Old Enough to Forget

I always had a soft spot for "Sentimental Lady" and "Ebony Eyes." The guy had a cocky, weird swagger and incorporated disco and strings while still adding a rock element through his guitar. I didn't really know a lot about him at the time. I knew he was in Fleetwood Mac, but I didn't know anything by them other than Rumours , so it wasn't really anything that carried much recognition. Oddly enough, it would be Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie who would produce his biggest hit, "Sentimental Lady," and they would, along with Mick Fleetwood, play on the track as well. So at the time, at least, it appeared he left his old band on decent terms. French Kiss dropped in November 1977 and did pretty well. Considering that a month later Saturday Night Fever came out and disco enjoyed its brief ascent to world dominance through Donna Summer, The Village People, and Barry Gibb's tight-pants nut-crushed falsetto, it was a terrible time if you ha...