THE NON-TRENDINESS OF DIRE STRAITS
I was doing publicity then. Working for the Warner brothers (Stan and Reg). I was in London, escorting fellow CREEM contributor Richard Riegel to a couple of concerts by Thin Lizzy at London's Wembley Pool. (Richard had hardly travelled outside of Cincinnati, no less been to merry England, so he required a certain amount of supervision.)
THE NON-TRENDINESS OF DIRE STRAITS
Starring Mark Knopfler: America's Newest Guitar Hero (from England, natch)
A Music Biz Yarn
by
Gary Kenton
I was doing publicity then. Working for the Warner brothers (Stan and Reg). I was in London, escorting fellow CREEM contributor Richard Riegel to a couple of concerts by Thin Lizzy at London's Wembley Pool. (Richard had hardly travelled outside of Cincinnati, no less been to merry England, so he required a certain amount of supervision.) My duties brought me to the Phonogram offices of London, the company which handles Lizzy in the U.K.. where I met up with Johnny Stainze, A&R man, record collector, rockabilly fanatic and all-around good bloke. We talked about Lizzy for a bit, but they have been B-I-G in England for a while already and Johnny was quick to turn the subject to trading records (visions of Warners vinyl dancing in his head) and a new group he'd just signed called Dire Straits.