19-12-2013, 17:23
Jerome Wrote:A master storyteller - http://youtu.be/V6nyfXu5fWs & http://youtu.be/XsrKWwx3x7oyes he is
hey J
I only have Dire Straits material
what solo or other album would you recommend?
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 hey J I only have Dire Straits material what solo or other album would you recommend? 
19-12-2013, 18:11
There are 2 ways to go with this -purely instrumental stuff (which I know you are not mad about - but personally I really like his movie soundtrack material) or his solo vocal stuff. With regard to his vocal work my picks would be 'Get Lucky' or 'The Ragpicker's Dream'. I prefer the latter. Hope this helps. Check it out on YT. His collaboration with James Taylor on 'Sailing to Philadelphia' was fantastic too. But the rest of the album was not that great.
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19-12-2013, 18:20
As far as Dire Straits is concerned I don't think they ever really made a bad album. I like quite a few tracks from each one of them. Quality material.
'The purpose of life is a life of purpose' - Athena Orchard.
19-12-2013, 22:23
Jerome Wrote:As far as Dire Straits is concerned I don't think they ever really made a bad album. I like quite a few tracks from each one of them. Quality material.I agree. I have all the studio Just never followed up with Mark Isn't there 1 (or more) that has a bluegrass feel? 
19-12-2013, 23:00
i only have his "ragpickers dream" solo set, that one has a folky,rootsy,blues feel to it, which really puts it in the bluegrass ballpark...
i should get a couple of his soundtrack albums i suppose...always loved the "local hero" movie and the main theme "goin home", i also have four selections from the "cal" soundtrack on b-sides of singles,like them also... like MH, im not really big on intsrumental music, but i have not heard one solitary Knopfler instrumental piece that i dont like(or love!)... as for Dire Straits... you know i like vinyl J-Man, but DS were made for cd IMO,vinyl aint in the same league for listening to 'love over gold','making movies' and 'brothers in arms' IMO... now also, i dont know anything about 'production' and the studio tech side of music, but to this pair of ears Dire Straits albums sound like sheer perfection to me, the whole balance of everything is just right, everything sounds like it is in its place for a reason.... i defy anyone to name a better song than "telegraph road", its a masterpiece from start to finish both musically and lyrically [video=youtube;-8sLmx2Oz6Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8sLmx2Oz6Y[/video]
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19-12-2013, 23:39
Watch this guys!!!! whoaaaaa!
[video=youtube;kxcYNuDecwk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxcYNuDecwk[/video]
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23-12-2013, 02:39
![[Image: 41aXz0Kc8%2BL._SY450__PJautoripBadge,Bot...OU11__.jpg]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41aXz0Kc8%2BL._SY450__PJautoripBadge,BottomRight,4,-40_OU11__.jpg) GRAHAM BONNET "no bad habits" vinyl,1978. album chart action:...#6 Australia single chart action: "warm ride"........#6 AU,#3 UK. i cannot find any info for this album via the US charts so sorry guys! primarily a hard rock guy, Bonnet released this pop album... album has eleven tracks including a cover of Dylan's "i'll be your baby tonight" also contains the hit single "warm ride" which was written by the Gibb Brothers, apparently the song was one which they recorded that didnt make it on to the "saturday night fever" soundtrack... theres only one song on this album that i like and the Bee Gees track is the one... im not posting links here,just the song i like off it! "warm ride" ** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P95WFrzJcbc video
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014. 
28-12-2013, 20:09
LedZeppelin the BBC sessions fantastic recordings from the early zeppelin[video=youtube_share;tUHDKRteTeQ]http://youtu.be/tUHDKRteTeQ[/video]
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29-12-2013, 03:50
Chicago live at tanglewood 70 ( a very good live band)[video=youtube_share;zWKtVzzWo4U]http://youtu.be/zWKtVzzWo4U[/video]
America is pregnant with promise and anticipation but is murdered by the hand of the inevitable....(Lee Jackson ..The Nice)
British rock band New Model Army led by the great vocals of Justin Sullivan and a few tracks from their 12th studio album...Between Dog and Wolf ! I love this band ! Many thanks for the recommendation EvilB !!!! I will be posting more NMA videos in the future...this band deserves it!!!! New Model Army began in 1980...thirty-three years ago! I only wish I had known about them before now! They produce intelligent unpredictable and interesting music!
Here are four of fourteen tracks from the album for your listening pleasure! NEW MODEL ARMY - Between Dog and Wolf (September 2013) ![[Image: 81owYWsPq5L._SL1205_.jpg]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81owYWsPq5L._SL1205_.jpg) [video=youtube;PDNNYE744SI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDNNYE744SI[/video] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuqE8rWeE6Y - Knieval http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c54sm5ebWrE - Between Dog and Wolf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1l5oqJm_iE - Qasril Nil Bridge
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