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Mark Knopfler - Hult Center - Eugene, Oregon 2010

2010-05-13T10:23:15Z

Mark Knopfler - Hult Center - Eugene, Oregon 2010


01. Border Reiver
02. Why Aye Man
03. What It Is
04. Sailing To Philadelphia
05. Coyote
06. Remembrance Day
07. Hill's Farmer Blues
08. Romeo & Juliet
09. Sultans Of Swing (4 piece)
10. Donegan's Gone
11. Get Lucky
12. Band Intros
13. Marbletown
14. Speedway At Nazareth
15. Telegraph Road
16. Brothers In Arms
17. Our Shangri-La

Bass – Glenn Worf
Drums – Danny Cummings
Flute [Wood Flute], Whistle – Mike McGoldrick
Guitar – Richard Bennett
Guitar, Keyboards – Guy Fletcher
Keyboards, Accordion – Matt Rollings
Lead Guitar, Vocals – Mark Knopfler
Violin, Whistle, Cittern – John McCusker

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Mark Knopfler - Kill To Get Crimson (2007)

2009-10-13T19:08:29Z

Mark Knopfler - Kill To Get Crimson (2007)


1. True Love Will Never Fade (4:21) 
2. Scaffolder's Wife (3:52) 
3. Fizzy and the Still (4:07) 
4. Heart Full of Holes (6:36) 
5. We Can Get Wild (4:18) 
6. Secondary Waltz (3:43) 
7. Punish the Monkey (4:38) 
8. Let It All Go (5:18) 
9. Behind with the Rent (4:48) 
10. Fish and the Bird (3:45) 
11. Madame Geneva's (3:59) 
12. In the Sky (7:31) 

Mark Knopfler - Guitar, Vocals, Producer
Danny Cummings - Percussion, Drums
Glenn Worf - Guitar (Bass), String Bass
John McCusker - Violin, Cittern
Frank Ricotti - Vibraphone
Steve Sidwell - Trumpet
Chris White - Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone
Ian Lowthian - Accordion
Guy Fletcher – Keyboards

Given that Kill to Get Crimson follows Mark Knopfler's yearlong collaboration with Emmylou Harris -- inaugurated by the album All the Roadrunning and followed by a tour, subsequently documented on the live set Real Live Roadrunning -- it might be reasonable to presume that it bears a slightly heavier folk influence, as if Emmylou had rubbed off on the guitarist. And that's true to a certain extent: "Heart Full of Holes" has an old-timey carnivalesque lilt to its middle section and "Secondary Waltz" is simple, low-key two-step driven by accordions, while "The Fish and the Bird" is a spare allegory that recalls old folk tunes, as does the stately grace of "Madame Geneva's." Also, "Let It All Go" (the song that bears the lyric that lends the album the title) is a minor key dirge that could be seen as a winding folk tune, but it hearkens back to the evocative mood pieces that often up ate up large sections of the second side of a Dire Straits album, and that's hardly the only time either Knopfler's old band or his solo works are brought to mind here. Despite the few folk trappings, most of Kill to Get Crimson resembles nothing so much as another tastefully low-key album from Knopfler, one that resides comfortably in his mellow Americana niche, where country, blues, and rock gently blend into a sound that resembles no particular style but evokes plenty of past sounds. Knopfler rides this soft groove as easily as he ever has, maybe even a little easier than usual, but the big difference here is although mood is key -- as it always is on a Knopfler solo album -- the emphasis is not on guitar; it's on the song. Thing is, the mood tends to trump the sound unless the album is heard closely, which is something Knopfler's dedicated cult will surely do, but less dedicated listeners can't be blamed if they enjoy this merely as background music if they choose to enjoy this at all. ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Review

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Mark Knopfler - Sailing to Philadelfia (2000)

2013-02-18T17:11:39Z

Mark Knopfler - Sailing to Philadelphia (2000)


1 	What It Is 	4:58 	
2 	Sailing To Philadelphia 	5:30 	
3 	Who's Your Baby Now 	3:06 	
4 	Baloney Again 	5:10 	
5 	The Last Laugh 	3:22 	
6 	Do America 	4:12 	
7 	El Macho 	5:30 	
8 	Prairie Wedding 	4:27 	
9 	Wanderlust 	3:53 	
10 	Speedway At Nazareth 	6:23 	
11 	Junkie Doll 	4:35 	
12 	Silvertown Blues 	5:29 	
13 	Sands Of Nevada 	3:57 	

