Old Enough to Forget

The Powder Blues were a strange anomaly who seemed to come out of nowhere, and for a couple of years their boppin' rhythm & blues was right there alongside the skinny ties and rockers. Uncut was an album that was self financed, and initially released late in 1979 on the band's own indie label Blue Wave because everyone they shopped the record to would say the same thing, "No one wants to hear the blues, this won't sell." They had released the album and sent copies to radio stations. Some sources claim they sold upwards of 30,000 copies before the same labels who had passed on the band were vying to get their hands on the band. The album would be picked up by RCA and would re-issue the album, minus one track ... it was a cover, and I suppose it makes the original more valuable. Uncut was (is) a really solid album. Songs like "Doin' it Right" and "Hear that Guitar Ring" were huge songs here, and the album would go on to sell a couple hund...