Dire Straits - Nils Lofgren - Solid Rock

[nancyalis2]

awesome!! I wish I was there for THIS one

[itchykami]

nils and dire straits together? god, I wish I was around for this time

[aprilglaspieable]

These guys are enjoying themselves immensely.

[leonardsyl]

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[punk2108]

Wow, and i thought it couldnt be better

[satin123]

Great vid - thx... ;-)

[EHRIBOY35]

Awesome version of solid rock!

[BuickV8Power]

@EHRIBOY35 exactly

[Maanchso]

Dire Straits and Bruce Springsteen & The E street band.. LEGENDS.

[MrJamesLongstreet]

@Maanchso Indeed they are!!!

[plasser2171]

Great Great, just so Great, love Nils Lofgren and just look at Terry Williams on drums.

[bobodd5]

strange how marks bends his left leg when hes got a straight left??explanations lease

[pduvall100]

OMG!!! Mark & Nils- what a fenominal gathering! - 2 of my all time favorites together on one stage playing a great song too! Could watch & listen to Nils anytime! Actually- I saw Nils the last time in 2008 in Baltimore Rams Head Live-

Just an incredible person to see live and a great guy. Since I'm from

Maryland where Nils is from , he's that much more special to me.

[sidensvans67]

Just look at these two. Brilliant...

Glimrende..

[rixman12]

how mad is the drummer? hes going crazy on that set

[conradin1000]

@rixman12 drummers are always mad. even in symphony orchestras!

[alty567]

alan clark playing Piano AND keyboard at the SAME time....

LEGENDARY!!!!!

i was five when this wa s out but STILL LOVE it as much as the 1st time i saw it!!!

[dashyr1]

Legendary! Lofgren and Knopfler.. Awsome...

[john9944]

Well, damn. Two of my favorite guitarists together. They both have what I call a Country and Western sensitivity. Nobody tries to out play the other. Rather they play off each other. Mark and Nils may have the most unmistakable sounds in music (save Chet and Les) and to hear them play together is amazing. If you have not heard Mark and Emmylou Harris give it a listen.

[Arseface87]

Anyone know how Nils got roped into this? I know all about his grand adventures with Neil Young, Ringo Starr, and of course, Bruce. But never Dire Straits.

[blindriv3r]

Guess they were both touring in the same town at same time...both are lefties that play right handed, and w/no pick, tho Nils uses thumb picks...both are viruosos w/not only vast amounts of technical skill but also huge amounts of soul

[DaSistasDad]

This will be July 5th, 1985! Bruce was doing 3 nights at Wembley Stadium (3,4 & 6 July) Dire Straits were doing 14 nights (or something silly) at the Arena. Nils had a day off

[moosey62]

Probably got together to swap hairdressing secrets.

[BruceBloodSister1]

Nils is also a cool 21st Century guy, along with Bruce!!!

[dRaK0RaMone]

nils lofgren look like a 80s cool guy

[Crowsfan55]

Nils...was a very cool 60's and 70's very cool guy... you should check him out with Grin....he's been around forever...now playing with Bruce...

[dRaK0RaMone]

oh thanks for the info, nils and springtenn =D. but in my coment whay i meanto to be is the clothe style very 80 for me, Greetings from Peru

[SuzzyStohelit]

that's because he was an 80's cool guy, along with brother Mark ~peace

[diamondrhyme]

I have a Shecter, and I replaced the stock pickups, which I hated, with Bastard and Fat Bastard single coils... Now would you believe, people that hear it like it better than my Les Paul Gold top, Firebird VII, 62 strat.... played through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. Never fails to amaze me. The thing sounds pretty good.

[BlueCarbuncle]

Now I now PRECISELY where the idea for Napoleon Dynamite came from. . .

[Agapante28]

3 bandanas geniaux !!!!!!!

Enfin du ROCK !!!!

Après Pick c'est mon batteur préféré de DS

[DerPunkfreundGER]

handmade guitar play ;)

[jonbeats69]

no its not

its Mark and the brit boys showing you the way home. Happy happy days. Nils is simply just nils. Peace fans

[norwayfinland]

its the halfk east street band from bruce springsteen that is playing here damm i love it:-D

[Dukabor]

Nils was playing way before Bruce and the E Street...check out Grin...

[norwayfinland]

k thanks for the info:-)

[blindriv3r]

yep, and the piano part on Neil Young's Southern Man was written and played by a teenage Nils

[Crowsfan55]

wow...is that true?....I mean I can believe it but I never heard that before...

[blindriv3r]

yeah even as a teenager Nils was a more fluid, technical player than Neil could ever be...just different styles...but of course Neil is Lead Guitar...so he put Nils on piano...but mostly, he got Nils his start in the music biz.. Check the Tonights the Night CD, Nils is part of Crazy Horse on that session...and some great guitar work by him on one song too.

