(6) Tunnel 13

[koobaa]

Yes, everything I post here is my interpretation.

There’s nothing personal to MK until the last line, that’s why it sticks out.

He certainly made us talk about it, didn't he.

Tunnel 13 is a story with a twist!

[Stanko]

Like this one a lot.  Basically a reworking of Terminal of Tribute To.

Yes I also notice the elements of Terminal of Tribute To plus Junkie Doll even more!

[Robson]

I'm very curious as to why Mark reached back to this story from 1923. What made him write a song about it.

[Love Expresso]

 

I guess you watched today's Video where he talked about it with Paul Sexton? Sexton mentioned that Mark was an excellent researcher . Mark remembered that he got the beautiful guitars from that guitar building guy and was aware that they were made with that wonderful  redwood from the area the guy was working and living at.  And that the wood is protected today but was used to stabilize the Tunnels back then. And that a brutal, bloody,  horrendous crime killed four innocent people on one side and that he has such a beautiful guitar built from the same wood to play this song to tell the tale on and that it seems to him as an ironic fact. It's literally all there. What else do you need? 
 

LE

[Robson]

All right. I saw the movie but didn't watch the entire interview. Thanks.

[Love Expresso]

It's very helpful. Mark seldomly talks so much about his inspiration. Apart from Rüdiger maybe.

Which he also mentions in this Video. I must confess that it was only today that I understood the connection with the Lennon murder. It was not only that he met R. during that time and that was it.  He mentions that Rüdiger could have had a weapon in his briefcase as well. So it was not just the fact that R. appeared "strange and ridiculous" but MK also must have felt anxious and feared another attack, after Lennon was asked for an autograph by Chapman. I knew the facts but never connected them.

LE

[Robson]

I finally have some time. I start watching. Thank you LE:)

[stratmad]

It's very helpful. Mark seldomly talks so much about his inspiration. Apart from Rüdiger maybe.

Which he also mentions in this Video. I must confess that it was only today that I understood the connection with the Lennon murder. It was not only that he met R. during that time and that was it.  He mentions that Rüdiger could have had a weapon in his briefcase as well. So it was not just the fact that R. appeared "strange" but MK also must have felt anxious and feared another attack.

LE

He explained at some show in the 90s (or was it in Berlin 2007?) that Rüdiger was a really creepy person, but this is the first time a gun is mentioned. I have often wondered what it must have been like to have been living in Greenwich Village in the late 70s and early eighties. That must have been a really dangerous place!

[shangri la 1]

The guitars from Boswell  [ MK The 0-14MK/TR-LTD.]

[shangri la 1]

More .    ..  ...

[shangri la 1]

Tunnel 13 is the place in the song
Where the beautiful redwood for my guitar came from

BOSWELL MK Tunnel 13 page:- https://boswellguitars.com/mark-knopfler-model

[stratmad]

Beautiful photos! Thank you!
It's amazing how small these guitars are, but they sound wonderful all the same.

[Robson]

For me, this is not a controversial ending, but the most surprising of all MK songs

[dustyvalentino]

Interview with Steve Earle including extended discussion Tunnel 13.

[skydiver]

Interview with Steve Earle including extended discussion Tunnel 13.

thank you so much!