Musicians:
    Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitars
    Richard Bennett – guitars, string instruments
    Jim Cox – piano, Hammond organ
    Guy Fletcher – keyboard, backing vocals
    Glenn Worf – bass
    Chad Cromwell – drums
    James Taylor – vocals (2)
    Van Morrison – vocals (5)
    Gillian Welch and David Rawlings – vocals (8,10)
    Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford – vocals (International 6)
    Aubrey Haynie – violin (1,10)
    Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
    Danny Cummings – percussion
    Mike Haynes – flugelhorn
    Jim Hoke – autoharp, harmonica
    Jim Horn – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
    Wayne Jackson – trumpet
    Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone
    Frank Ricotti – marimba
    Duane Starling – vocals
    Gillian Welch – vocals
    Chris Willis – vocals

Mark Knopfler's second solo album might as well be called Dire Straits' eighth studio album, though Knopfler abandoned the group name back in 1996, dispensing with hefty sales in the process. There was never much doubt that the fame and lifestyle coincident with platinum sales made him uncomfortable, and discontinuing the Dire Straits billing was a means of walking away from all that. It also allowed him to indulge his love for various musical genres more, and that process continues on Sailing to Philadelphia. True, Knopfler's basic approach remains the same -- as a guitarist, he is still enamored of the minor-key finger-picking style of J.J. Cale, and as a singer/songwriter, he remains enthralled with Bob Dylan. But in one song after another on this album, you get the feeling that he started out playing some familiar song in a specific genre and eventually extrapolated upon it enough to call it an original. Knopfler has grafted his own lyrical concerns to these songs, often playing up the lives of humble people (especially musicians), and putting down powerful people (especially rock stars). There are also story-songs on wide-ranging subjects, but the theme of life on the road and the dichotomy between the rich and famous (what Knopfler is) and the poor and powerless (those he identifies with) predominate. Working with a two-guitars, two-keyboards, bass and drums band (like Dire Straits), Knopfler brings in a variety of sympathetic guests, notably James Taylor, Van Morrison, and Squeeze leaders Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford. These guest stars provide pleasant contrast to Knopfler's modest vocal talents, but they never steal the spotlight from the leader. (Well, okay, Morrison does.) His ability to hold his own is some indication that, however self-effacing he may be, he remains a star. [In 2005 Sailing to Philadelphia was reissued with a bonus DVD that featured "behind the scenes" footage" as well as interviews with Knopfler and his band.] --- William Ruhlmann, allmusic.com

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Mark Knopfler - The Greek Theater, Los Angeles (2001)

2018-07-03T14:50:13Z

Mark Knopfler - The Greek Theater, Los Angeles (2001)


01 Calling Elvis
02 Walk of Life
03 Rudiger
04 What it Is
05 Romeo and Juliet
06 Sultans of Swing
07 Band Introduction
08 Done With Bonaparte
09 Sailing to Philadelphia (with Jackson Browne) 
10 Junkie Doll

11 Speedway at Nazareth
12 Prarie Wedding (with Bonnie Raitt)
13 Pyroman (with Bonnie Raitt)
14 Telegraph Road
15 Wag the Dog
16 Money For Nothing
17 So Far Away 

The Band:
Mark Knopfler - guitars and vocals
Glenn Worf - bass and backing vocals
Chad Cromwell - drums
Richard Bennett - guitars
Geraint Watkins - piano, accordion
Guy Fletcher - keyboards and backing vocals
Mike Henderson - guitars, harmonica, mandolin
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Jackson Browne - vocals,acoustic guitar 
Bonnie Raitt - backing vocals, slide guitar

The Greek Theater, Los Angeles, CA
May 20, 2001

Very nice mix of the good audience recording (see also: Los Angeles 2001) and the Mark Knopfler In Ear Monitor (IEM) soundboard recording (see also: Los Angeles 2001 - In Ear Monitor). This IEM recording is incredible good but since it was used for Mark Knopfler on stage, you can mainly hear his voice and guitar loud on this recording while the other instruments are pretty low in the mix. The audience recording had good balance of all instruments but slightly muffled vocals.

On this version, the two sources have been mixed which results in a very nice audience/soundboard mix of the full show.

