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 recorded 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.