yeah, we'll fly to the north, we'll fly to the south

Every planet will become our home

 Yeah, we'll fly, yeah, we'll fly

Yeah, we'll fly to the east, we'll fly to the west

There'll be no place we can't call our own

We'll fly to the north, we'll fly to the south

Every planet will become our home