Southern rock icons 38 Special made the switch to a more softer sound with 1988's "Second Chance", off "Rock & Roll Strategy". Long time singer Don Barnes had left the group, but his solo CD was backburnered until nearly 20 years later after A & M Records, the group's label had folded. Singer-keyboard player Max Carl came over from Jack Mack & The Heart Attack to succeed Barnes. Since Jack Mack didn't get the same kind of airplay on MTV or VH1 as 38 Special did, think of "Chance" as Carl's introduction to viewers.
"Strategy" was also 38 Special's coda to A & M, as they moved to the British-owned label Charisma three years later. "Second Chance" topped the adult contemporary charts in early 1989, and still gets played on AC and oldies channels today.
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