dcoleman@vlnvax.DEC (09/04/85)
(~}|=i) >Multiple DeadHeads showed up at that show and I wondered if they felt >like me that Mark Knopler could play Jerry Garcia's black tshirt of his obese >frame. What intensity! What stamina! Well, here, ala net.music.gdead >is a half remembered song list: The Deadhead appreciation of Dire Straits music extends further than the fans of the Grateful Dead. In a July '85 FRETS interview with Jerry Garcia, when asked, "Are there any current bands you'd go out of your way to see?", Jerry replied, "... the last band I went to see live was Dire Straits a few years ago ... But there are more acts that I would go see ... It's just that the opportunity doesn't present itself that often." a a D Col Clod d eman Named vi iv