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 of albums I had by The Babys 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 ...