A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: dustyvalentino on May 13, 2022, 03:04:58 PM
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Ever hear a song and it sounds like the guitarist is copying MK?
Now to be fair, you take a strat in a 2 or 4 setting and you play melodically you start sounding like MK, but sometimes it sounds pretty obvious.
Check out the solo on this tune from about 2 mins in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ1h2k49Gzs
Any other examples?
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Ever hear a song and it sounds like the guitarist is copying MK?
Now to be fair, you take a strat in a 2 or 4 setting and you play melodically you start sounding like MK, but sometimes it sounds pretty obvious.
Check out the solo on this tune from about 2 mins in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ1h2k49Gzs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ1h2k49Gzs)
Any other examples?
That's Albert Lee for you. He plays some incredible guitar on that album. Here's one from his solo album Speechless:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgJKdZPLP3c
Incredibly melodic player. I think it's the country influence in Mark's and Albert's playing that make them sound similar. But who knows, maybe Albert's a huge MK fan?
How about this from John Illsley's album Glass with Jerry Donahue on lead guitar?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scRPh58tLdY
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And of course anyone playing on Clapton's JJ Cale tribute album ;D
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Love Albert Lee and I’ve been lucky enough to meet him, but it doesn’t sound like him on that track. His sound is pretty distinctive.
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Albert Lee an MK fan? Don't think so ::)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX9pRBtTQoE
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I often think about how MK got lucky by getting famous for this kind of sound and that at the time probably only J. J. Cale was known for this type of sound and MK often got blamed for copying it. Simply because it's really nothing but a Strat and 2 or 4 settings depending on how you look at it. MK has probably the cheapest ticket to enter in terms of the sound experience, though he's got one of the most expensive tickets for actually playing all this stuff. Heck, I even manage to get a decent MK tone from my $99 Strat, so less than that would be only playing air guitar.
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Richard Thompson kind of did the sound first as well.
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Love Albert Lee and I’ve been lucky enough to meet him, but it doesn’t sound like him on that track. His sound is pretty distinctive.
I live quite near The Stables, a small theatre where John Illsley filmed one of his live dvds (I think…!
Albert Lee is often there but generally he’s playing piano. Shame-I’m sure he’s a very good piano player but if I go and see him, I want to see those guitar chops
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Love Albert Lee and I’ve been lucky enough to meet him, but it doesn’t sound like him on that track. His sound is pretty distinctive.
Check the credits:
https://www.discogs.com/release/1956643-Carlene-Carter-I-Fell-In-Love
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Well there you go, he did a great job of not sounding like himself!
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Haha!
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I think MK was influenced by Albert Lee first being in the music business for years.
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I think I remember MK saying he was a fan of Heads, Hands and Feet, the band Albert used to be in.
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Mike Oldfield plays a Knopfler influenced solo for Moonlight Shadow, in terms of melodic approach and sound, even to the extent of playing the Sultans "Twiddly" bits when playing Moonlight Shadow live in the 90's he has also namechecked Mark in an interview, and stated that although he doesn't generally listen to other people's music, he did enjoy Private Investigations.
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Mike Oldfield plays a Knopfler influenced solo for Moonlight Shadow, in terms of melodic approach and sound, even to the extent of playing the Sultans "Twiddly" bits when playing Moonlight Shadow live in the 90's he has also namechecked Mark in an interview, and stated that although he doesn't generally listen to other people's music, he did enjoy Private Investigations.
These days he plays an MK strat too.
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Yes he does :)
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Mike Oldfield plays a Knopfler influenced solo for Moonlight Shadow, in terms of melodic approach and sound, even to the extent of playing the Sultans "Twiddly" bits when playing Moonlight Shadow live in the 90's he has also namechecked Mark in an interview, and stated that although he doesn't generally listen to other people's music, he did enjoy Private Investigations.
These days he plays an MK strat too.
4 real? got a pic or something?
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There might be a photo in the booklet for his last album, Return to Ommadawn, which is the album he used it on, but I don't have it to had right now to look in. I haven't found a photo online.
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I don't think of John Mayer as being an MK acolyte (at all), but Wild Blue sounds like it belongs on Communique. The riff and the soloing all sound just like Mark from that period.
