Dire Straits/Cal Expo/Sept. 16, 1985

 
What a week this was, and I got to review both. Dire Straits, with the country’s No. 1 album, and then two days later Springsteen! I was stoked. I had been a huge Dire Straits fan since “Sultans of Swing” but had never seen the band live. I repeatedly watched the 1983 video concert, “Alchemy Live” (it’s on DVD now; get it!) and always wanted to see Mark Knopfler in action. This show, on the heels of the classic “Brothers in Arms,” did not disappoint the packed Cal Expo crowd. Just a legendary night for Sacramento.