Mark Knopfler Hill Farmer Blues, Paris 2008 great guitar solo

[movchok]

a masterpiece of a song! so deep, heart wounded... "so-o baad...."

Too bad they faded it out so early in the album version.

[lcf34]

Des frissons... quel son, quel engagement, les mots manquent. La chanson live parfaite!

[muygridge]

yearning and refined. Mark is the maestro

[edinjo1984]

the ending solo of this masterpiece is always different.... compare these samples

hill farmer's blues bercy

hill farmer's blues atarfe

hill farmer's blues amsterdam

.........

[jagopes]

Bonisima!

[dergrossen]

Love the the dog howl at the end.....

[davyhboro]

The last two comments below mine were made by dicks that know NOTHING about music or about the maestro that is Mark Knopfler, "lol" and "miserable" in the same sentence????pair of morons,,,,just let his music take you to another world...i do...god bless you Mark.

[guiguivoiron]

oh my god shame on you -_-

[3439ra]

lol bonehead

[beseeingyou6]

amazing! what did he buy?

[laceyberns]

I saw Mark and band last year twice in Portland and at Jacksonville in Oregon...amazing performances, I am continually in awe of his incredible creative energy to write these songs, to be an amazing musician, and to reach your heart when he makes his guitar "sing" I vow to go to Europe to see him there again!!

[laceyberns]

I never tire of any of his songs, he is a genius in his composition and melody, and arrangement, besides being one of the most talented guitarists in the world..he is unbelievable to see, I wish i hadn't missed their concerts in the 80s/90s when I was in Alaska...look at some of his videos with Clapton..

[GeorgeTel100]

@laceyberns Yeah! I'd love to do the same thing!

[BassLedzepU2]

goosebumps

[salegoogle]

As soon as I heard the beginning of this song that night, I just stopped breathing...how can you improvise with such melodic solos ?!

[davyhboro]

Is that john illsley on bass???? any info would be appreciated

[edinjo1984]

No,is Glenn Worf !

[master244]

defiantly the best live version out there, and this is pure magic.. I wonder if there's someone out there who might step into his footprents..

[Arthounot]

The nway you put it into picture is worth a video.

How you you change to solos, towards bass and and and....

I am speechless man.

Hug

[LoekSijbers]

Since the first time i heard the song on the album i said this song would be A-MA-ZING played live, but man... The crying sound of the Les Paul the way Mark plays it will never be equaled. I saw/heard him play this live in Amsterdam, i can't remember ever having goosebumps like that... Also really hoping to find a live DVD but i read on Guy's forum there are no plans for that, Mark's already busy with his new album so...

[JtmFreak59]

definitely unbeatable, impossible to copy or imitate....I was there, it took me 2 hours to get back to normal life after that gig

[jsebsteelguitar]

The sound coming from a Gibson guitar between hands and fingers of Mark Knopfler is definitively magic.

[edinjo1984]

He made the ending solo expressly for the live version!

[p0lise]

? You are pulling my leg ? How do you know ?

[edinjo1984]

the studio version of this song have no solo

[p0lise]

Thanks, that I know myself ...

In my previous comment I was hoping for some live "recording" of this tour to come. So I thought that you were making reference to this and wanted to say 'live recording'. Misunderstanding.

There was some online petition asking Knopflers management for a DVD release, though. Hope they are successful !

[edinjo1984]

Now i understand,ok.

Anyway ,in Guy said ,in his forum,that all gigs were recorded...so this is a good thing.....maybe Mark really wants to make a cd/dvd for the ktgc tour.maybe!

[p0lise]

O.k., I looked up his forum. Nothing decisive, but let them finish their holidays and we will see :)

Apart from that (but still somewhat related to the topic) I am ashamed by some people who apparently try to make money with their recordings. It is not 'their' art and work they're selling, for which reason I really find their approach embarrassing !

They should do it for free and/or only for themselves, or just let it be !

Strongly hope that they will horribly crash with their business x-(

[edinjo1984]

I agree with you!

[dergrossen]

Goes on all the time, happens with all kinds of creative work from bricklayers to academics. Have to say if I were MK with net wealth of over $100m I would not be wagging my finger.

[p0lise]

I hope they will make a CD or DVD or whatever from this tour (i.e. this song). This one, I would LOVE to hear it with some 'real sound'. Again and again. Pure magic ...

[goldenheart96]

It occurs to me that it's these obsessive videoing idiots who spoiled it!

[edinjo1984]

Damn! This song is amazing,the ending solo is............no words to describe it.

[smls50]

Definitely one of the surprise songs from this tour and of all the songs on the 'Ragpickers' album this is one of my favourites. I saw Mark in London and the outro version of this song on that night was slightly different - this is the best version I have heard so far though. The only song missing to make it a really good set list was 'Silvertown Blues' - one day maybe!

[Grotelli]

mi da un senso di profondità assoluta...bellissima!

[Granada28]

my guitarhero of the 80's.. now better then ever!

[Junglejames83]

I'm quite amazed at how many people have got away with recordin the concerts. Especially those that seem quite close. In Manchester MK pointed at someone filmin the show and wagged his finger at them.

[master244]

he was superB in holland aswell this man made me play guitar my goal is to learn every song he wrote so that will keep me busy for a while :)

[DannyKnopfler]

Great video, great version, very good quality...thanks. The man is real musician !!!

[stef930]

Génial

[p0lise]

This concert was amazing. I still can't believe how great it was...

[EvelcyclopS]

this is one of my faves, i cant believe hes dun it live - so happy

[Staunte]

Exactly. Who'd expect he would play it live? I AM SO F****** HAPPY he did. This songs so awesome.

[ulyssedugard]

un nouveau morceau d'un ancien album, c'est un vrais bonheur !!!

d'autant que trpd na pas ete exploite avant en live ( accident, moto, tout ça...)

genial !!!

bravo !!!

[zoaplusplus]

c'était vraiment un grand moment !

[fpmip21]

Encore merci pour toute les vidéos, j'étais placé à côté de toi :D

[diplob]

Thanks God this guy is alive!