PORTLAND — Dire Straits’ Alan Clark and Chris White will perform along with five hand-picked musicians at The Asylum, 121 Center St. in Portland, this Sunday, March 2 at 9 p.m.
Musicians Terence Reis, Steve Ferrone from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Mickey Féat, Adam Phillips and Jamie Squire will join Clark and White for the U.S. tour, as The Straits.
This tour will mark the first time Clark and White have toured the U.S. in 20 years.
“The BEA (Brand Entertainment Agency, Inc.) team has worked very hard to put together this exciting concert tour and we are very proud to be working with this legendary group of musicians,” saidGreg Burns, BEA president, in a recent press statement. “As the exclusive U.S. agency behind this tour, we were overly thrilled with the response from buyers and the industry about these musicians being back together.”
Clark, the Straits’ keyboard player and former Dire Straits member and producer, began the process of putting together a Straits tour two years ago in Rome.
“Dire Straits’ sax player Chris and I were having breakfast beside a pool one beautiful, sunny morning when I declared we were going to form The Straits,” said Clark, in a recent press statement.
Having been a part of the hugely successful Dire Straits, Clark said he was acutely aware of the huge responsibility they were undertaking, and the need to get it right.
“So, next we needed a band. There was only ever going to be one drummer: Steve Ferrone, probably the best rock drummer in the world, and a good mate,” he said. “As for a front man, I’d always thought it would be impossible to replace the huge talent that is Mark Knopfler until I discovered the brilliant Terence Reis.
“Next, we needed a bass player. We’d briefly considered using a lineup of ex-Dire Straits players ”“ and believe me, there were plenty offers ”“ but we decided to go our own way, to hand-pick the absolute best, so Mickey Feat was recruited on bass,” said Clark.
For more information on the Portland show, visit www.portlandasylum.com or call 772-8274.
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