01-09-2014, 05:23
SteveO Wrote:I once heard that Dire Straits was a boring live band ...I don't think so...I read an article about Mark....I was trying to get a handle on his unique guitar sound...pretty much plectrum free, unusual hand formation at the bridge, thumb and two fingers, seems to circle around the D B G strings on the higher frets mostly...very interesting,,,and he never took a guitar lesson in his life,,,didn't reach notoriety until he was 29! Your observation is dead on Crazy ! Remember Mark worked with Dylan on Infidels as a co-producer and guitarist! He remarked in his article that he was a huge admirer of Dylan!
his guitar looks very familiar....lol
[video=youtube;GO0jK0udNTo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO0jK0udNTo[/video]
yeh...like a lot of great muso's he cannot read nor write music...thats why its so good IMO...comes from the 'soul', so it has "feel".
love the "indfidels" album, Jerome and myself dont agree on a lot of music with our different tastes but we both agree that without a doubt its Dylan's best album.
i think people refer to Dire Straits being "boring" live because they do extend their songs a fair bit sometimes with lengthy overblown guitar solos.
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They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.