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Campfire Outfitter
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-Bulletproof and Waterproof don't mean Idiotproof.
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Campfire Outfitter
Campfire Outfitter
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Bm2xvuzCA Here he is burning it up on the classic "Can't Find My Way Home." Took the cameraman 3 minutes that it was Knopfler and not Eric Clapton playing solo.
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Campfire Ranger
Campfire Ranger
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Great great guitar player.
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Campfire Tracker
Campfire Tracker
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Great great guitar player.
Why yes, you are correct sir.
Plus a heck of a song writer.
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Campfire Tracker
Campfire Tracker
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Campfire Tracker
Campfire Tracker
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My rig without pedals.
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Campfire Ranger
Campfire Ranger
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Knopfler is one of the very best ever.............love his sound, more mellow & melodic than Clapton's harder, driving style.
VIDEO
VIDEO
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Campfire Ranger
Campfire Ranger
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Great great guitar player.
Why yes, you are correct sir.
Plus a heck of a song writer.
Oh man Romeo & Juliet, Sultans of Swing, If This Is Goodbye, Brothers In Arms...
Genius...
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Campfire Ranger
Campfire Ranger
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Great great guitar player.
Why yes, you are correct sir.
Plus a heck of a song writer.
Oh man Romeo & Juliet, Sultans of Swing, If This Is Goodbye, Brothers In Arms...
Genius...
So far away from you.
There was a special on tv a while back with Mark and Chet Adkins. It was something to see and listen to.
Chet Adkins said, “ this man can teach me a thing or 2 about guitars”.
Quite lofty praise.
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Campfire Ranger
Campfire Ranger
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Great video and some great sounding guitars!
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Campfire Regular
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Campfire Ranger
Campfire Ranger
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Great great guitar player.
Why yes, you are correct sir.
Plus a heck of a song writer.
Oh man Romeo & Juliet, Sultans of Swing, If This Is Goodbye, Brothers In Arms...
Genius...
So far away from you.
There was a special on tv a while back with Mark and Chet Adkins. It was something to see and listen to.
Chet Adkins said, “ this man can teach me a thing or 2 about guitars”.
Quite lofty praise.
I remember watching a Chet Atkins special where he played a duet with Mark and at the end, just barely audible over the applause, Chet could be heard to say, "You're pretty good." They went on to play many more times together.
Knopfler is a low key guitar genius and excellent songwriter. It seems that the guys who play screaming guitar get the credit and ranking, while Mark simply and quietly exhibits his genius, as he has for nearly 50 years.
4 out of 5 Great Lakes prefer Michigan.
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Campfire Ranger
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No argument from me at all. I've been convinced for years.
4 out of 5 Great Lakes prefer Michigan.
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Campfire Ranger
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He don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band.
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Campfire Ranger
Campfire Ranger
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He don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band.
It ain't what they call rock-n-roll.
4 out of 5 Great Lakes prefer Michigan.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Eric Clapton is pretty good too.
I like Knopfler's Brothers In Arms.
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Campfire Tracker
Campfire Tracker
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One of my favorite guitarists/songwriters. I have all of his solo albums and a decent selection of Dire Straits.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Excellent video if you play guitar and he summed it up in the first seven words if you want to learn.
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Campfire Ranger
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I put him pretty high too; oddly enough most top 100 rankings put in mid-range or thereabouts.
MM
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Campfire Oracle
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I think Clapton was best when he was riding the horse.
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