The Straits Charity in RAH?

[superval99]

I hope Mark and Guy get to read this!   

[Waterline Man]

Well if my phone rings this week & some guy asks me to confirm who I am I'll have to be carefull not to hang up too quickly - you'd never know they might be looking for a tea boy & thats my speciallity

I dont want to put anyones nose out of joint but it sounds very amateurish to me,its nothing I'd be going too much out of my way to see anyway.

[Tally]

Well, considering that they got some guy from South Africa to do it, rather than they guy at the local pub, it seems that they did spend some time thinking about who might be suitable  There may be even better MK clones out there, but he seems fine on the guitar.

[dustyvalentino]

Well, considering that they got some guy from South Africa to do it, rather than they guy at the local pub, it seems that they did spend some time thinking about who might be suitable  There may be even better MK clones out there, but he seems fine on the guitar.

I don't think anyone is concerned about the appointment of Terence Reis.

The concern is that that article state quite clearly that he is joining Dire Straits, not "The Straits".

[dustyvalentino]

Amusing answer from Guy when asked if The Straits had asked permission.

No they didn't ask but as with any other covers/tribute band, they don't need to.

Snigger.

[ds1984]

But calling themselves The Straits it was direly inevitable.

[Tally]

Well, considering that they got some guy from South Africa to do it, rather than they guy at the local pub, it seems that they did spend some time thinking about who might be suitable  There may be even better MK clones out there, but he seems fine on the guitar.

I don't think anyone is concerned about the appointment of Terence Reis.

The concern is that that article state quite clearly that he is joining Dire Straits, not "The Straits".

In fact I was replying to Waterline Man rather than you, Dusty.

One wonders if they tried to get a DS drummer to do it.

[dustyvalentino]

In fact I was replying to Waterline Man rather than you, Dusty.

One wonders if they tried to get a DS drummer to do it.

Apologies, I tend to ignore Waterline Man's posts.

[Geordieboy]

Well, to avoid being accused of being "rude" or "prejudiced" I'm just going to post this and keep my thoughts to myself.

I want to be  "rude" and a "prejudiced mind"...

when i read....

SA musician gets call from Dire Straits

from WHO?? From Dire Straits?  What can i say? Rubbish, garbage, shame.... Oh yes, but someone gonna tell us that's a "simple mistake" from the author, he should call them "the best dire straits line-up of all times".

[Waterline Man]

In fact I was replying to Waterline Man rather than you, Dusty.

One wonders if they tried to get a DS drummer to do it.

Apologies, I tend to ignore Waterline Man's posts.

Ta noted in my little black book

[ds1984]

Well, to avoid being accused of being "rude" or "prejudiced" I'm just going to post this and keep my thoughts to myself.

I want to be  "rude" and a "prejudiced mind"...

when i read....

SA musician gets call from Dire Straits

from WHO?? From Dire Straits?  What can i say? Rubbish, garbage, shame.... Oh yes, but someone gonna tell us that's a "simple mistake" from the author, he should call them "the best dire straits line-up of all times".

Remember last summer  when Dire Straits was already used to advertise a live gig.

One day it will really happen.
Or not.

[Geordieboy]

Well, to avoid being accused of being "rude" or "prejudiced" I'm just going to post this and keep my thoughts to myself.

I want to be  "rude" and a "prejudiced mind"...

when i read....

SA musician gets call from Dire Straits

from WHO?? From Dire Straits?  What can i say? Rubbish, garbage, shame.... Oh yes, but someone gonna tell us that's a "simple mistake" from the author, he should call them "the best dire straits line-up of all times".

Remember last summer  when Dire Straits was already used to advertise a live gig.

....yes it was the same shame 

[Jules]

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[Slavi]

Well, considering that they got some guy from South Africa to do it, rather than they guy at the local pub, it seems that they did spend some time thinking about who might be suitable   There may be even better MK clones out there, but he seems fine on the guitar.

I don't think anyone is concerned about the appointment of Terence Reis.

The concern is that that article state quite clearly that he is joining Dire Straits, not "The Straits".

The concern is that that article state quite clearly that he is joining Dire Straits, not "The Straits"...yeah  namely the article, written by a journalist which is not very aware  
I'm pretty sure Terence Reis knows very well that he joined The Straits but not Dire Straits...Actually he said he had a call from Alan Clark - I think the other is the journalist's  interpretation.

Googled a bit and found a couple of articles with the same mistake - it's all about the journalists, alaways searching for sensations, not very precise with the information and sometimes specially not precise.

But I can't agree these articles could be used to discredit Alan Clark, Phil Palmer and Chris White or the things they do at the moment.

[superval99]

More on "The Straits" saga!

Kearsney Old Boy guitarist to front for Dire Straits

When he first heard Dire Straits, as a Kearsney boarder, Terence Reis (1980) knew something significant had just happened in the music world. What he didn