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Mark Knopfler - Tracker (2015)

2015-04-04T13:29:56Z

Mark Knopfler - Tracker (2015)


1. Laughs And Jokes And Drinks And Smokes 06:41
2. Basil 05:45
3. River Towns 06:17
4. Skydiver 04:39
5. Mighty Man 05:56
6. Broken Bones 05:31
7. Long Cool Girl 05:06
8. Lights Of Taormina 06:10
9. Silver Eagle 05:02
10. Beryl 03:11
11. Wherever I Go featuring Ruth Moody 06:27

Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitars
Guy Fletcher – keyboards, vocals
Bruce Molsky – fiddle, rhythm guitar, banjo
John McCusker – fiddle, cittern
Mike McGoldrick – whistle, wooden flute
Phil Cunningham – accordion
Glenn Worf – bass
Ian Thomas – drums
Nigel Hitchcock – saxophone
Tom Walsh – trumpet
Ruth Moody – vocals

Between Dire Straits, solo, soundtracks and collaborations, this is Mark Knopfler’s 27th album, and it is probably fair to say we know what to expect by now. Tracker is another collection of carefully observed songs of ordinary lives, essaying folk, blues, country and early rock’n’roll forms, delivered with a low, mordant, deadpan voice. Dark material such as River Towns, Mighty Man and Wherever I Go leaves a particularly strong emotional aftertaste, even if it doesn’t always quicken the blood.

In his solo career, Knopfler tends to keep those lightning flashes of silvery electric lead guitar to a minimum, letting his band flesh out tracks with understated refinement. I can’t be alone in missing the epic scope of his more dramatically forceful work with Dire Straits.

The standout track for me is a boxing song, Broken Bones, on which Knopfler picks up the tempo to concoct a simple, yet hypnotic, disco groove with a lovely interplay between multiple rhythm and lead guitars. Intriguingly, it is the only song recorded completely solo.

Fans will find much to enjoy here, but it might be time for Knopfler to push himself out of his comfort zone. --- Neil McCormick, telegraph.co.uk

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Mark Knopfler – Berlin 2007

2010-01-15T12:22:42Z

Mark Knopfler – Berlin 2007


1. Donegan’s Lane 
2. Rudiger 
3. Let It All Go 
4. The Fizzy And The Still 
5. True Love 
6. Bonaparte 
7. Postcards From Paraguay 
8. Brothers In Arms 
9. Shangri-La

Mark Knopfler 
Berlin 
Meistersaal 
2007-09-10

Mark Knopfler performing live in Meistersaal, Berlin, 2007-09-10, as a part of his promo tour for the album "Kill To Get Crimson".

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Mark Knopfler – Get Lucky (2009)

2009-10-13T19:05:05Z

Mark Knopfler – Get Lucky (2009)


01 - Border Reiver 
02 - Hard Shoulder 
03 - You Can't Beat The House 
04 - Before Gas And TV 
05 - Monteleone 
06 - Cleaning My Gun 
07 - The Car Was The One 
08 - Remembrance Day 
09 - Get Lucky 
10 - So Far From The Clyde 
11 - Piper To The End

Bass, Double Bass [Upright Bass] – Glenn Worf
Conductor [Strings, French Horns] – Rupert Gregson-Williams
Drums – Danny Cummings
Guitar – Richard Bennett
Keyboards – Guy Fletcher, Matt Rollings
Violin, Cittern – John McCusker
Vocals, Guitar – Mark Knopfler
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Accordion – Phil Cunningham
Flute, Whistle – Michael McGoldrick

With the release of Get Lucky, Mark Knopfler has made as many solo studio albums as he made group studio albums with Dire Straits, which may be a signal that it's time to stop comparing his two careers and simply accept them as separate entities. Of course, since Knopfler was the lead singer, chief instrumentalist, and songwriter for Dire Straits, there are obvious similarities, even if he has taken a deliberately different path as a solo artist. Basically, he's a lot quieter. "Border Reiver," the first song here, begins with a pennywhistle and a piano, then strings join in. Soon enough, Knopfler's distinctive conversational baritone begins calmly intoning lyrics, and eventually there are examples of his melodic fingerpicked guitar style on both acoustic and electric. He even works up to a smoldering swamp rock shuffle, à la J.J. Cale, on "Cleaning My Gun." But that's as close as he comes to really rocking out. More typical is "Hard Shoulder," a ballad that employs a twangy guitar sound and comes across as a number that Glen Campbell could have had a hit with back in his late-'60s "Wichita Lineman" heyday. The tunes support Knopfler's story-songs and musical character studies, as he describes or embodies truck drivers ("Border Reiver"), itinerant workers ("Get Lucky"), guitar makers ("Monteleone"), and sailors ("So Far from the Clyde"), among others, painting a portrait of pastoral and blue-collar life in the British Isles some time in the past. This Glasgow-born guitarist comes by the Celtic influence honestly, of course, but he seems to be trying to create his own pseudo-traditional repertoire of what often sound like old folk songs. That's certainly one of the things he was trying to do in Dire Straits. "Remembrance Day" here is similar in tone to Dire Straits' "Brothers in Arms," but then so is much of Knopfler's solo work; old fans still may lament that there isn't much that sounds like "Sultans of Swing" or "Money for Nothing." ---William Ruhlmann, AllMusic Review