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I don't think of John Mayer as being an MK acolyte (at all), but Wild Blue sounds like it belongs on Communique. The riff and the soloing all sound just like Mark from that period.
And funny enough, John said, "Wild Blue" is his favorite song from his newest album ;D
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I don't think of John Mayer as being an MK acolyte (at all), but Wild Blue sounds like it belongs on Communique. The riff and the soloing all sound just like Mark from that period.
And funny enough, John said, "Wild Blue" is his favorite song from his newest album ;D
John was on a podcast with Cory Wong and they talked about Wild Blue and the Dire Straits feeling of it.
Listen to this: https://www.instagram.com/tv/Caz7KZIlpjb/?utm_medium=copy_link
I love how John says he's not trying a Mark Knopfler solo but it kinda is.
And then he plays the Calling Elvis riff...
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I don't think of John Mayer as being an MK acolyte (at all), but Wild Blue sounds like it belongs on Communique. The riff and the soloing all sound just like Mark from that period.
And funny enough, John said, "Wild Blue" is his favorite song from his newest album ;D
John was on a podcast with Cory Wong and they talked about Wild Blue and the Dire Straits feeling of it.
Listen to this: https://www.instagram.com/tv/Caz7KZIlpjb/?utm_medium=copy_link
I love how John says he's not trying a Mark Knopfler solo but it kinda is.
And then he plays the Calling Elvis riff...
Haha, a great finding! "He occupies that space". But that's actually ridiculous. Musicians can't "own" a sound and accusing people of stealing "Mark Knopfler's sound" is an insane idea on its own. It's like accusing someone of wearing boots... You just do it, naturally.
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I don't think of John Mayer as being an MK acolyte (at all), but Wild Blue sounds like it belongs on Communique. The riff and the soloing all sound just like Mark from that period.
And funny enough, John said, "Wild Blue" is his favorite song from his newest album ;D
John was on a podcast with Cory Wong and they talked about Wild Blue and the Dire Straits feeling of it.
Listen to this: https://www.instagram.com/tv/Caz7KZIlpjb/?utm_medium=copy_link (https://www.instagram.com/tv/Caz7KZIlpjb/?utm_medium=copy_link)
I love how John says he's not trying a Mark Knopfler solo but it kinda is.
And then he plays the Calling Elvis riff...
Haha, a great finding! "He occupies that space". But that's actually ridiculous. Musicians can't "own" a sound and accusing people of stealing "Mark Knopfler's sound" is an insane idea on its own. It's like accusing someone of wearing boots... You just do it, naturally.
And if you listen to the early JJ Cale albums, it becomes SO obvious where Mark got his sound from, especially on laid back tracks like Six Blade Knife.
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I don't think of John Mayer as being an MK acolyte (at all), but Wild Blue sounds like it belongs on Communique. The riff and the soloing all sound just like Mark from that period.
And funny enough, John said, "Wild Blue" is his favorite song from his newest album ;D
John was on a podcast with Cory Wong and they talked about Wild Blue and the Dire Straits feeling of it.
Listen to this: https://www.instagram.com/tv/Caz7KZIlpjb/?utm_medium=copy_link (https://www.instagram.com/tv/Caz7KZIlpjb/?utm_medium=copy_link)
I love how John says he's not trying a Mark Knopfler solo but it kinda is.
And then he plays the Calling Elvis riff...
Haha, a great finding! "He occupies that space". But that's actually ridiculous. Musicians can't "own" a sound and accusing people of stealing "Mark Knopfler's sound" is an insane idea on its own. It's like accusing someone of wearing boots... You just do it, naturally.
And if you listen to the early JJ Cale albums, it becomes SO obvious where Mark got his sound from, especially on laid back tracks like Six Blade Knife.
Especially "Okie".
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I don't think of John Mayer as being an MK acolyte (at all), but Wild Blue sounds like it belongs on Communique. The riff and the soloing all sound just like Mark from that period.
And funny enough, John said, "Wild Blue" is his favorite song from his newest album ;D
John was on a podcast with Cory Wong and they talked about Wild Blue and the Dire Straits feeling of it.
