This video contains the best closeups and detailed look at Mark's signature right hand style I have ever seen. It could easily serve as a "How to Play like Mark Knopfler" tutorial vid that the guys who make those kind of things would charge 30 quid for. Fantastically well done.
Mark remined's me of the great Rory Gallagher who himself never chased fame but was an extremely talented guitarist and musician both geniuses in my humble opinion S.R.V. absolutedly another genius on the fretboard.
I was local crew for Rory in 1980. I got to play his '61 Strat and he played and signed my first Strat in the dressing room. What struck me straight away was his humility. A beautiful soul.
After hearing Hank Marvin for the first time when I was 4 I decided I wanted to learn the guitar. When I was 10 I got my first lessons. Mark is a true technical commando pretty much unequaled with his 'picking' technique. The man is well overdue for a Knighthood AND a red Strat!
Knopfler and SRV are in my top 5 list... But someone is on top of them both... One of the greatest, if not 'the' greatest underrated/unknown guitarist in history, blind Canadian guitar virtuoso Jeff Healey... For those who disagree, watch SRV's reaction on one of Healey's solo in "Look At little Sister" on RUclips... Look at the expression of awe on Stevie's face
I have to admit I wasn’t a great Mark Knopler fan. I viewed Dire Straits as boring. It wasn’t until I heard all the other Knopler works that I was amazed. This man is fantastic. He is one of the greatest players of all time.
Dire Straits boring? OK, everyone is moved by different things. But I feel that "Telegraph Road" from their LP "Love Over Gold" is one of the greatest examples of epic rock.
@@williamgreenfield9991 Sorry William but I should have been more specific. I didn’t like stuff like Sultans of Swing and it kind a turned me off. It’s when I started listening to Mark Knopler’s other work that I realized how great the was.
@@Patrick-k8o6s No need to be sorry. The band got significantly better after they hooked up with that keyboard player (can't think of his name right now). But yes, Mark's post Dire Straits work is brilliant.
I had the good fortune to attend a Dire Straits concert in Toronto during the '85 Brothers in Arms tour, with, get this, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble as the opening act. That's like the Rolling Stones opening for the Beatles. One of the best concerts I've ever been to. Tore the house down.
Mark Knopfler is easily one of my own influences as a guitarist. I'm not the biggest Dire Straits fan, but I love Knopfler's playing. He and Lindsey Buckingham are among those who have inspired me not necessarily to become a guitarist (an honor reserved for Eric Clapton) but certainly to play exclusively with my fingers. They have established that one can rock and even rock hard without having to play with a pick (plectra).
We have the same influences! I started playing guitar in 1990 after hearing "Rumours" and buying another Fleetwood Mac album: "Live At The Boston Tea Party". I was surprised how different it sounded... My entry into the blues! Then I liked "Layla" and "Sultans" and when I saw Mark live in 1992 I had to buy all the albums and play without a pick.
I have been attempting to play the guitar for over 45 years (not disciplined at all!). Like Mark once said: "you've really got to want to do it". Have no natural talent, and just don't want to "fight" to learn. Having said that, I can't play with a pick - it constantly spins sideways between my thumb & index finger. Maybe just don't know how to hold. I find finger picking a real art (not that I know how to do that, either). Also, unless messing around table saws, one does not lose ones fingers, as opposed to a pick.
@@Sven_GuitarWhen you said that you liked ' Layla' and ' Sultens' and saw Mark live you had to buy all the albums and play with no pick. Well does that mean that Mark did a version of Clapton's Layla? Or was it just a general comment that you just liked that song? Only wondering, cause I'd love to hear his version of Layla if he did one as I've only recently discovered Mark and he's truly a brilliant musician and song writer. I'd never realised this until a friend turned me onto him and I'm glad they did
@@davidmellish3295 Hi David! Sorry, I didn't see Mark playing Layla. It was just a general comment... As a new Knopfler fan, you have a lot to discover. It's almost overwhelming. I've been loyal to him since my youth. My advice: If you like quieter songs, you could get to know his solo albums chronologically. If you also like faster songs and virtuoso guitar playing, start with the first Dire Starits album. If you also like Fleetwood Mac, you can watch my video for fun: "Is Mark Knopfler a hidden Fleetwood Mac fan??? - Listen to “Sultans Of Your Own Way”. I discovered it by chance after 30 years 😯
Eu não sei nem segurar uma guitarra, mas, sou uma amante de música e sou bem eclética também ...existem tantas músicas, tantos sons, tantos estilos, mas, definitivamente o som da guitarra e da vóz de Mark Knopfler invariavelmente me faz chorar, na minha sincera opinião, Mark Knopfler é o melhor por que a guitarra dele tem sentimentos...
