Introduction to Mark Knopfler

Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE as born in August 12, 1949, Glasgow, Scotland. He is a Scottish guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was around seven years old when the Knopfler family shifted to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in the North-East of England. Mark be present at Gosforth Grammar School. He is well-known as the guide guitarist and vocalist for the band Dire Straits (1977 - 1995), but has also made albums as a solo performer and played in other bands (such as the Notting Hillbillies). He has also achieved on work by other artists, such as Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and Chet Atkins, and produced albums for artists such as Tina Turner, Randy Newman, and (again) Bob Dylan. In addition, he has scored the music to several films, including Local Hero, The Princess Bride, Comfort and Joy, Cal, Last Exit to Brooklyn and Wag the Dog.


After Knopfler broken up Dire Straits in 1995, he launched straight into a solo career with ‘Golden Heart’ (1996) - a mixture of his various music stylings that appeared throughout Dire Straits’ career.
‘Sailing to Philadelphia’ (2000) was the breakthrough album for his solo career. With stars such as James Taylor and Van Morrison, ‘Sailing to Philadelphia’ was one of his most successful albums to date.
His next album ‘The Ragpicker’s Dream’ (2002) saw Knopfler move to the ‘story telling theme’. The single ‘Why Aye Man’ was used as the theme tune for the third series of ‘Auf Wiedersehen, Pet’ in 2002.