Pure Prairie League. Vince is in the top row, second from right.
Over the years I had become enamored with acoustic music and bluegrass- I played the mandolin and banjo and guitar, so from 1974 until 1979, those were my bluegrass years. I was living out in California since 1976, and I found myself wanting get the electric guitar out and fire it up again, and those guys of- fered me the opportunity to get out and have some fun and turn it up to eleven. I’ve always enjoyed spreading my wings, I never liked to do just one thing. That was a great experience for me. I learned all about the professional way the music business works, the way tour- ing really works. God, we toured with every- body. We’d be out opening dates for Marshall Tucker or Charlie Daniels- we’d do shows with The Dixie Dregs- just countless people, and playing festivals- I was running into all of the greatest musicians in the world. It was great to be on TV and have a hit or two. It just helped to show me that I could do different
things, and do whatever I aspire to. I left Pure Prairie League and started playing with Rod- ney Crowell’s band, I played guitar and sang for him, and I was playing for Roseanne Cash. Then I was offered a record deal in country music. I hadn’t really thought that hard about a country music career, but Tony Brown said “That’s you at your core, you’re a country gui- tar player. You can do all those other things but I think this is what you were meant to do. And he was right.
Our readers might not realize that you declined an invitation to join Dire Straits. (Laughing) You idiot!! What were you think- ing?!” (Both laughing)
When did you meet Mark Knopfler, and hough tough of a decession was it to say no to him?
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