I wish I had a ...

...million dollars.
HOT DOG!

 

... rocket launcher.

Some sonuvabitch would die.

 

He was treated like royalty in Indiana from the time I moved there until about 1990 or so. The poor man's Mellencamp.

 

Who was in turn the poor man's Springsteen.

 

The poor man needs better taste in music.

 

I used to think he was singing about wanting a girly walk like that.

 

Awesome.



...boyfriend.

 

Nice IAWL-jack.

 

I'm with you. And I actually like the 80 cheese. I have NEVER heard of this guy nor heard his songs until I was youtubing them today.

 

I was a kid in Indiana in the 80s and remember him being huge. All his songs were in heavy radio rotation along with Johnny Cougar, and I just thought he was big star. I seem to recall him being a regular on Bob & Tom -- long before they were syndicated -- back then, too.

It wasn't until my high school years in the early 90s that I started to realize that he was really mostly a local phenomenon who had a couple of modest national hits.

 

That's the trail he blazed for the Why Store.

It makes sense that the poor man's Mellencamp would be busted taking the poor man's drug.

 

I wouldn't call it a hit, tho it did get some airplay for a few months. One of a plethora of artists who got a touch of notice and never had a backup plan.