Clapton once said of SRV, Some guitarists can get into the zone for 20 or maybe 30 mins at a time. Stevie however was ALWAYS in the zone and it never stopped.
I found it interesting that Sultans is Swing was all about American genres of music. Dixieland, HonkyTonk,and Creole. Every music lover should listen to Sultans of Swing on Dire Straits live at Alchemy. If you haven’t, you’ve missed the very best of the very best.
I listen to Mark’s music more than any other musician, with Local Hero being the album I listen to most. When Sultans do Swing was introduced on radio, I liked it, tho thought it overplayed. Then one day a DJ played another song off the Dire Straits first album. I bought one that same day. The following year Dire Straits came to DC to play at The Bayou, a little place in Georgetown below the Whitehurst Freeway. Took me an hour to convince 3 friends to go see them, they kept complaining about Sultans of Swing. Alas, I won them over and later they thanked me profusely!
I was fortunate to catch a radio interview of Les Paul. Even had call in segment. A young teen caller explained his frustration that his guitar teacher insisted he learn theory. He just wanted to learn how to jam. Les told him to study theory- it would make him a better player in the long run
I saw him touring with Clapton in '88. Remarkable player who lets his guitar do the talking. If I could play half as good I'd be a better off today. Oh, my 1st Strat was red with a rosewood fretboard.
I went to their First US Show at the "Paradise" theater on Commonwealth Ave in Brighton in 1979 in Conjunction with WCOZ Radio. We sat about 10 feet away with my girlfriend they did the first LP that is what they had out
Check out: Chet Atkins & Tommy Emmanuel - 'The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World' - 1997, Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins - 'Neck and Neck' - 1990, and Dire Straits & Eric Clapton - 'Solid Rock' - 1988 They are all three awesome, life changing guitar albums.
@williamdumais7947 in 197? Paco pena played at my university in Australia and came to my restaurant afterwards where I was a waiter because I went backstage and he said he was hungry
What, this is 3 weeks old? These YT algorithms needs to step up their game because it's been quite obvious for years now that I want everything about MK recommended to me as soon as videos are being uploaded!
Thanks for mentioning the brilliant Bert Jansch. I had the privilege of seeing him live in Davis, CA with his friend and fellow genius John Renbourn. To be fair, they are both more focused on acoustic guitar, although both have recorded things on electric. It's difficult to compare (or rate) acoustic vs. electric. I saw Carlos Montoya way back in the day and that guy's little pinky finger on his fret hand moved faster than any shredder I've ever seen. Also got to see John Fahey numerous times. Also brilliant. Saw Doc Watson and Merle back in the Eighties. They played a medley of Chuck Berry and Little Richard tunes that rocked harder than 95% of the electric rock bands I've ever seen. Paco DeLucia was another brilliant player that I saw live in a Flamenco setting with dancers, singers, and other guitarists. Astonishing player.
@@williamgreenfield9991 Knopfler spent a lot of time in UK folk clubs where one of the big stylists was Bert Jansch. He also didn't mention Richard Thompson-from who he also borrowed heavily.
Suffering the relentless MONOLOGUE of the egocentric narrator WITH CAREFULLY SLICK DESCRIPTIONS VIA INSPIRING RHETORIC CRAFTED IN EXPRESSIVE - IF NOT OVERT HYPERBOLE - NEVER COMING TO THE ARTIST'S OWN WORDS .... and that is shear failure in what title promises ! Disappointment.
You aren’t wrong. There was disco, and there was Dire Straights. There were a lot of other great bands at that time too, I remember. It was the early days of MTV before they lost their way. But Knopfler has proven to be the most durable talent of the bunch.
