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David Knopfler David Knopfler (born 27 December 1952) is a British musician. Together with his older brother Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, and Pick Withers, he founded the rock band Dire Straits in 1977, serving as rhythm guitarist on their first two albums. ...

's first solo album after leaving

Dire Straits Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals, lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums, percussion). Th ...

. It was released in 1983 on the Peach River and Passport labels, and in 1997 on the Paris label.

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Knopfler; except where indicated #"Soul Kissing" #"Come to Me" (David Knopfler, Harry Bogdanovs) #"Madonna's Daughter" #"The Girl and the Paperboy" #"Roman Times" (David Knopfler, Harry Bogdanovs) #"Sideshow" #"Little Brother" #"Hey Henry" #"Night Train" (David Knopfler, Harry Bogdanovs) #"The Great Divide"

Personnel

*David Knopfler – guitar, vocals, piano, synthesizer *Bub Roberts – guitar *

Mark Knopfler Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a British musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995, and he is the one of the two members who stayed during the band's existence ...

– rhythm guitar (3) * Betsy Cook – piano, synthesizer, backing vocals *Danny Schogger – piano (10) *Harry Bogdanovs – synthesizer *Kevin Powell – bass (except 1 & 8) * John Illsley – bass (1) *

Pino Palladino Giuseppe Henry "Pino" Palladino (born 17 October 1957) is a Welsh musician, songwriter, and record producer. A session bassist, he has played bass for a number of acts such as the Who, the John Mayer Trio, Gary Numan, Paul Young, Don Henle ...

– bass (8) *Arran Ahmun – drums, percussion *DMX - drums *Germaine Johnson, Marie Broady – backing vocals *Mike Pace – saxophone *Roger Downham – vibraphone * Bobby Valentino – violin (8)

References

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