Old Enough to Forget

An obscure album that barely qualified as a postscript on the late Jim Clench's Wiki page. I will admit to being a little uncharitable to Mr. Clench over the years. His contributions to April Wine prior to his departure from the band were not among my favourites, although you absolutely have to give it up for "Oowatanite," a song that apparently led to a rash of fire bell thefts across the country back in the mid '70s. From there Jim would bounce around. He was the original bassist in Loverboy, but left the band. He was on Bryan Adams' debut album and was also a member of B.T.O. on their last two studio albums after Randy's departure. Albums I originally refused to buy, but have recently been trying to make up for lost time with. Frankly, they're both decent albums, but they've been mostly forgotten. Along the way, Jim joined up with 451 Degrees, and the band would release one album and then disappear. Now, I'd seen the album a couple of times, but...