@1wheeldrive751 Huh? There were FOUR brilliant albums from X, there was Los Lobos, legendary recordings from Richard Thompson - like ‘Shoot Out The Lights’ and ‘Hand of Kindness’, REM’s earliest work, The Replacements, Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’, the first solo recordings of Peter Case and Dave Alvin…. Not exactly a wasteland - especially if - like me - you’re old enough to remember a decade prior - and the likes of ‘Have You Ever Been Mellow’ and ‘The Night Chicago Died’
@@chriscoughlin9289 Hi, Your perception of the 80's is quite understandably different from mine ; the Stones and the Kinks were on the skids, the Who were on another planet, Pink Floyd hit the wall that fell in 1989, the Boss wasn't the boss yet, Lennon was shot and Keith Moon didn't see the 80's, Dylan started dealing with another god, Punk had already started folding leaving the money to Rap, disco, techno, boys' bands and rhythm boxes, waiting for little Michael to win the jackpot. Meanwhile the Sultans of Swing were minding the store until along came Bill Wyman with the Rhythm Kings to save the day. That, is my music.😎
@josephkolmansky8965 Your music? I’m 60 something years old - where did you get the absurd idea that I didn’t live through all of that stuff too? Saw the Who, LZ, Kinks, Dylan( and the Band) Johnny Winter, JJ Cale, Jeff Beck, Roxy Music,Tull, BOC, Rory Gallagher, Rush, etc. All of them - multiple times. AND Dire Straits, too. None of that has anything to do with the artists that I mentioned that played such a huge role in the revival of American roots music at the same time that the first DS album was all over commercial radio. I’m old enough to remember when radio programmers weren’t playing Tom Petty’s first album because they were idiotically confusing his band with the (NYC) Heartbreakers of CBGB punk infamy. Embarrassing. The bands that arose from the NY and LA ‘underground’ scenes had a profound influence on the music that came to dominate 1980’s culture. Ask any of the members of U2, REM, Wilco, XTC or Elvis Costello’s Attractions about Tom Verlaine and Television Or about Patti Smith. Or about the Ramones. Or the Talking Heads. And they’ll tell you who - in their opinion saved Rock and Roll from itself in the 80’s.
Dire Straits is great but the 80s weren't saved. They still sucked. They still sucked. Straits, the Pretenders Tom Petty and the Talking Heads weren't enough to save it
@@LuísJoel-s7k I remember he stated this many years ago ;he listed Jimi as being his number one and also listed Chet Atkins and Hank Marvin and Clapton was 4th or 5th from memory.
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Mark is one of my favorite guitar players. Why? Simply enough, he makes a beautiful sound.
And a downright humble and beautiful human
So many over the years . Impossible to pick who is the best . Different music and different sound is what makes us move in that direction . Brilliant
What a great tribute to Mark. You explained his playing so well. His melodic sensibility and use of space and time. Exactly.
How can you not be in awe..of this mans talent ...Love him..!!
Mark Knopfler is the reason I play guitar. Every time is listen to Dire Straits first album I am in awe of his skill.
The first album is perfection
Another often overlooked guitarist with beautiful phrasing is Chris Rea. He just makes beautiful noise.
I love ❤ the sound he makes🎶 and the humble way he handles himself. Imagine being a rockstar with so much humility… We could all learn from him..
THE MAN IS SO HUMBLE, HE IS A HUMBLE HERO THANK YOU MR MARK 😊
This video contains the best closeups and detailed look at Mark's signature right hand style I have ever seen. It could easily serve as a "How to Play like Mark Knopfler" tutorial vid that the guys who make those kind of things would charge 30 quid for. Fantastically well done.
Mark remined's me of the great Rory Gallagher who himself never chased fame but was an extremely talented guitarist and musician both geniuses in my humble opinion S.R.V. absolutedly another genius on the fretboard.
I was local crew for Rory in 1980. I got to play his '61 Strat and he played and signed my first Strat in the dressing room. What struck me straight away was his humility. A beautiful soul.
Peter Green earliest Fleetwood Mac is the very best ❤
@Chris-wj8fz
Absolutely
Greatest British blues man of his generation
@@chriscoughlin9289 I can't tell you about the state I m in...I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin..
@Chris-wj8fz
m.ruclips.net/video/Iy7IonOLQd8/видео.html
I saw him so often. For me the best Guitarplayer of all Time.
After hearing Hank Marvin for the first time when I was 4 I decided I wanted to learn the guitar. When I was 10 I got my first lessons. Mark is a true technical commando pretty much unequaled with his 'picking' technique. The man is well overdue for a Knighthood AND a red Strat!
