Old Enough to Forget

"Missing You" was a song so big it's probably the only song most people will think of when you mention John Waite. I knew him from a couple albums I had by The Baby's and thought they had a couple of good songs. I didn't know he'd started releasing solo records until I heard that song on the radio - and heard it again, and again. Honestly it never really got old - although it got old. I picked up No Brakes based on the strength of the hit. The album was straight ahead rock without leaning too far into the "new" sounds and production tricks that were going to define the '80s - John mostly kept to the tried and true and as a result the album has aged incredibly well. He also assembled a crack band. Dang if old Curly Smith didn't show up behind the kit. Man, I love seeing familiar names in the credits. However, it was Gary Myrick on guitar who put this album over the top - he also co-wrote 4 of the 9 tracks on the album. At the time I was blown...