Listen to this: https://www.instagram.com/tv/Caz7KZIlpjb/?utm_medium=copy_link
I love how John says he's not trying a Mark Knopfler solo but it kinda is.
And then he plays the Calling Elvis riff...
Haha, a great finding! "He occupies that space". But that's actually ridiculous. Musicians can't "own" a sound and accusing people of stealing "Mark Knopfler's sound" is an insane idea on its own. It's like accusing someone of wearing boots... You just do it, naturally.
Sure!
But since I'm a huge fan of JM as well, I'm very proud of him acklowledging Mark.
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When I first heard this on radio (1988) albeit from a workplace background radio, I was convinced it was something new from Dire Straits!!
Homage to MK maybe?
https://youtu.be/TaatPZSuW2Q
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I don't think of John Mayer as being an MK acolyte (at all), but Wild Blue sounds like it belongs on Communique. The riff and the soloing all sound just like Mark from that period.
And funny enough, John said, "Wild Blue" is his favorite song from his newest album ;D
John was on a podcast with Cory Wong and they talked about Wild Blue and the Dire Straits feeling of it.
Listen to this: https://www.instagram.com/tv/Caz7KZIlpjb/?utm_medium=copy_link
I love how John says he's not trying a Mark Knopfler solo but it kinda is.
And then he plays the Calling Elvis riff...
Haha, a great finding! "He occupies that space". But that's actually ridiculous. Musicians can't "own" a sound and accusing people of stealing "Mark Knopfler's sound" is an insane idea on its own. It's like accusing someone of wearing boots... You just do it, naturally.
Sure!
But since I'm a huge fan of JM as well, I'm very proud of him acklowledging Mark.
Wow!
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Chris Rea has lots of Knopfler sounding song, Soft Top, Hard Shoulder is a great example.
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Chris Rea has lots of Knopfler sounding song, Soft Top, Hard Shoulder is a great example.
I think Chris once said that he wanted to be MK if he had a choice or something like that, he obviously has huge admiration for him.
And here, from 3:20:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H1cZF8qVLo
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imho the Chris Rea song with the most knopflerish sound is Windy town, but it's not Chris playing, it's Jerry Donahue
https://youtu.be/hRz6LZMXZHY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTDr4WLPoNo
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Great song!!
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I don't think of John Mayer as being an MK acolyte (at all), but Wild Blue sounds like it belongs on Communique. The riff and the soloing all sound just like Mark from that period.
I always thought the outro of this song (about 3:00 in) is 100% going for the "On Every Street" calling elvis style outro with the pedal steel , piano tinkles and restrained lead guitar that creeps in later. Tone is similar too!
https://youtu.be/cSdjo0W4Tvs?t=177
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Does anyone know Allan Taylor? Check out http://www.allantaylor.com/
First time I heard him, around the time of KTGC, I actually thought it was MK singing and playing!
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Phil Carmen always struck me as sounding Knopfler-ish. His Montreux live album features none other than Pick Withers playing drums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lFS9-UVOUw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAb_6LPztRE
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Mike Oldfield plays a Knopfler influenced solo for Moonlight Shadow, in terms of melodic approach and sound, even to the extent of playing the Sultans "Twiddly" bits when playing Moonlight Shadow live in the 90's he has also namechecked Mark in an interview, and stated that although he doesn't generally listen to other people's music, he did enjoy Private Investigations.
These days he plays an MK strat too.
4 real? got a pic or something?
https://mike-oldfield.es/verfoto.asp?id=8692
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I was reminded of a sampler CD I bought years ago with country gospel songs, with Johnny Cash amongst others. One artist is Mike Reid, whom I know nothing about, but I liked this song a lot at the time. A bit Walk of Life-ish with nice clean Stratocaster lead lines.
Edit: I just saw that Albert Lee plays on the album where this song is from. Could be him playing lead on this track. Sounds great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZWcaxYNKIM
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Chris Rea has lots of Knopfler sounding song, Soft Top, Hard Shoulder is a great example.
I think Chris once said that he wanted to be MK if he had a choice or something like that, he obviously has huge admiration for him.
And here, from 3:20:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H1cZF8qVLo
This great outro solo is the one and only Jerry Donahue - not Chris Rea!
