MarkKnophler&EmmyLouHarrisonImus..

Charles Curtis · Post by **Charles Curtis** » 24 Apr 2006 3:52 pm

I believe they will be on tomorrow am, April 25.

Bob Miano · Post by **Bob Miano** » 27 Apr 2006 11:46 am

Thanks for the tip.
I was able to catch them with Imus.
Always a pleasure to see and hear Emmylou
and Mark is a super player too.

Bob Miano

Jack Francis · Post by **Jack Francis** » 27 Apr 2006 3:38 pm

Enjoyed the performance...odd thing when Mark picked up the Les Paul he still sounded like he was playing a Strat!

Charles Curtis · Post by **Charles Curtis** » 28 Apr 2006 6:07 am

I believe I saw Mark autographing a guitar with his left hand; anyone know any history of Mark and his playing?

Manfred Schall · Post by **Manfred Schall** » 28 Apr 2006 6:32 am

Does anybody know if there is a steel player in his touring band?

Thanks
MS

Charles Curtis · Post by **Charles Curtis** » 28 Apr 2006 3:14 pm

One of the musicians doubled on dobro.

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 1 May 2006 9:42 pm

"anyone know any history of Mark and his playing?"

You're not serious, I hope? Well-maybe you are-no offense intended at all.

Mark Knopfler was the leader of Dire Straits for many years, and he retired the final version of the band about 10 years ago, I believe.

He is simply one of the best guitar players in the world, and an outstanding songwriter.

I don't think there will be a steel player in the band-it will be the same lineup as his touring band over the past several years-I saw them put on an outstanding show in Berkeley last summer on the "Shangri La" tour, which is the title of his most recent album.

The band will also have as second guitarist the great Richard Bennett (an outstanding interview with Richard in the current issue of Vintage Guitar Mag), "A" list Nashville session bassist Glen Worf, former Straits member Guy Fletcher on keyboards, I don't recall the drummer's name, and one of the best fiddlers on the planet, and a guy who is as busy on his instrument with studio work as Paul Franklin is on steel, Stuart Duncan.

Paul plays steel on one track on the new CD, and Dan Dugmore is on two or three tracks. Paul has toured with Mark in the past but i don't expect it will happen this time.

The new MK and Emmylou album is very good, and I have my tickets for the show out here at the end of June, once again at The Greek Theater in Berkeley.

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Mark
[This message was edited by Mark Eaton on 01 May 2006 at 10:45 PM.]

Mike Perlowin · Post by **Mike Perlowin** » 2 May 2006 3:20 am

Mark Knopfler was the leader of Dire Straits for many years, and he ... is simply one of the best guitar players in the world...

In my opinion, the Dire Straits album "Communique" is from a guitarst's point of view, the single best album in the entire history of rock and roll.

Charles Curtis · Post by **Charles Curtis** » 2 May 2006 7:08 am

It seems as though everytime I "assume" something there can be a problem; Mark picks with his right hand, right? He was autographing a guitar with his left, if the camera angle was correct. A few of the greats pick with their right hand even though they are "lefties"; and usually there is a story why they do this. I can more easily understand why one would do this on a steel more so than a six-string guitar. Maybe Mark is just naturally ambidextrous. That was the purport (stressing the first sylable) of the statement.

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 2 May 2006 8:05 am

"That was the purport (stressing the first sylable) of the statement."

I guess "assume" is the appropriate word here, Charles, because I sure had no way of interpreting that from your earlier post.

I'm a lefty, and play guitar and steel/dobro right handed. I started out with lap steel lessons at age 10, and it has been way too long for me to recall if I was ever given the option of turning the instrument around to pick with my left hand, and to reverse the strings-pretty unlikely-because a few years before that in Catholic school a nun tried to get me to write with my right hand, since writing as a lefty was apparently "a sign of the devil."

I can't even imagine the idea now, on either steel or regular guitar. It always made more sense for me to have my more coordinated hand do the fretting/barring, but I know that is contrary to about 90% of us here-almost anyone that is right handed picks with their right hand, and frets/bars with their left hand.

When Jimi Hendrix came along and played the guitar left handed-it looked really awkward to me-even as a lefty-I couldn't imagine using my weaker, less coordinated hand to do the fretting on the guitar.

Yes, if I recall correctly, Mark Knopfler is a lefty-but I don't recall anything about him being ambidextrous.

Funny thing is, my guitar playing sounds NOTHING like his!

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Mark
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Darryl Hattenhauer · Post by **Darryl Hattenhauer** » 2 May 2006 8:50 am

I'd go to see Emmylou even if she weren't singing.

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"Drinking up the future, and living down the past"--unknown singer in Phoenix

Robert Bayles · Post by **Robert Bayles** » 2 May 2006 10:24 am

Charles...from a review on amazon.com of Mark Knopfler Guitar Styles - Volume 1' (Paperback):

...This volume features many excellent color pictures of Mark and his guitars, a very interesting interview in which he discusses the advantages of being a lefty that plays right-handed (among other topics)...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0793570255/sr=8-13/qid=114 6594238/ref=sr_1_13/104-4221351-3764759?%5Fencoding=UTF8

BTW: My brother is also left-handed, and he plays a regular bass...told me since he had to train both hands anyway it was just as easy.

Bob
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Charles Curtis · Post by **Charles Curtis** » 2 May 2006 3:30 pm

Thanks Bob.