Knopfler and SRV are in my top 5 list... But someone is on top of them both... One of the greatest, if not 'the' greatest underrated/unknown guitarist in history, blind Canadian guitar virtuoso Jeff Healey... For those who disagree, watch SRV's reaction on one of Healey's solo in "Look At little Sister" on RUclips... Look at the expression of awe on Stevie's face
Totally agree. Jeff's version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is brilliant. The video they made when it first came out is pretty special too.
@@englishciderlover7347 Me and my post stand corrected... Thanks @englishspellinglover7347, lol ( j/k i couldn't resist... )
And Knopfler played with Healey on the song I Think I Love You Too Much. It's Knopfler song on the Jeff Healey album Hell To Pay
@@kentl7228 Didn't Jeff do a version of 'When it Comes to You' ?
@@williamgreenfield9991 Yes, Jeff's version and Peter Frampton's version of 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' are my two favourites.
A whole new "RESPECT" for Mark !!!
I have to admit I wasn’t a great Mark Knopler fan. I viewed Dire Straits as boring. It wasn’t until I heard all the other Knopler works that I was amazed. This man is fantastic. He is one of the greatest players of all time.
Dire Straits boring? OK, everyone is moved by different things. But I feel that "Telegraph Road" from their LP "Love Over Gold" is one of the greatest examples of epic rock.
@@williamgreenfield9991 Sorry William but I should have been more specific. I didn’t like stuff like Sultans of Swing and it kind a turned me off. It’s when I started listening to Mark Knopler’s other work that I realized how great the was.
@@Patrick-k8o6s No need to be sorry. The band got significantly better after they hooked up with that keyboard player (can't think of his name right now). But yes, Mark's post Dire Straits work is brilliant.
@@williamgreenfield9991 I think you are talking about Allan Clark. Keyboard player and producer.
@@Patrick-k8o6s Yes, thank you.
I had the good fortune to attend a Dire Straits concert in Toronto during the '85 Brothers in Arms tour, with, get this, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble as the opening act. That's like the Rolling Stones opening for the Beatles. One of the best concerts I've ever been to. Tore the house down.
Bloody Hell!!!!
Mark Knopfler is easily one of my own influences as a guitarist. I'm not the biggest Dire Straits fan, but I love Knopfler's playing. He and Lindsey Buckingham are among those who have inspired me not necessarily to become a guitarist (an honor reserved for Eric Clapton) but certainly to play exclusively with my fingers. They have established that one can rock and even rock hard without having to play with a pick (plectra).
We have the same influences! I started playing guitar in 1990 after hearing "Rumours" and buying another Fleetwood Mac album: "Live At The Boston Tea Party". I was surprised how different it sounded... My entry into the blues!
Then I liked "Layla" and "Sultans" and when I saw Mark live in 1992 I had to buy all the albums and play without a pick.
I have been attempting to play the guitar for over 45 years (not disciplined at all!). Like Mark once said: "you've really got to want to do it". Have no natural talent, and just don't want to "fight" to learn. Having said that, I can't play with a pick - it constantly spins sideways between my thumb & index finger. Maybe just don't know how to hold. I find finger picking a real art (not that I know how to do that, either). Also, unless messing around table saws, one does not lose ones fingers, as opposed to a pick.
@@Sven_GuitarWhen you said that you liked ' Layla' and ' Sultens' and saw Mark live you had to buy all the albums and play with no pick. Well does that mean that Mark did a version of Clapton's Layla? Or was it just a general comment that you just liked that song? Only wondering, cause I'd love to hear his version of Layla if he did one as I've only recently discovered Mark and he's truly a brilliant musician and song writer. I'd never realised this until a friend turned me onto him and I'm glad they did
@@davidmellish3295 Hi David! Sorry, I didn't see Mark playing Layla. It was just a general comment...
As a new Knopfler fan, you have a lot to discover. It's almost overwhelming. I've been loyal to him since my youth. My advice:
If you like quieter songs, you could get to know his solo albums chronologically.
If you also like faster songs and virtuoso guitar playing, start with the first Dire Starits album.
If you also like Fleetwood Mac, you can watch my video for fun: "Is Mark Knopfler a hidden Fleetwood Mac fan??? - Listen to “Sultans Of Your Own Way”.
