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 Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE born August 12, 1949, Glasgow, Scotland is a Scottish guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best-known as the lead guitarist and vocalist for the band Dire Straits, but has also made albums as a solo performer and played in other bands such as the Notting Hillbillies. He has also performed on work by other artists, such as Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and Chet Atkins, and produced albums for artists such as Tina Turner, Randy Newman, and again Bob Dylan. In addition, he has scored the music to several films, including Local Hero, The Princess Bride, Comfort and Joy, Cal, Last Exit to Brooklyn and Wag the Dog. Show more » After Knopfler disbanded Dire Straits in 1995, he launched straight into a solo career with 'Golden Heart' 1996 - a mixture of his various music stylings that appeared throughout Dire Straits' career. 'Sailing to Philadelphia' 2000 was the breakthrough album for his solo career. With stars such as James Taylor and Van Morrison, 'Sailing to Philadelphia' was one of his most successful albums to date. His next album 'The Ragpicker's Dream' 2002 which saw Knopfler move to the 'story telling theme'. The single 'Why Aye Man' was used as the theme tune for the third series of 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet' in 2002. His next album 'Shangri-La' was released in 2004 with a tour proceeding in 2005. 'Shangri-La' continued the idea of story telling with each song having a different story e.g. Boom, Like That is referring to the story of Ray Kroc and McDonalds. A motorcyle accident in 2005 meant the tour was postponed but was continued later this year. Finally, 2006 saw the release of 'All the Roadrunning' - a collaboration album with Emmylou Harris. This contains a mixture of rock and folk-styled music, mostly written by Knopfler. A tour now complete followed the release of the album.
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