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Best known as the founder and leading guitarist of the Dire Straits rock band, Mark Knopfler has also dedicated himself to an equally successful solo career.
He worked as a journalist and a teacher before the Dire Straits creation. In 1978 the band released their first album Dire Straits and one year later there was the second album Comunique. The band's next albums, Making Movies (1980) and Love Over Gold (1982) featured hits Tunnel Of Love, Romeo And Juliet, Telegraph Road and Private Investigation. In 1985 Dire Straits released Brothers in Arms, one of the best selling albums at all times. The 'Live in 85/86' tour saw Dire Straits play 234 shows in twelve months to combined audiences of about 2.5 million. They appeared at the Live Aid Concert (1985) and the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert (1988)
In 1989, he and his old friends Steve Phillips and Brendan Croker formed the Notting Hillbillies for the multi-platinum selling album Missing... presumed have a good time and the following tour. Also in 1990 Mark was able to release the Neck and Neck album, a joint project with the greatly admired Chet Atkins. However, Dire Straits came back for the Knewborth Concert (1990) The last Dire Straits studio album On Every Street was released in 1991.
In 1995 the official solo career was announced. The debut Golden Heart featured support from Sonny Landreth, Paul Brady, the Chieftains and Vince Gill. In 1997 Mark was one of the artists who performed for Sir George Martin's Music For Montserrat Concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
Knopfler then returned to soundtrack work with contributions to the movies Wag The Dog, Metroland, and A Shot At Glory. There were sold 3.5 million copies of his second solo album Sailing To Philadelphia and featured contributions from Van Morrison and James Taylor.
The third album The Ragpicker's Dream was released on September 30, 2002 by Mercury Records.
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