While listening, to things like western swing, for instance, I`d work something out in my head, then play it on my National; not the same song, but one that captured the feeling of the original tune.
While I was into many different types of music, and played with many different local groups, I really didn`t have a band to call my own until Dire Straits was formed in 1977.
We used to play in a theater club in London called The King`s Head. When the theater let nut, around 10:00 P.M., we`d be ready to go and really get it on for about an hour or so.