I discovered it by chance after 30 years 😯
An absolute lovely guitarist
Eu não sei nem segurar uma guitarra, mas, sou uma amante de música e sou bem eclética também ...existem tantas músicas, tantos sons, tantos estilos, mas, definitivamente o som da guitarra e da vóz de Mark Knopfler invariavelmente me faz chorar, na minha sincera opinião, Mark Knopfler é o melhor por que a guitarra dele tem sentimentos...
Clapton once said of SRV, Some guitarists can get into the zone for 20 or maybe 30 mins at a time. Stevie however was ALWAYS in the zone and it never stopped.
I see a huge influence of JJ Cale in Mark's early works.
Knopfler has always been very open and honest about acknowledging his debt to J.J. Cale. Both great artists!
I noticed that the first time I heard "Sultans of Swing", way back in the day.
Sailing to Philadelphia is a great song.
Mark Knopfler is a supremely gifted guitarist.
My favourite !! followed by Rory Gallagher, and Paul Kossoff.
I found it interesting that Sultans is Swing was all about American genres of music. Dixieland, HonkyTonk,and Creole. Every music lover should listen to Sultans of Swing on Dire Straits live at Alchemy. If you haven’t, you’ve missed the very best of the very best.
I listen to Mark’s music more than any other musician, with Local Hero being the album I listen to most. When Sultans do Swing was introduced on radio, I liked it, tho thought it overplayed. Then one day a DJ played another song off the Dire Straits first album. I bought one that same day.
The following year Dire Straits came to DC to play at The Bayou, a little place in Georgetown below the Whitehurst Freeway. Took me an hour to convince 3 friends to go see them, they kept complaining about Sultans of Swing. Alas, I won them over and later they thanked me profusely!
He not only plays any genre or style but writes the music himself ,that to me is what makes him No1 to me
I was fortunate to catch a radio interview of Les Paul. Even had call in segment. A young teen caller explained his frustration that his guitar teacher insisted he learn theory. He just wanted to learn how to jam. Les told him to study theory- it would make him a better player in the long run
I saw him touring with Clapton in '88. Remarkable player who lets his guitar do the talking. If I could play half as good I'd be a better off today. Oh, my 1st Strat was red with a rosewood fretboard.
Vaughan is criminally underrated
Fantastic tribute to an incredible talent.
i love his candy apple red strat....
Tommy Emmanuel a Hank and Chet devotee too. Mark and Tommy have recorded with both of them . Must be unique combination.
On my list along with Alvin Lee, and Johnny Winter.
I Love him . . . he has that "Tone Man" - his playing, just gets inside your Soul. I do agree that SRV is beast-mode. oNe LovE from NYC
I love Knopfler and SRV, but had no idea of the link until now!
SRV opened for Dire Straits on the '85 Brothers in Arms tour. I attended one of those concerts.
David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler and Steve Lukather are my 3 favorites
3 of my favourites also
No Link Wray on that list?
JPJ for bass
Kinda surprised that Lowell George wasn't there. Real nice work boys, all the same...
I think that SRV and Double Trouble were an opening act for Dire Straits. I saw a book with photos that included an old concert ticket.
Rory Gallagher is the GOAT for me !
Awesome Guitar man🎸🎸🎸🎸
Telegraph Road is a masterpiece!
You hear one note and you know it's Mark Knopfler.
Mark's plugged into something else ‐ the universe is his amp and it speaks through intuition ‐ when words fail the guitar fills the void
Gilmour, Knopfler and Page for me.
Mark is amazing. Another guitar player who is just as good in a different way but much less talked about - Richard Thompson.
I went to their First US Show at the "Paradise" theater on Commonwealth Ave in Brighton in 1979 in Conjunction with WCOZ Radio. We sat about 10 feet away with my girlfriend they did the first LP that is what they had out
There within my then soon to be wife . Paradise at the Paradise. Lifelong memory.
Yep. SRV was pure awesome.
Knopfler, Beck, Stevie Ray, Hendricks, Clapton, Page. Flip a coin. All fantastic, and a bunch of others as well.
Don't forget Django Reinhardt.
@@micheldavesnes3040 I did say, and a bunch of others as well. Chuck Berry, Keith Richards, B.B. King, Van Halen, Buddy Guy. I can go on forever.