Jerry is famous for his crazy string bending techniques and his Telecaster twang - but he also played some very fine licks on this album by Chris Rea (for me the best one) and also among many others the great "North and south" by Gerry Rafferty.
On YouTube there's a concert of Chris Rea playing live in Japan - and Jerry was on tour with him.
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Chris Rea has lots of Knopfler sounding song, Soft Top, Hard Shoulder is a great example.
I think Chris once said that he wanted to be MK if he had a choice or something like that, he obviously has huge admiration for him.
And here, from 3:20:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H1cZF8qVLo
This great outro solo is the one and only Jerry Donahue - not Chris Rea!
Jerry is famous for his crazy string bending techniques and his Telecaster twang - but he also played some very fine licks on this album by Chris Rea (for me the best one) and also among many others the great "North and south" by Gerry Rafferty.
On YouTube there's a concert of Chris Rea playing live in Japan - and Jerry was on tour with him.
Thank you so much for clarifying! I'm not a Chris Rea expert by any stretch of the imagination, so I wasn't aware of this. I do know a Russian expert on Chris, he almost single-handedly runs a huge fan club because Chris Rea for some reason is VERY popular in Russia, sometimes I think more popular than in the UK itself.
Thank you for recommending "North and South" by Gerry Rafferty and Chris's Japan tour.
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There's a strong Knopfler guitar-feel in this one as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JssCIBz5z8
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There's a strong Knopfler guitar-feel in this one as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JssCIBz5z8
The electric rhytym guitar playing very much so. The song itself feels like a mixture of 5:15AM and True Love Will Never Fade.
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Mike Oldfield plays a Knopfler influenced solo for Moonlight Shadow, in terms of melodic approach and sound, even to the extent of playing the Sultans "Twiddly" bits when playing Moonlight Shadow live in the 90's he has also namechecked Mark in an interview, and stated that although he doesn't generally listen to other people's music, he did enjoy Private Investigations.
These days he plays an MK strat too.
4 real? got a pic or something?
https://mike-oldfield.es/verfoto.asp?id=8692
Thanks for finding that photo, I spent a while yesterday looking for a picture of it, the one place I forgot to check is where you found it, so, thanks, Mike plays some wonderful stuff using that guitar on what looks like his final 2 albums.
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I was reminded of a sampler CD I bought years ago with country gospel songs, with Johnny Cash amongst others. One artist is Mike Reid, whom I know nothing about, but I liked this song a lot at the time. A bit Walk of Life-ish with nice clean Stratocaster lead lines.
Edit: I just saw that Albert Lee plays on the album where this song is from. Could be him playing lead on this track. Sounds great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZWcaxYNKIM
I enjoyed this, thank you. Would appear to be Albert - I'd say Albert and MK influenced each other to be fair. I see Eddie Bayers played drums on this track, he also played on Darling Pretty. And Paul Franklin is on the album but I can't hear them on this track.
Also, Mike Reid has come a long was since the Runaround days ;)
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Phil Carmen always struck me as sounding Knopfler-ish. His Montreux live album features none other than Pick Withers playing drums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lFS9-UVOUw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAb_6LPztRE
am i the only one that saw Pick withers on that second vid?
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am i the only one that saw Pick withers on that second vid?
The OP literally says Pick is on it you tool :)
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MK soundalike on this John Prine track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feqI1mB5fy4
Great album but the track itself is unusual for Prine.
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there is this argentinian guitar player that Guy played with (on his record i mean) that sounds very MK-like but in a good way
https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/2rCMqUfA7vLfxNjI2SlSH1?si=8b5bb308fe764e50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccTR05i_cgI
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am i the only one that saw Pick withers on that second vid?
The OP literally says Pick is on it you tool :)
am actually working, so missed that, being concentrated and all, not like yourself you asocial scottish drunk you!
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there is this argentinian guitar player that Guy played with (on his record i mean) that sounds very MK-like but in a good way
https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/2rCMqUfA7vLfxNjI2SlSH1?si=8b5bb308fe764e50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccTR05i_cgI
Sérgio Diab is a guitarist here from Brazil, not Argentine. By the way, he has excellent work, he is notably influenced by Mark Knopfler and Richard Bennett.