MK NOT to play with John Illsley in june

[LoveExpresso]

Thanks for explaining.

So maybe this is it: The reason why MK so consequently abandons everything that's Dire Straits related - maybe he recognized that he indeed has not been the best fellow to have around and really changed... I could fully understand that he doesn't want to be remembered all the time at the years where he had another attitude...

LE

[wayaman]

Maybe it has something to do with the band concept too. Even some of the musicians were hired musicians, they felt they were part of the band (Tommy Mandel, Jack Sonni, Terry Williams...) but when they were left out from the band and substituted by another hired musicians, they felt kind of betrayed and disappointed by MK.

I read MK saying that democracy doesnt works in a band, and I wonder why he wanted to start a band in the first place instead of starting his own career like did, at the same era more or less, Elvis Costello.

Now, he

[JF]

yes the paradox is that he had more a "solo attitude" during his band era, while he has more a "band attitude" during his solo era....

and about OES era / Whitten quote, Guy said many times that they too much rehearsed for the OES tour....the exact microsecond...yes, well described for the music style during this era

[wayaman]

About MK attitude during the OES era, I think its fair to add that MK wanted to do such a long tour as things at home were so bad that he ended divorcing Lourdes, so probably he was quite angry with things related with his private life during all that period, that affected his attitude during the tour.

[Rkd]

Well, darn! It is always hard to find out your heroes have feet of clay.

[dustyvalentino]

Having a search for Chris Whitten quotes, here's an irrelevant but nevertheless interesting one.

http://www.drummercafe.com/forum/index.php/topic,26559.msg296080.html#msg296080

[dustyvalentino]

Toilet tips
http://www.drummercafe.com/forum/index.php/topic,26165.msg293442.html#msg293442

[dustyvalentino]

http://www.drummercafe.com/forum/index.php/topic,26130.msg293203.html#msg293203
http://www.drummercafe.com/forum/index.php/topic,22675.msg257473.html#msg257473

And here's what I was looking for!
http://www.drummercafe.com/forum/index.php/topic,21612.msg245215.html#msg245215

[dustyvalentino]

http://www.drummercafe.com/forum/index.php/topic,20369.msg230309.html#msg230309
http://www.drummercafe.com/forum/index.php/topic,20411.msg230809.html#msg230809

[Pottel]

Interesting, thnx

[dmg]

Interesting, thnx

Yes, very!  Cheers! 

[LoveExpresso]

Thanks for the research work, very interesting. He seems to be busy posting over there, 6518 posts, DUDE, that's nearly pottel dimension... 

LE

[JF]

very interesting, thanks

"the 2,5h shows"....well maybe at the very start of the tour, but the usual length was more about "only" 2h I think

the 2,5 hours shows were for the 96 tour...longest gigs in MK's career I believe


another funny thing revealed by Chris Whitten is that Pottel isn't the only one to have a pee break during songs...

[wayaman]

Thanks Dusty, really great research.

[Tally]

That tour was no picnic.