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sir pball

(4,761 posts) Fri Sep 6, 2019, 07:27 PM Sep 2019

"Mark Knopfler has an extraordinary ability..

..to make a Schecter Custom Stratocaster hoot and sing like angels on a Saturday night, exhausted from being good all week and needing a stiff drink.” - Douglas Adams

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"Mark Knopfler has an extraordinary ability.. (Original Post) sir pball Sep 2019 OP

And he makes it look easy... Zorro Sep 2019 #1

He makes me want...I want...I want.. sir pball Sep 2019 #2

I saw Dire Straits at the Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA in the early 80s. CottonBear Sep 2019 #3

FOX Theater is a great venue, blm Sep 2019 #4

Wow! That must have been so great! CottonBear Sep 2019 #6

An inexpressibly lovely piece by Mark Knopfler: Aristus Sep 2019 #5

That's beautiful. n/t area51 Sep 2019 #7

Excellent stuff. And I would add that his brother David is pretty good as well GoneOffShore Sep 2019 #8

We saw him last May DFW Sep 2019 #9

Zorro

(15,749 posts)

1. And he makes it look easy...

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Fri Sep 6, 2019, 07:40 PM

Sep 2019

sir pball

(4,761 posts)

2. He makes me want...I want...I want..

Reply to Zorro (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 6, 2019, 07:43 PM

Sep 2019

God, MTV is so useless now.

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)

3. I saw Dire Straits at the Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA in the early 80s.

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Fri Sep 6, 2019, 08:00 PM

Sep 2019

Amazing! I was 30th row, center seat. Great concert in a beautiful venue.

blm

(113,101 posts)

4. FOX Theater is a great venue,

Reply to CottonBear (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 6, 2019, 09:20 PM

Sep 2019

Saw Grateful Dead there in the 70s and the next night saw a new guy named Meatloaf touring Bat out of Hell.

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)

6. Wow! That must have been so great!

Reply to blm (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 7, 2019, 04:33 AM

Sep 2019

I saw the Dead at the Fox in the early 1980s.

Aristus

(66,467 posts)

5. An inexpressibly lovely piece by Mark Knopfler:

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Fri Sep 6, 2019, 11:58 PM

Sep 2019

area51

(11,924 posts)

7. That's beautiful. n/t

Reply to Aristus (Reply #5)

Sat Sep 7, 2019, 12:39 PM

Sep 2019

GoneOffShore

(17,341 posts)

8. Excellent stuff. And I would add that his brother David is pretty good as well

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2019, 01:19 PM

Sep 2019

And he's got a lot of sense politically as well. I follow him on Facebook.

DFW

(54,445 posts)

9. We saw him last May

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Sun Sep 8, 2019, 04:04 AM

Sep 2019

In Köln, Germany. Absolutely brilliant. Musicianship at its highest level.

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