Mark Knopfler
British musician (born 1949) · United Kingdom · Musicians
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Something wrong?The fingerstyle guitarist who turned a Glasgow accent and a clean, economical guitar tone into one of the biggest-selling rock acts of the 1980s - then walked away from it to score films and make quieter records on his own terms.
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One Deep RiverAlbum2018
Down the Road WhereverAlbum2017This Is Not Enough For MeAlbum2015
TrackerAlbum2011Steiger AwardAward20102010-05-23: Get Lucky Tour: Birmingham, UKAlbum2009
Get LuckyAlbum2008Complete Infidels SessionsAlbum2007
Kill to Get CrimsonAlbum2006
All the RoadrunningAlbum2005Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio AlbumAward2004Notting Hillbillie CampfiresAlbum2002
The Ragpicker's DreamAlbum2000
Sailing to PhiladelphiaAlbum1996
Golden HeartAlbum1995Premios OndasAward1990Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with VocalsAwardGrammy Award for Best Country Instrumental PerformanceAward
Neck and NeckAlbum, 19901985Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental PerformanceAward1949Born12 August 1949Also in Deutsch
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Mark Freuder Knopfler was born in Glasgow on 12 August 1949 and raised in Newcastle. After graduating from the University of Leeds and spending three years as a college lecturer, he co-founded Dire Straits in 1977 with his younger brother David. The band recorded six albums, including Brothers in Arms in 1985, one of the best-selling albums in history; together they moved between 100 million and 120 million records. Dire Straits disbanded in 1995, and Knopfler began a solo career that has so far yielded ten albums. He has also composed and produced film scores for nine films - among them Local Hero, The Princess Bride, and Wag the Dog - and produced records for Tina Turner, Bob Dylan, and Randy Newman. Rolling Stone ranked him 27th on its list of the greatest guitarists of all time; he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
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