Three years later, in , Paul recorded a new studio album and went on tour with Nik Kershaw. A second album with Kershaw followed two years later. Currently splitting his time between working with many of the above-mentioned artists and lecturing, Paul remains in demand as a bass player, music director and educator.
It did not take long for him to build a solid reputation and his ability and professionalism soon earned him a place in numerous bands, doing studio session for commercials, as well as contributing to the recording of numerous albums. He has recorded, performed and worked as a session musician with over bands and artists all over the world. Andrew began playing drums in at the age of thirteen.
Interestingly, the music of Dire Straits played a large part in his early education as he started out playing along to their records on a drum kit he made out of cardboard boxes.
After studying music, Andrew began his professional career by touring extensively in the UK and internationally. In addition to touring and recording with other artists, Andrew remains associated with the Royal Academy of Music with whom he has worked for the past 17 years.
Twenty-five years later his path crossed with the Dire Straits Experience and he was asked to join the line-up of musicians where he is now loving the opportunity to play live, the songs he knows so well. A keyboard player and musical director of great accomplishment, Simon Carter has worked with a huge array of artists in the world of pop, rock and jazz.
He played with Jamiroquai between and , which saw him tour the world many times over in promotion of the Synkronised and A Funk Odyssey albums. This was followed in with another major world tour with Craig David. The Studio Albums Golden Heart Instagram Introducing the exclusive MarkKnopfler. On this day: in , Mark performed 'Remembrance. Mark is donating a signed red fender Signatu.
The latest performances of theprincessbridemovie. The brothers never got in touch again. The younger Knopfler therefore wasn't part of the band's biggest success when in , Dire Straits landed at the top of the album charts worldwide with their fifth album, Brothers in Arms.
The album sold more than 30 million copies and the video to "Money For Nothing," an ironic look at the music business in which Sting sang the line "I want my MTV" was the first to be released when the television network for music videos was launched in Europe. Knopfler feared for his creativity and worried fame might go to his head, so he branched out into other projects, including his second band, The Notting Hillbillies.
While Dire Straits depended on its frontman, Knopfler did fine without his original formation. Six years later, the band released its next and last album, On Every Street. The following two-year tour turned out to be too much, however, and in , Mark Knopfler quietly dissolved Dire Straits, though not necessarily by mutual agreement with the other band members.
He later said he was too busy working on the album Down The Road Wherever , released in November of the same year. After the overwhelming burden of the band's success, Mark Knopfler found more pleasure in his solo career. So far, he has released nine solo albums, and he's hinted that the current album could be his last — his back hurts and his eyesight isn't getting any better, either, he says.
Knopfler never made a secret of appreciating peace and quiet. The headbands he used to wear on stage not only kept the sweat out of his eyes; when he took them off after the show, nobody would recognize him anymore. While many superstars spent the s more time in detox than in the studio, he stayed away from excesses and scandals. In in London, Knopfler opened British Grove, a recording studio where he records his own albums, and which is also used by the likes of Eric Clapton, Duffy, the Rolling Stones and various orchestras.
Mark Knopfler lives a secluded life in London with his third wife and their two daughters. He is a slow person, he says of himself; he takes his time walking, thinking, reacting, and he avoids stress.
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