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Originally posted by Butch 2340:
Best thing they ever did IMHO.

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I gotta agree. This is my favorite song by them.

Wooed many a maiden to the Telegraph Road CD. It was my first CD.

Knopfler did an album with Chet Atkins, Neck and Neck. Two of the best playing together. Recommended.

They sure did zoom and give a listen to I'll see you in my dreams its an instrumental with both mark and chet playing its great

A wee little taste:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSdThfseSkQ

I've been a fan for years.
The Indigo Girls did a good cover of Romeo and Juliet.

Have you ever seen the movie "Hot Fuzz"? When a local actor is killed after a disastrous performance of "Romeo and Juliet", he is found dead in a car accident. When one of the suspects (Timothy Dalton) rolls by, Dire Straits "Romeo and Juliet" is playing on his radio.

Glad to see you got rid of the "hr" and dire straits has alot cool tunes.

Huge Knopfler fan here......


Two of their best
skip forward to 9:30 and listen to the Strat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd3btVhwr48

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMJ0qS0NkZ0&t=40s

He knows when to play a note and when to not play. Not every note has to be loud or a riff.

Yes, really liked them.
Mark K has a great style and is a pro at what he does with a guitar.

whats not to like or enjoy ?

they do wonderful work

For the saxaphone enthusiast, “Your Latest Trick” is pretty good.

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Originally posted by Aquabird:
Mark K has a great style and is a pro at what he does with a guitar.

One of my musical regrets is not driving 4 hours to Boothbay Harbor, ME, to see Mark play a small venue. Apparently one of his close friends got him to play a benefit show there (library, IIRC). Should have done it even with the necessary hotel room and 4 hours back in the morning.

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Originally posted by oddball:
I wasn't much of a fan of Brothers in Arms, in particular Money For Nothing. I loved their earlier songs, Skateaway, Romeo & Juliet, Sultans of Swing. I also liked his guitar work on Dylan's Infidel album.

Funny, I really like that album (cd), but agree with you, Money for Nothing does not belong in that album. Too "Top 40"

Mark Knopfler is a genius.

For the last couple of months I’ve been working hard at playing (both electric and acoustic) in his style. Seemingly simple riffs turn out to be much more difficult than I imagined. Fingering is counter-intuitive with lots of rub your belly, tap your head-type hurdles.

He has long been among my 5 favorite guitar players. I believe he’s simply my absolute favorite.

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I saw them in concert at a big school gymnasium in Germany (or what was then the Federal Republic of Germany) in May 1979. Knopfler announced they would be doing some songs off a new album they had coming out, "Communique'".

I remember it being one of those rare performances where the band sounds just as good live as they do on the stereo. (You guys remember stereos, right?)

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Originally posted by TMats:
Mark Knopfler is a genius.

For the last couple of months I’ve been working hard at playing (both electric and acoustic) in his style. Seemingly simple riffs turn out to be much more difficult than I imagined. Fingering is counter-intuitive with lots of rub your belly, tap your head-type hurdles.

He has long been among my 5 favorite guitar players. I believe he’s simply my absolute favorite.

Get that thumb going! 'Get Lucky' is the song that really clicked for me and I've been more successful with learning more of his licks after learning that one. 'Song for Sonny Liston' is another favorite.

The hardest part is the phrasing. I'm still working on Sultans, but trying to string it all together as smoothly as he does it is what's difficult.

I'm currently trying to learn the licks from 'Walk of Life', especially the alternating thumb and index pattern that he plays underneath.

There's a guy on YT by the name of Pavel Fomenkov that has a lot of tutorial videos that have been tremendously helpful.

Tigereye313, i started playing bare fingered long ago, mostly emulating my guitar hero. I probably didn’t go about it correctly and was just using thumb and index finger. I since came to understand he primarily uses thumb, index and middle, when playing electric. He’ll use all 5 playing acoustic, and Romeo and Juliet is a great example of a song in which he does.

I’ll look for the videos you’ve recommended. I’ve found Jody Worrell, Justin Guitar, and Brian from Active Melody all helpful for different types of things that Mark plays.

I've seen the Justin Guitar ones, but I'll have to check out the others as well, thanks for the tip!

The thumb thing is the same style that Merle Travis invented and Chet Atkins perfected. It's maddening at first!

I've found that a lot of his rhythm playing is almost a palm muted clawhammer style, alternating with the thumb then hitting the strings with the top of the nails on a down-stroke.

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Originally posted by tigereye313:
I've found that a lot of his rhythm playing is almost a palm muted clawhammer style, alternating with the thumb then hitting the strings with the top of the nails on a down-stroke.

The Active Melody lesson covers Knopfler-style rhythm, interspersed with lead licks. He shows you the tops-of-the-nails downstrokes with left hand muting to get the “pop” sound reminiscent of the lead-in to Money for Nothing (it’s not a lesson for that song though).

In my top five favorite bands for sure!

Sultians of Swings
Money for Nothing
Walk of Life
One World
So Far Away
Calling Elvis
Heavy Fuel

Just to name a few...