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Any Mark Knopfler fans out there?

I have been a Dire Straits fan since they first started. Had most of their music when I was in college and enjoyed it on my roommates hi-fi system. (Never cared too much for Brothers in Arms).Those old tapes and LPs are long gone but since getting into hi-fi recently I am replacing them with CDs and really falling in love with them again.

Really didn't know anything about Knopfler's very prolific solo career until I got Tracker. Very different from Dire Straits but a really great album musically and sonically (with great DR!). I subsequently listened to some of his other solo stuff and it left me a little cold. Sailing to Philadelphia is okay to me, Privateering seems closer to Tracker in style and content. I ordered it on CD but it has not arrived yet.

His new album comes out later this month. Not sure what to expect. Some of the same band members will be on it. It is described as slow and folksy which is what most of his solo stuff has been. Hope it is not too much 'slower' than Tracker.

Any thoughts on Knopfler's solo career or this upcoming new album?
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I saw Knopfler on a double bill with Bob Dylan a few years back in Bournemouth, UK. Dylan played the first half of the concert, Knopfler the second, then they both came together at the end to play "All Along the Watchtower." The second half was by far the more entertaining.

Later (2013) I saw Knopfler and his band at the same venue. The first half he played post-Dire Straits material based around the then just released Privateering. The second half was a wonderfully nostalgic trip through Dire Straits greatest hits. A fabulous concert all-round.

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