Old Enough to Forget

This was indeed a New Day , as right out of the gate the Stampeders were plugged in, turned up, and ready to rock. From the first track the guys were killing it. "Ramona" is a great song, and one I always liked as a kid. Ronnie, Rich and Kim were by this time a well oiled machine with New Day being their fifth release in a few short years.   There were a few power trios in the '70s worth noting, Grand Funk being one, ZZ Top another. Some of of the others that pop to mind, like Triumph, and Rush were later, and Cream was earlier. Stampeders were good, really good and by any yardstick (this was before metric) should be considered one of the best of their era. Kim Berly was a master on a small kit, Ronnie looked like a little like Elvis mixed with Dan Blocker and even had the jumpsuit, and Rich played a wicked double necked FrankenFender. I mean these guys were cool. The cherry on top was all the guys could sing and write - seriously, how cool is that? New Day , as with ...