Old Enough to Forget

I had no idea what rockabilly or roots rock was back in 1980. That's not necessarily accurate, as I really liked Dave Edmunds' classic "I Hear You Knocking" from his 1972 album, coincidentally titled Rockpile . Nick Lowe had some success with his '79 album Labour of Lust . Both of those guys would mine old time rock and roll and put a little twist on things. With Rockpile, Nick and Dave were joined by Billy Bremner and drummer Terry Williams (who would later sit behind the kit with Dire Straits), and the band would release one album, Seconds of Pleasure , that yielded a minor hit, "Teacher Teacher," that felt fresh and classic at the same time. There was a buzz about the album and I remember my buddy Gord, who knew such things, said this was a killer album. I never bought it, and never heard more than the one single, and then the album drifted into the abyss and would be one of those things I knew about but nothing about at the same time. Here I am sitti...