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, Tim Midgett, and Andy Cohen). They released one album, ''Marquee Mark'', a live recording of their December 5, 1997, show at the

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. The show was a benefit for the Washington Wilderness Coalition. The band stuck exclusively to covers (Malkmus sang lead on Silkworm's "Never met a man I didn't like"), refusing to play any Pavement songs—most notably the requested "

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." Of the 12 covers on ''Marquee Mark'', seven are from

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''. Music critic

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'' article to the show. Marcus wrote of "Heard it through the grapevine," "while the Crust Brothers are inside it, tcan sound like the best version of the song ever played

Additional shows took place on December 30, 1998, at The Breakroom in Seattle, and on January 1, 1999, at the Starfish Room in

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. The band returned to the Crocodile Cafe on December 31, 2000. A song from that set, a cover of Dylan's "

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" sung by Dahlquist, is the sixth track on Silkworm's final EP, ''Chokes!''

Discography

* ''Marquee Mark'' (1998)

References

External links

Michael Dahlquist's 12-31-2000 tour journal.

''Marquee Mark'' page on the official Silkworm discography

Pavement Frontman Sings to Save the Wilderness.
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