Some snippets about MK in Holly Vincent Interview

[yontwocrows]

I just found some info snippets about MK in this interview (http://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/hollyandtheitalians2.htm) with Holly Vincent that must be published after 2007. Don't know if it's old stuff for you. But i didn't know that Mark listened to the punk band "dictators". And thanks god she didn't become the drummer of Dire Straits 

Here the snippets:
 

I lived with Chris Wood and his wife Jeanette Jacobs, one of Hendrix's girlfriends and a singer with Dr John. Again I was 18, and I hung out with several great musicians, Mitch Mitchell, Jim Capaldi, John Cale, Mark Knopfler [we met through a Melody Maker ad for a guitar player placed by me and Pete's girlfriend Jackie Badger, an excellent bass player]

Pete told me you were asked to play drums for Dire Straits! How did that come about? Was this before Holly and the Italians?
Yes. I'm not good at chronology but yeah, it was before Holly and the Italians. Pick Withers was perfect anyway for them. He's great. As I said, Mark's and my relationship went back to when I was a teen, and first starting to play professionally [drums]. He was an influence, as was I on him. I turned him on to the Dictators music [N.Y. punk band] and he later sought out Andy Shernoff to work with. Mark inundated me with JJ Cale and Steely Dan stuff.

How did Holly and the Italians get signed to Oval records of the UK? Were you seen supporting Blondie?
Mark Knopfler introduced me to Charlie Gillett [Oval], after bringing myself and my drummer [Steve] back to London from L.A. I played Mark my Italians demo while he was in LA to begin working with Bob Dylan, after Dire Straits had had hits. He wanted to hook me up with his [Marks] managers.
We opened for Blondie at the Hammersmith Odeon and I was 'discovered' by Lyn Goldsmith [photographer] she went back to N.Y. and hyped me to my soon to be manager Gary Kurfirst. [Ramones, Talking Heads, B 52's] I was also at the time being courted by all the major labels based on my live shows in clubs around London. success happened very quickly for me there. I was also approached by labels in Los Angeles, and by Phil Spector who wanted to produce me, but I already had a plan in place with Mark, and I loved London ...England... Europe... anti-capitalist I am...lol...

[surferboy]

Thanks for posting!

[jbaent]

Nothing about their relationship and they breaking being the inspiration for Romeo and Juliet

[superval99]

Thank you, yontwocrows!    What I really wanted to know was how she felt about the trilogy of songs, including R & J that MK wrote about her.   The interviewer missed the opportunity.   

[naif]

isn't R&J  for his first whife?

[yontwocrows]

Yes, but i think these informations are too private. And what do you expect from a punk lady? Moaning?
Anyway, must be kind of strange for her hearing R&J over and over after all these years. But i listened because of these statements to steely dan, and his influence is obvious.

[JF]

isn't R&J  for his first whife?

No. Songs about his first wife are on 1st album (WOL smu sbn) and on communique (wdytyg fhm)
R&J is about Holly Vincent like LOG and itn

[superval99]

Not sure if your keyboard is broken... Come on... sbn  and fhm??  Wtf u r talking about...

LE

     I just had to check the songs on the albums!     

[LoveExpresso]

But what did you find?   

LE

[LoveExpresso]

Oh now I see. What a fool I was to assume the order of the letters would have some meaning, too...
And it's K nife... like in Noffla.... just sayin...


EL 

[JF]

sorry for the typos 
but writing on an iPhone is a bit tricky sometimes

I meant SBK, as six blade Knife and FMH as Follow me home

[LoveExpresso]

 

Thank you!! But I never was aware that Walk of Life (WOL) was about his first marriage...

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just kidding...

 

LE

[JF]

good one LE 

nobody asked for itn ?

I meant INR as It never rains of course

[LoveExpresso]

To get on-topic again, I was astonished to read about It Never Rains being mentioned in this context. Is this information confirmed that this song has to do with this punk lady? I would never have thought that it was about a love story, but with that in mind, the lyrics are somewhat clearer now.

LE

[wayaman]

It us said that Solid rock is about her too, and the "three more fingers point to you" lines are David, Pick and John...