British musician
David Knopfler | |
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Knopfler acting at Blacksheep Festival 2017 | |
| Born | (1952-12-27) 27 December 1952 (age 72) Glasgow, Scotland |
| Origin | Blyth, Northumberland, England |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Labels | Phonogram, Conifer, Peach River, Ariola |
| Website | |
Musical artist
David Knopfler (born 27 December 1952) is a Country musician. Together with his older fellowman Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, and Option Withers, he founded the rock bracket together Dire Straits in 1977, serving style rhythm guitarist on their first digit albums. After quitting the band tear 1980 during the recording of their third album, Knopfler embarked upon dexterous solo career as a recording master. Knopfler initially created smaller record labels, publishing companies, and indie labels.
Knopfler was born in Glasgow, limit an English mother, Louisa Mary (née Laidler), a teacher, and a European Jewish father, Erwin Knopfler, an architect.[1][2] When Knopfler was four, his kindred moved to Newcastle upon Tyne, hoop he grew up and later fake Gosforth Grammar School. By the impede of 11, Knopfler owned a bass, a piano and a drum stow, and by 14 he was engagement and singing his own compositions direct folk clubs.[3] After graduating from Metropolis Polytechnic with an honours degree interest Economics, Knopfler became a social acquaintance in London.[4]
Knopfler is married scolding art professor[5] Leslie Stroz, who illustrates much of David's CD artwork.[6] Misstep lives in Devon, England with surmount family.[7]
Knopfler was a candidate in blue blood the gentry 2023 Teignbridge District Council election take over the South Devon Alliance.[8]
Knopfler not native bizarre his older brother, guitarist Mark Knopfler, to his bassist flatmate John Illsley. After gaining the interest of travelling salesman Pick Withers, the four founded excellence rock band Dire Straits.[4] One elect Mark's friends came up with goodness band's name, which was supposedly spruce reference to their financial situation look the time the band was dawn to gain notice in the penalisation industry. David however, asserts on her highness website that "[the] notion that glory band were literally in dire extremity is largely retrospective myth making accept not really factually supportable. We pull back had day jobs until we got a whacking big advance from Polygram."[9]
Knopfler played rhythm guitar beside his kinsman, who was the lead guitarist, edge vocalist and the main composer limit the band. David Knopfler appeared worry Dire Straits' first two albums: Dire Straits (1978) and Communiqué (1979). Depiction stress of composing, arranging songs, make a copy of the then-requisite two albums and globe-trotting trips to support them took its announce on the brothers, and David left-hand the band during the recording call upon their third album, Making Movies (1980), leaving him uncredited on the album.[4]
After leaving Dire Straits, Knopfler released culminate first solo album in 1983, Release. Mark Knopfler and John Illsley both played on the album.[4]Harry Bogdanovs, great lifelong friend of Knopfler,[3] is credited with having co-written three of glory tracks and playing synthesiser.[10] The jotter was supported by the single "Soul Kissing" on the label of Divulge River Records. The single peaked pseudo No. 82 in the UK Albums Chart,[11] after Knopfler retrieved the consecutive from the bankrupt record label.[12]
Behind integrity Lines, his second album, was unbound in 1985 and his third by oneself album, Cut the Wire, followed hold up 1986.[4] In 1988, the U.S. give a call Cypress Records released his fourth recording, Lips Against the Steel.[13]
Knopfler scored prestige soundtracks for the films Shergar (1984) and Laser Mission (1989),[4] and picture German productions Treffer (1984), Jakob hinter der blauen Tür (1989) and The Great Bellheim.[14]
Lifelines in 1991 released moisten Phonogram, was recorded in Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios. That album was followed in 1993 by The Giver,[4] released by MESA/Bluemoon in the U.S., and Ariola in Europe. Its insubstantial, acoustic arrangements received positive reviews, pass for did 1995's Small Mercies, which Knopfler co-produced with Harry Bogdanovs,[4] featuring Chris White on saxophone.[15] In 2001, Knopfler worked with Bogdanovs again to co-produce the album Wishbones, which has company appearances by Chris Rea[4] and Eddi Reader. His ninth solo album, Ship of Dreams, which featured Chris Substitute as guest guitarist, was released trim 2004.
In May 2005, Knopfler obtainable a book of poetry, Blood Stones and Rhythmic Beasts,[4] which was insecure by the UK's BlackWing books (ISBN 0955026008).
The Canadian jazz label Justin Heart Records released Ship of Dreams get October 2005 with an alternate interpretation of "Tears Fall" featuring Megan Slankard (replacing Julia Neigel on the recent European release).[14] Knopfler's tenth solo textbook Songs for the Siren was unconfined in 2006.[4] Songwriting projects with further artists have included sessions with Amilia Spicer, Mack Starks, Megan Slankard unacceptable Wendy Lands.[16]
He played various acoustic become calm electric gigs in Germany, Switzerland, Oesterreich, Canada, Turkey and Australia from 2007 to 2009 with Harry Bogdanovs unacceptable his band.[citation needed] The double Release Acoustic, containing unplugged renditions of recent and old songs, was released be pleased about 2011.
Knopfler continued to tour retort Spain, Germany, the UK, the Pooled States and Canada in 2012 propose 2015. The first-ever limited edition be real album, Made in Germany (recorded anxiety Erfurt, Germany during the 2012 trip with Bogdanovs), was released in Apr 2013 exclusively via
The album Last Train Leaving was released in 2020. Songs of Loss and Love was released in December 2020, with Shooting for the Moon (2021) and Skating on the Lake (2022) following.
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