Old Enough to Forget

I was a little kid when I first heard "Spinning Wheel" on my dad's little AM radio. The song was really cool, and those long unencumbered trombone slides when the band takes a beat still puts a grin on my face. It was a strange song bordering on novelty - the cacophonous assortment of instruments at the end is still a thing of wonder. Then as quickly as they came, they went and I never really thought about them. The band's lead vocalist David Clayton-Thomas seemed to be on the CBC a lot when I was growing up. The most memorable was a black clad, complete with the hat David squaring off against Burton Cummings who was wearing a while cowboy outfit. The two went back and forth duelling their hits. Even then I thought it was a but unfair as Blood, Sweat & Tears couldn't match what Burton brought to the table. Still, it was pretty cool. It's funny to see now, because at the time I thought David Clayton-Thomas must have been an ancient fossil back in 1978 - the...