Old Enough to Forget

Although the album came out in 1976, it wasn't until a few years later that I picked this up. For me it served as a bookend to Larry Norman's 1975 album In Another Land . Both albums were produced by Larry Norman, and both engineered by the legendary Andy Johns, with assistance from Tom Trefethen. These were the albums that introduced me to the guitar playing of Jon Linn, a player who was mind mindbogglingly tasty and did stuff that still makes my head spin. Welcome to Paradise  was a rock record filtered through Randy's acoustic guitar and his distinctive voice. The album kicks off with "King of Hearts," a song that has more than stood the test of time. Randy followed up with a two punch combination, "Keep Me Running" and "The Winner (High Card)," that are still among my favourite songs - ever. It's these three songs alone that have made this album such an important part of my musical journey. As good as he'd be on later albums, with f...