Happy Birthday Mark Knopfler

[Ostinato Rubato]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo-J1wf2KHc[/video]



Hands down, my favorite recorded guitar tone of all time. ALL TIME!

Happy birthday Mark. You da man. Well, one of them.

[Telephant]

Mark is the man, and a lefty too, which makes his playing style even crazier...

[Ostinato Rubato]

Mark is the man, and a lefty too, which makes his playing style even crazier...

Lefties has teh feelz.

You included.

[Telephant]

Mark is the man, and a lefty too, which makes his playing style even crazier...

Lefties has teh feelz.

You included.

Ya but he plays right handed and doesn't use a pick! Its all backasswards! Or is it assbackwards?!? You know what I'm sayin'.

[Telephant]

Not only does this album have amazing tone, its one of the best sounding records I have ever heard:

[video]http://youtu.be/LNXncglnsZg[/video]

[Marc G]

he brings it in this live version of Sultans of Swing.... man is such a class act
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2nQZPC2uTs[/video]

[Ostinato Rubato]

Mark is the man, and a lefty too, which makes his playing style even crazier...

Lefties has teh feelz.

You included.

Ya but he plays right handed and doesn't use a pick! Its all backasswards! Or is it assbackwards?!? You know what I'm sayin'.

I know! But he still gets plenty of attack!!!

[Diddlybo]

I always his tone and playing on this one:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI01DDseJEM[/video]

[Dickarms]

i still want to know how to get the tone on money for nothin

[Marc G]

i still want to know how to get the tone on money for nothin

I believe it's a cocked wah

[Telephant]

i still want to know how to get the tone on money for nothin

I believe it's a cocked wah

With a 59 Burst into a brownface Fender Tremolux. He demonstrates it here:

[video]http://youtu.be/27OT_FSWrIE?t=21m48s[/video]

That whole vid is extremely entertaining and I would suggest watching the whole thing.

[Dickarms]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuu
will watch later

[Dickarms]

also: i had no fucking clue sting sung the intro and the i want my mtv part

[Diddlybo]

also: i had no fucking clue sting sung the intro and the i want my mtv part

Not only that, his management sued and got half the song writing credit because the "I want my MTV" part was to the melody of "Don't Stand So Close To Me."

[Ostinato Rubato]

also: i had no fucking clue sting sung the intro and the i want my mtv part

Not only that, his management sued and got half the song writing credit because the "I want my MTV" part was to the melody of "Don't Stand So Close To Me."

Sting is a dick. Fuck Sting. I like The Police and his sound is cool for some songs, but he sucks as a person.

Fuck, Sting.

[Dickarms]

also didnt know it was recorded at AIR in montserrat, which sent me on a wiki tangent and looking at pics of devastated plymouth

[Diddlybo]

also: i had no fucking clue sting sung the intro and the i want my mtv part

Not only that, his management sued and got half the song writing credit because the "I want my MTV" part was to the melody of "Don't Stand So Close To Me."

Sting is a dick. Fuck Sting. I like The Police and his sound is cool for some songs, but he sucks as a person.

Fuck, Sting.

I think his old bandmates feel the same as you.

[Telephant]

I thought Sting was supposed to be a cool dude? I don't think there is any bad blood between him and Knopfler, I just saw a vid of them performing together not too long ago.

[Diddlybo]

I thought Sting was supposed to be a cool dude? I don't think there is any bad blood between him and Knopfler, I just saw a vid of them performing together not too long ago.

Seems like I remember reading an interview with Knopfler a few years back where he talked about this. I think he just shrugged it off and didn't hold a grudge.

Sting claimed his record co. and management were the culprits and he had nothing to do with the songwriting credit issue. I always found that hard to believe, as Sting was one of the biggest music stars in the world at the time and you would think if he told his people to back off they would follow his orders. Who knows, maybe not.

[skybluegary]

he brings it in this live version of Sultans of Swing.... man is such a class act
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2nQZPC2uTs[/video]

I hung with his manager Ed Bicknell for a couple of hours once, (the dude standing at the back with white hair and black shirt) very entertaining guy with loads of anecdotes. He said the first thing that got him interested in dire straits was seeing knopfler playing a red strat, as that was what his (Ed's) hero played, Hank Marvin of the Shadows, obviously Marvin was a big influence on MK too.

[skybluegary]

[video]http://youtu.be/27OT_FSWrIE?t=21m48s[/video]

That whole vid is extremely entertaining and I would suggest watching the whole thing.

I enjoyed this when it came out, it was supposed to be a series but I can't find anything about any other episodes, shame, I'm sure it would have been enjoyable.

[GuitarBilly]

Mark is the man, and a lefty too, which makes his playing style even crazier...

Tons of great players are like that, off the top of my head... Gary Moore, BB King, Duane Allman, Steve Morse....I'm sure there are others. Crazy!!

[Telephant]

Mark is the man, and a lefty too, which makes his playing style even crazier...

Tons of great players are like that, off the top of my head... Gary Moore, BB King, Duane Allman, Steve Morse....I'm sure there are others. Crazy!!

Except all those dudes use picks, no?

Knopfler has this crazy rhythmic rake thing he does with his right hand and fingers that is really cool. Sort of flamenco-ish but not?!?

[GuitarBilly]

They're pick players yeah.... well Morse does a ton of crazy hybrid picking...

and yeah I know exactly what you're talking about....Knopfler is a monster player, very unique style.