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Mark Knopfler – Greatest Hits (2015)

2012-03-17T14:11:43Z

Mark Knopfler – Greatest Hits (2015)


1-1 	Silver Eagle 	
1-2 	Redbud Tree 	
1-3 	Border Reiver 	
1-4 	True Love Will Never Fade 	
1-5 	What It Is 	
1-6 	Kingdom Of Gold 	
1-7 	Remembrance Day 	
1-8 	The Trawlersman's Song 	
1-9 	Darling Pretty 	
1-10 	Why Aye Man 	
1-11 	Golden Heart 	
1-12 	Let It All Go 	
1-13 	This Is Us 	
1-14 	Say Too Much 	
1-15 	The Last Laugh 	
1-16 	Nobody's Got The Gun 	
1-17 	Metroland 	

2-1 	Laughs And Jokes And Drinks And Smokes 	
2-2 	Cleaning My Gun 	
2-3 	Sailing To Philadelphia 	
2-4 	5.15 A.M. 	
2-5 	Rudiger 	
2-6 	The Ragpicker's Dream 	
2-7 	Imelda 	
2-8 	Hard Shoulder 	
2-9 	Beachcombing 	
2-10 	Hill Farmer's Blues 	
2-11 	Boom, Like That 	
2-12 	Monteleone 	
2-13 	Hard Cases 	
2-14 	Silvertown Blues 	
2-15 	You Don't Know You're Born 	
2-16 	Going Home (Theme Of The Local Hero)

Mark Knopfler is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader. His group, Dire Straits, was formed in London in 1977 and went on to become an international success after the release of its debut album in 1978. Though it began as a group with a permanent lineup led by Knopfler, in its first few years it evolved into a brand name for Knopfler with varying personnel. Starting with Local Hero in 1983, Knopfler has scored several motion pictures. He has also recorded with Chet Atkins and with the Notting Hillbillies. In 1995, Knopfler quietly laid Dire Straits to rest. He launched a full-fledged solo career with the release of Golden Heart in 1996; subsequent soundtrack efforts include 1998's Wag the Dog, 1998's Metroland, and 2002's Shot at Glory. Sailing to Philadelphia, a lush collection of folk-rock and breezy Americana that featured guest appearances by James Taylor, Van Morrison, and Squeeze leaders Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, appeared in fall 2000, and Ragpicker's Dream followed in 2002. In 2003, on the way to rehearsals in London, Knopfler broke his collarbone, shoulder, and seven ribs in a motorcycle crash. He returned in 2004 with Shangri-La, and in 2006 he completed All the Road Running, a collaboration with Emmylou Harris recorded over the span of nearly seven years that also found life as a live CD/DVD release (Real Live Roadrunning) later that November. Kill to Get Crimson appeared in 2007, and Get Lucky in 2009. --- William Ruhlmann, allmusic.com

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Mark Knopfler – Live in Paris (2010)

2010-08-06T15:13:52Z

Mark Knopfler – Live in Paris (2010)


01. Border River
02. What It Is
03. Sailing To Philadelphia
04. Coyote
05. Prairie Wedding
06. Hill Farmers Blues
07. Romeo and Juliet
08. Sultans Of Swing
09. Done With Bonaparte
10. A Night In Summer Long Ago
11. Marbletown
12. Speedway At Nazareth
13. Telegraph Road
14. Brothers In Arms
15. So Far Away
16. Piper To The End

Bass, Double Bass [Upright Bass] – Glenn Worf
Conductor [Strings, French Horns] – Rupert Gregson-Williams
Drums – Danny Cummings
Guitar – Richard Bennett
Keyboards – Guy Fletcher, Matt Rollings
Violin, Cittern – John McCusker
Vocals, Guitar – Mark Knopfler
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Accordion – Phil Cunningham 
Flute, Whistle – Michael McGoldrick

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