Rory Gallagher
Hendricks? Seriously? lol
MK can do anything you ask on a guitar - and much more you never thought of
A brilliant guitarist with unbelievable tone, as described by the most mono tone narrator.
Highly talented man!
Personally, my favorite album by Mark is 'The Ragpicker's Dream'.
It's intimate.
His playing style has also reminded me quite a bit of J.J. Cale.
really knopfler is just copycat
The first album of Dire Straits is incredible close to many Songs of JJCale,I don't care I love both of them 😅
This dude flowed great music every time he picked up a guitar.
Mark is top 3 greatest guitarists…other artists gotta be at the top of their game if they wanna share a stage with him
3 greatest rock guitar players IMO. SRV, Hendrix and Prince🎸👈
Excellent
Only the best players really can make the guitar talks..... 🎸🎸
Check out: Chet Atkins & Tommy Emmanuel - 'The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World' - 1997, Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins - 'Neck and Neck' - 1990, and Dire Straits & Eric Clapton - 'Solid Rock' - 1988 They are all three awesome, life changing guitar albums.
one of the best...up there with glen campbell and keith urban
The guitarist's, guitarist's 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
When Dire Straits first became popular there was documentary about the group on the television, can we please see it again
Approx 4:20, Mark looks to his right as if to say to no one in particular, "Look at me, I'm playing with CHET ATKINS!"
If there's no Hank and Chet here I'm gonna be so pissed and this video shall be only plain uninteresting AI generated content video
my top five
#1 David Gilmour
#2 SRV
#3 Robin Thrower
#4 Jeff Beck
#5 Trey Anastasio
@@williamdumais7947 Peter Green and Fleetwood mac
Gary Moore and Ritchie Blackmore
@williamdumais7947 in 197? Paco pena played at my university in Australia and came to my restaurant afterwards where I was a waiter because I went backstage and he said he was hungry
@williamdumais7947 while we are busy calling these guys heroes have we considered that playing guitar is really f***** easy????
@williamdumais7947 also why is there not ONE girl player mentioned??
Peter Green
All these musicians are all at the top of their craft .my personal choice is PETER GREEN but as I said it goes back to ones personal taste in music
What, this is 3 weeks old? These YT algorithms needs to step up their game because it's been quite obvious for years now that I want everything about MK recommended to me as soon as videos are being uploaded!
Did Mark ever mention Blind Blake? Innocently came by his licks via Ole Chet.
OK... So the robot's gonna "talk" through the whole thing.
AWESOME.
Just like a skunk in a rose garden.
King of the Hill best of his Career.
Fender is the best sounds
Two Geordies
knopfler played a lot to impress. but he‘s one of my favorite players nevertheless.
I do think his most source has been J J Cale .
He doesn't talk about SRV or anybody. This is clickbait!
So two minutes (at most) on his favorite guitar players, the rest useless commentary on how great Knopfler is and why, all of which we already knew.
instinctive
why oh why hasn't he been knighted 😢
he looks like Mike Judge
He really does!
I'm at the 3 minute mark. Does this guy ever shut up?
I don't know how he could not include J J Cale. He stole so much from him.
I love the man and his music, but no references of JJ Cale? Come on! :-) There's so much JJ cale in Mark's playing
Chet and Hank yes, but SRV's brother far better.
You’re saying jimmy better than Stevie?
I agree.
Jimmy Page,Jeff Beck and Roy Buchanan.
ROY RULES!!!! NOBODY BETTER!!! NOBODY!!
@@billythekid5258 Roy was a MONSTER he could do and get any sound he wanted on that tele, no gimmicks
He didn't mention Jansch ?
Thanks for mentioning the brilliant Bert Jansch. I had the privilege of seeing him live in Davis, CA with his friend and fellow genius John Renbourn. To be fair, they are both more focused on acoustic guitar, although both have recorded things on electric. It's difficult to compare (or rate) acoustic vs. electric. I saw Carlos Montoya way back in the day and that guy's little pinky finger on his fret hand moved faster than any shredder I've ever seen. Also got to see John Fahey numerous times. Also brilliant. Saw Doc Watson and Merle back in the Eighties. They played a medley of Chuck Berry and Little Richard tunes that rocked harder than 95% of the electric rock bands I've ever seen. Paco DeLucia was another brilliant player that I saw live in a Flamenco setting with dancers, singers, and other guitarists. Astonishing player.
