Old Enough to Forget

The debut album by Lake was released in 1977 (in North America), and I picked it up in 1980 or 1981 - I can't remember exactly, but it was my senior year of high school. The first time I heard of the band was when I bummed a ride with a buddy when our art class went on a field trip. This was when you could still load up a car and drive off the school lot. Anyway, he had a cassette copy of the album, and he really liked the song "Jesus Came Down," which was odd to me as he swore like a sailor with Tourette's syndrome. Anyway, it was a bit of a drive (these things are relative in a small town), and I got to hear most of the album. True to his word, "Jesus Came Down" was indeed a pretty awesome song. In fact, it was a really solid album, and I played it a lot. Over time, I'd end up with a few of their albums. I didn't play the second album as much - although I've not heard it in over forty years - and their third album, Paradise Island , I really li...