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Music Appreciation

ProfessorGAC

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7. Saw Them

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 08:51 AM

4 hrs ago

Second album tour (Communique).
Just by sheer luck, my wife & I got 6th or 7th row dead center seats for a sold out show. Counting the orchestra put, we were 20' from Knopfler all night.
I loved those first 2 albums.
Nearly every guitar player I knew (I'm including myself) learned the solos on this tune.
I kind of lost interest after Mark bought a distortion pedal. That early tone was part of their magic.

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