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Mark Knopfler is a British musician best known as the lead guitarist and singer of the rock band Dire Straits. He matters because of his influential guitar work and songwriting, which helped define rock music from the 1970s onward.
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- 1949-08-12
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- Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler - Little Black Songbook
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Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born August 12, 1949) is a British songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He was the lead guitarist, singer, and songwriter for the rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded with his younger brother, David Knopfler, in 1977. Described by Classic Rock as a virtuoso, Knopfler is a fingerstyle guitarist and was ranked 27th on Rolling Stone's list of the "100…
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- Dire Straits: Brothers In Arms2025
- Mark Knopfler - One Deep River2024
- Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends — Self - Host2024
- Great North: A Run. A River. A Region. — Self2021
- Lindisfarne's Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story — Self2021
- Under the Volcano — Self2021
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Mark Freuder Knopfler (born 12 August 1949) is a British musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995, and he is one of the two members who stayed throughout the band's existence, along with the bassist John Illsley. After Dire Straits dissolved, he pursued a solo career and is now an independent artist.
Knopfler was born in Glasgow, and was raised in Newcastle. After graduating from the University of Leeds and working for three years as a college lecturer, Knopfler co-founded Dire Straits with his younger brother, David Knopfler. The band recorded six albums, including Brothers in Arms (1985), one of the best-selling albums in history. After Dire Straits disbanded in 1995, Knopfler began a solo career, and has produced ten solo albums to date. He has composed and produced film scores for nine films, including Local Hero (1983), Cal (1984), The Princess Bride (1987), Wag the Dog (1997) and Altamira (2016). He has produced albums for Tina Turner, Bob Dylan, and Randy Newman.
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