@@williamgreenfield9991 Knopfler spent a lot of time in UK folk clubs where one of the big stylists was Bert Jansch. He also didn't mention Richard Thompson-from who he also borrowed heavily.
@@maxcuthbert100 Richard Thompson: Criminally underrated (by some, but not by you and I).
SRV and the folks traditions of the British Isles, LOL, I don't think so.
Mark cites great pop guitarists, but the greatest player ever was Joe Pass.
Three Geordies at least
...not a shredder...a weaver...
Number 4 favourite Guitar Player is Laszlo Buring - ruclips.net/video/L0YB2uxSLVI/видео.html
Getting so tired of AI-generated commentaries on RUclips.
Suffering the relentless MONOLOGUE of the egocentric narrator WITH CAREFULLY SLICK DESCRIPTIONS VIA INSPIRING RHETORIC CRAFTED IN EXPRESSIVE - IF NOT OVERT HYPERBOLE - NEVER COMING TO THE ARTIST'S OWN WORDS .... and that is shear failure in what title promises ! Disappointment.
Is that an AI voiceover??????? Extreme annoyance and insincerity. Please! But still, Mark rules!
Mark Knopfler saved music during the awful eighties.
You aren’t wrong. There was disco, and there was Dire Straights.
There were a lot of other great bands at that time too, I remember. It was the early days of MTV before they lost their way. But Knopfler has proven to be the most durable talent of the bunch.
@1wheeldrive751
Huh?
There were FOUR brilliant albums from X, there was Los Lobos, legendary recordings from Richard Thompson - like ‘Shoot Out The Lights’ and ‘Hand of Kindness’,
REM’s earliest work, The Replacements, Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’, the first solo recordings of Peter Case and Dave Alvin….
Not exactly a wasteland - especially if - like me - you’re old enough to remember a decade prior - and the likes of ‘Have You Ever Been Mellow’
and ‘The Night Chicago Died’
@@chriscoughlin9289 Hi, Your perception of the 80's is quite understandably different from mine ; the Stones and the Kinks were on the skids, the Who were on another planet, Pink Floyd hit the wall that fell in 1989, the Boss wasn't the boss yet, Lennon was shot and Keith Moon didn't see the 80's, Dylan started dealing with another god, Punk had already started folding leaving the money to Rap, disco, techno, boys' bands and rhythm boxes, waiting for little Michael to win the jackpot. Meanwhile the Sultans of Swing were minding the store until along came Bill Wyman with the Rhythm Kings to save the day. That, is my music.😎
@josephkolmansky8965
Your music?
I’m 60 something years old - where did you get the absurd idea that I didn’t live through all of that stuff too?
Saw the Who, LZ, Kinks, Dylan( and the Band) Johnny Winter, JJ Cale, Jeff Beck, Roxy Music,Tull, BOC, Rory Gallagher, Rush, etc.
All of them - multiple times.
AND Dire Straits, too.
None of that has anything to do with the artists that I mentioned that played such a huge role in the revival of American roots music at the same time that the first DS album was all over commercial radio.
I’m old enough to remember when radio programmers weren’t playing Tom Petty’s first album because they were idiotically confusing his band with the (NYC) Heartbreakers of CBGB punk infamy.
Embarrassing.
The bands that arose from the NY and LA ‘underground’ scenes had a profound influence on the music that came to dominate 1980’s culture.
Ask any of the members of U2, REM, Wilco, XTC or Elvis Costello’s Attractions about Tom Verlaine and Television
Or about Patti Smith.
Or about the Ramones.
Or the Talking Heads.
And they’ll tell you who - in their opinion saved Rock and Roll from itself in the 80’s.
Dire Straits is great but the 80s weren't saved. They still sucked. They still sucked. Straits, the Pretenders Tom Petty and the Talking Heads weren't enough to save it
TORY SLUSHER IS BETTER THAN ALL OF THEM
Get rid of the AI
Mark rates Jimi Hendrix as being the greatest ever.
Most people do
But he is not. The GOAT is David Gilmour.
@@torbjrnlund903 The best I’ve ever seen are DG & Brian May.
Never heard Mark say that
@@LuísJoel-s7k I remember he stated this many years ago ;he listed Jimi as being his number one and also listed Chet Atkins and Hank Marvin and Clapton was 4th or 5th from memory.
click bait
will you please just get to the point