[C7ble]

Thanks for posting this, I remember when it was on TV, Nealry wore out my VCR. I loved this track and it introduced me to Nils

[jonesmark45]

just found this........God and I was there!!!!! What a great night

[gabryniasz]

Great, I regret that I have not seen Terry Williams on the drums...

[southernrockdrummer]

Unusual to see Mark playing a tele!

[norwayfinland]

walk of live was made on a tele knopfler got 5 telecasters

[greasykitchen]

This one and the red tele are Schecters.

[norwayfinland]

jep i now and he also go a white schecter tele my dad got the same

[norman7874]

awesome!

[jopyFEguitar]

this thing sounds amazing, they are true masters!

[marinaknopfler]

i'm gonna live on solid rock too

[rixe250]

hey!! these guys rock.. im 30 years old and im from norway, but my parents grew up im the north of norway, so that means a lot of time driving a car.. every summer.. it took 3 days up to mu grandparants... dire straits made my dad have a good time all the way up, and theyre great listening to whwn youre driving... my father is a great guy and i love him.

[stratandgilmourA1]

Great run from 43 to 47. Knopfler is my biggest guitar influence along with David Gilmour.

[LaurencePike]

Definitely two good guitarists to be influenced by :D

[qwargy]

MK has such an amazing right hand - looks so solid and relaxed. And his thumb sticks out so much. I've never seen a fingerstyle/clawhammer player with such a hand position. Obviously something he was born with.

[BillNeilan]

The bassist looks like Will Ferrel

[alanbloke50]

RIGHTY**** Sorry. Please, give me some thumbs down lol.

[alanbloke50]

Nils and Mark are left handed but happen to play lefty.

[rzazzzz]

one word AWESOME

[alanbloke50]

Two left handed guitarists who don't use ordinary plectrums. Pretty rare find.

[Vegasbabee]

Left handed?? Wtf??

[zweeden]

uhhhhhhhhhh what left handed the are richt handed you now????

[UncleTwinkleToe]

Mark Knopfler is lefthanded, and Lofgren too. But both plays righthanded guitars. :)

[Dukabor]

how do get left handed?...both are playing guitar right handed?

[Kaioken90]

well you lern it

[charlieXXI]

este no paso por OT, se le nota.....:))

[android128]

Nils Lofgren & Mark Knopfler! Dream come true!

[freedman917]

Nils Rocks

[lffan]

Oh he so does. I used to have this on betamax video, don't know how many times I watched it.

[BruceBloodSister1]

Oh wow, I was one of DS's biggest fans, saw this tour in Toronto and it blew me away, now a mega Bruce Springsteen and E Street fan, and love Nils too, what a find this is! Rock at it's solid rock best.

[thehoundz]

if Nils is there..It's going to be fun!

[Kohntarkosz]

Wow! I did know a video from this tour existed! I remember reading about how all the other bands who played Live Aid had to fly to either London or Philly especially for the concert (I remember some of the morning performers announcing they'd have to hop on a plane so they could go play a show someplace else that night). Dire Straits just had to cross the street! :-)

[oaksee89sweden]

Nils Lofgren sounds very swedish in to my eras...

[woodrocky]

Nils was playing in Bruce's E Street band at Wembley week before Live Aid, I was at the Bruce concert on 4th July Independance Day, what a gig, Nils was the best. Dire Starits were at Empire Pool and we could hear them from inside the Stadium. Didn't know Nils went over and played with them, wish I'd seen that!!.

[cowgirlinthesand13]

Wow, a couple of the great Guitar Gods of R&R!

Now if only they'dplay the Bridge School Benefit jamming with Neil, be one great aural orgasm! WTG Nils! Thanks for posting this!

[molly23gud]

I believe Nils played across the road at Wembley before he played on this !! I had the show on VHS somewhere, it's obviously worn out now, but this track is still playable ! Awesome Nils !!

[frederik20]

i never knew of this,.. !

[guimcasas]

YEAH NILS!!!!!!!!!!

[cartmanxxx]

This version is better than On The Night one :) Thanks for posting very much!

[pascalin1986]

thanks for posting. Great MK and NL

[maychrzak90210]

wooow this is souch a great solid rock version! but one question.... is it posable that you send this clip to my e-mail?(A) i love it so much

[marc96er]

Sorry, to big for an email.

[maychrzak90210]

ah thats to bad! thanks anyway:)

[nivskid]

@maychrzak90210 if you use firefox there are some applications which allows you to download both the video and the music ;)

[ogrestudios]

what a treat, thanks for posting, where did you get this?

[marc96er]

Thanks. I really don´t know anymore, I think I found it on the web some years ago.