Ma rk Knopfler Showing his magic on an acoustic guitar

Another BBC interview

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Mark
• Knopfler
• guitar
• acoustic
• dire
• straits
• blues
• rock
• folck
• interview

[fIRsTRATmAN]

Such a God on the guitar yet so humble

[boomboxbadboy]

what a man...takes time to talk to people...i feel he wants to help me.

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

Mark is so humble about his fingers-only style, slagging his playing as not loud or fast-enough. Reminds me of another fingers (thumb) only guy, Wes Montgomery, who also lamented playing sans pick. Both men have styles very tough to imitate, if not all but impossible. Catch that bit of fingerstyle "Freight Train"? Mark is the real deal and then some... I do wish he'd tour more here in the States.

[rerite2]

MK: "guitar teacher's nightmare...."

ROFL!

[RockRebel219]

I love that he said "breaking the rules": that's really what makes some of the best guitar players THE BEST; they play with their own unique style.

[nickcorcoranmusic]

I love how seamlessly he goes from painfully simple to incredibly complex. Kinda like...heres where you are...heres where I am...

[MeasuredIgnoranCe]

A god? nah, maybe an angel though. Such beautiful playing to watch and hear, thanks for putting it here. and thanks to Mark Knopfler for letting it stay!

sO beautiful to watch and hear him fiddling around like this!

I ike the advice near the end about really wanting "to learn to play", I bet he thinks he's still got a long way to go :)

and here's hoping he still falls asleep with a guitar in his lap as well!

[paeroasdasd]

i like at 4:50 when he says ''you know'' and keeps playing like a god and says ''and then you go like'' and keeps that awesome picking like it were easy... what a pro!!

[cluedo1]

Oh, how I wish he would be my teacher :) But I guess he would despair because I'm a miserable guitar player...

[mrdrascombe]

Only 6.35. You could watch him all day long. The guy's a b***** genius with a guitar.

[hm333333]

Looks like a Gibson Advanced Jumbo.