mark knopfler real live roadrunning song for sonny

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For the record, aside from my comments above about the CD being less important than the DVD, based on the quality, I did listen to the CD all of the way through. At just over an hour and a half, I never felt it was dragging on too long. It was nice to see him with that thumb / claw style of finger picking that has become his signature just serving the song, rather than showing off. Mark does bring out several guitars and while not playing blinding speed runs, he says more these days with a few very well chosen notes than most people can with a hundred. There are great bits throughout the entire concert. It ends the show, and makes you want more. Why Worry: This Dire Straits tune becomes an Emmylou Harris song here. It is so nice to see professionals in action.

With no visual cue, they all land on one single terminal note and the music stops.

#Mark knopfler real live roadrunning song for sonny full#

The stage is full of world-class musicians that most people could never name, who are so in sync and meshing perfectly. It is a real team thing here, with the appearance that everyone is soloing at the same time, yet not once is anyone showing off or walking over the next person. Speedway at Nazareth: From 'Sailing to Philadelphia', the song is nicely rendered, but I loved the last couple of minutes after the singing was finished. I kept hitting replay on this song when I first saw it. The base player and Mark play off of each other and then some more vocals. Knopfler takes a verse to solo a bit, but this is also understated, yet great. It is feel, rhythm and story, not flash or superficial fluff. A bit later some drums and an acoustic upright base come into the mix. Mark sits on a chair hits that shuffle and sings. Song for Sonny Liston: Wow! This track is a real minimalist delight. Knopfler is not stingy about allowing Harris to sing songs from the back catalog, and some of the duets from even the Dire Straits era sound like they could have been cut for the last project. The actual concert was a nice mix of songs from the Knopfler / Harris album, 'All the road running' along with some gems from Knopfler's solo work and even a couple of Dire Straits tunes. There are some other nice things included, such as a warm-up session where the players all sit around and play acoustically to get into the mind-set for the show. The DVD has a mini interview / photo shoot where both Knopfler and Harris talk about the project that became their previous album. If you can't decode DTS, you are missing a lot with this DVD. This is the quality of sound that makes it clear why we don't just have a DVD player hooked straight into the TV, and why we tolerate a room full of speakers. Even if I simply wish to hear music, I'll load the DVD, set it up to DTS, and then turn off the TV. There is nothing wrong with it, but the DVD has more songs and when played through a good home theater with DTS capability, it has an unmatched sound quality. If This Is Goodbye 14.'This set comes as a CD / DVD combo, but after listening to (and viewing) the DVD, I can't imagine when I would ever listen to the CD. This rare performance one of only a handful in the U.S followed the April release of their critically and commercially successful duet album 'All The Roadrunning'.

Last summer two icons British guitarist songwriter and performer Mark Knopfler and the American singer songwriter and interpreter Emmylou Harris performed at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.