Dave had been doing pretty well sitting in the producer's chair in the early '80s, his work with The Stray Cats was so good. However he was first and foremost an artist in his own right. For over a decade his solo career had chugged along at a steady clip but in terms of commercial success Dave seemed to bubble just below the surface. Most people if they know his name will generally site his 1972 hit "I Hear You Knocking" and that's about as far as it goes. For me that's how it started too. Over the years his name had appeared on enough recordings, including the band Rockpile, that when I found Information I snapped it up. The back cover listed Jeff Lynne on bass and synthesizer, and Richard Tandy on synthesizer, both from ELO. Jeff also produced a couple of the tracks which was a bonus as far as I was concerned. I've always loved this kind of straight ahead rock and roll. It's more varied than simply labelling it rockabilly ... it's just good old ...
A place where I just blather on about shit that I either miss, or am excited about. Or I could just be deliberately trying to waste your time. I generally really don't know what I'm talking about. Sometimes I do. Sometimes this is like a stream of consciousness brain dump. I like to think of it as a reaction video, without the video ... mostly though it's just me rambling ... it's meanderambling. #oldenoughtoforget