WALK OF LIFE
“I LOVE THE WHOLE PROCESS OF WRITING SONGS ALONE AND RECORDING THEM WITH THE BAND. BUT THE BEST PART IS PLAYING THEM LIVE”
THE LANDSCAPE OF guitar playing covers a massive geography for me,” Mark Knopfler says. “It goes all the way from Scotland into England and through the Delta, with important stops in a bunch of other places along the way. I like to think I’m bringing all those influences to bear every time I play. But when it comes to guitar — and, really, music in general — you truly only get to be a tiny part of it. It’s something that’s much, much bigger than you are.”
So says Mark Knopfler. Humble words from a guy who has done it all: recorded massive hit records, written critically acclaimed soundtrack work and collaborated with heroes and contemporaries alike. Through it all, he has done something even rarer still: He’s secured a place on the Two-Note List — the unofficial roster of guitar players so identifiable and unique, most guitarists can pick them out after hearing them play just two notes. We all know who those players are, and Knopfler is one of them.
At present, however, he is undertaking a massive world tour in support of his latest album, (British Grove Records), a run that brings him to the
