Old Enough to Forget

Ironhorse was Randy's first band project since leaving Bachman Turner Overdrive in 1977. It was released in '79 coming a year after Randy Bachman had released his solo album Survivor . An album I bought, and tried super hard to like. It had a great cover though. In '79 BTO dropped their last album Rock n' Roll Nights an album I saw many times over the years and never bothered to pick up. I'm looking for it now, sigh. I opted to pick up Ironhorse, because I had heard "Sweet Lui-Luise" a grand total of one time on the radio, and I was hooked. This was classic Randy, and I was exited to hear what else was buried in the grooves.  Mostly I was disappointed. That's how I remember it. Let's spin this and see what shakes out. The band here was Randy on vocals and guitar, with Tom Sparks on vocals and guitar. The rhythm section was ace session played Mike Baird and bassist John Pierce. It's hard to get a read on whether this was a "real" ba...

I make no apologies for liking Rick Springfield. I had to flip a coin to pick whether to play Working Class Dog , or go with 1983's Living in Oz . Tales you lose, if you want to read about "Jessie's Girl" it'll be another day on a different post. From 1981 through 1984 Rick Springfield put out an album a year, each going platinum in the States. Oddly enough in Canada Living in Oz sold less than Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet and that one sold less than Working Class Dog - he was trending down.  Which was a shame as Living in Oz was pure power pop driven by the guitar wizardry of the incomparable Tim Pierce. Funny if you read the reviews that were out at the time Rick was a bit of a conundrum as he was supposed to be the pretty boy pop star who wasn't supposed to have actual musical chops. He was also an (gasp) actor on a soap opera, the man had no shame. Since I didn't watch daytime TV I never saw him with a stethoscope draped over his white coat. T...