MARK KNOPFLER - SESSION WORK XII

 
  Song Album Artist Source Release MK contribution
1 I always get lucky with you Burn Your Playhouse Down George Jones CD 2008 Electric guitar, vocals
2 Blue tarp blues From The Reach Sonny Landreth CD 2008 Guitar, background vocals
3 Inamorata (remix) Stone EP Guy Fletcher CD 2009 Guitar
4 17 Hills Amerikana Thomas Dolby Download EP 2010 Guitar
5 Only time will tell Streets Of Heaven John Illsley CD 2010 Lead guitar
6 Streets of heaven Streets Of Heaven John Illsley CD 2010 Lead guitar
7 The highwayman Just Across The River Jimmy Webb CD 2010 Vocals, most likely also guitar
8 By the time I get to Phoenix Just Across The River Jimmy Webb CD 2010 Lead electric guitar
9 Blues stay away from me Memories of my trip Chris Barber CD 2011 Electric guitar, vocals
10 Ragtime piece Memories of my trip Chris Barber CD 2011 Electric guitar
11 The next time I'm in town Memories of my trip Chris Barber CD 2011 Composition, electric guitar, vocals
12 Healing hands of time The gathering Diana Schuur CD 2011 Electric guitar
13 Flat stuff Freak flag Greg Brown CD 2011 Electric guitar
14 Sailing to Philadelphia Back pages America CD 2011 Composition, electric guitar
15 So many miles Mercury Pieta Brown CD 2011 Electric guitar

 

Additional comments

Apart from his very well known work with Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler has contributed to many albums of various artists. The series of "Session Work" is a compilation of these songs.
Sonny Landreth wrote the song Blue tarp blues specifically for Mark. The guitar work for 17 Hills was recorded by Mark in his own British Grove Studios and overdubt in early 2009. The song was first only available on the downloadable EP Amerikana and later on the CD A map of the floating city (2011). Former Dire Straits bass player John Illsley released a new solo album in 2010 which was r
ecorded at Mark Knopfler's British Grove studio in London. In the Just across the river booklet Jimmy Webb makes the following comments about the song Highwayman: "When I made Ten easy pieces with Fred Mollin in Toronto a decade ago, Mark Knopfler was a touchstone that began every recording day. On the way to the studio I would listen to Mark, heavily influenced by the "realness" of his presentation. The lack of pretense and complete absence of false bombastics in his singing became something that I aspired to. The listener can judge whether Ten easy pieces differs from some of my earlier albums for the better. Some time later I was playing London and a tad disappointed because I had been told that Mark would be at my show and his manager had called to say he couldn't make it because of a familial commitment. Then I was asked would it be all right if Mark came by my hotel BEFORE the show. "Oh sure!" I said to myself. "He's going to come to my hotel before the show! Right!". Before I left for the gig he was waiting in the lobby with his quiet smile and we sat in the open on a settee and talked of music and sailing. He reliably informed me that the Solent was a well known body of water in the sailing world. He spoke of his desire to make some sort of contribution to a future album of mine. Here we are singing together. The teacher and the student." The new version of Sailing to Philadelphia features some wonderful, different guitar solo's by Mark.


Note: since this are all official recordings, I do NOT copy or trade this material. It's just meant for people who are looking for songs with Mark Knopfler and want to check on which albums these songs can be found.