Tour line-up:
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Mark Knopfler Guitar, vocals |
Steve Phillips Guitar, vocals |
Brendan Croker Guitar, vocals |
Guy Fletcher Keyboards, vocals |
Paul Franklin
Pedal steel guitar |
Marcus Cliffe
Bass |
Ed Bicknell
Drums |
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The roots of The
Notting Hillbillies lie in
The Grove pub in Leeds, May 1986. In front of a
packed house three old friends - Steve Phillips, Brendan Croker and Mark
Knopfler - ran through some blues classics and had a few drinks. At the end
of the evening, they split the £1-per-head ticket money three ways - just
£22 each. It was the first time the three had played together, but it wasn't
to be the last. A couple of years on, and with Dire Straits on ice, Phillips
asked Knopfler to produce an album he was making with Croker. Knopfler
drafted in Dire Straits' Guy Fletcher to help with the production, and the
four-way collaboration slowly blossomed into a full-term project. Taking
their name from the location of Knopfler's home studio, The Notting
Hillbillies were born. See
here a nice picture of Mark Knopfler and Guy
Fletcher at Mark's home studio recording this album in 1989. The record deal, album, promotional video and 1990
tour followed quickly after. Before the start of the tour, the band
rehearsed for six weeks at Nomis rehearsal studios, UK. Dire Straits manager Ed
Bicknell was behind the drums, Paul Franklin joined the band on pedal steel
guitar and on several shows in May 1990, Chris White
was a guest musician on a couple of songs. See here for a picture of the band just before their very first show on 2nd April 1990. Click here, here and here for some great photos of Mark Knopfler during the show in Edinburgh on 26th April 1990. And here another nice picture with his red Schecter Tele and here for a picture with his Pensa-Suhr MK1. |
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Official recordings made during this tour
| Concert | Bootleg release | Official release |
| Glasgow (25.04.1990) |
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| Concert | Bootleg release | Official release |
| Snape (15.05.1990) |
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Total concerts played:
42
April 1990
02.04.1990
Assembly Rooms Tunbridge Wells UK
03.04.1990 Civic Hall Guildford UK
04.04.1990 Hexagon Theatre Reading UK
05.04.1990 Civic Hall Aylesbury UK
06.04.1990 Corn Exchange Cambridge UK
07.04.1990 Apollo Theatre Oxford UK
08.04.1990 Hippodrome Theatre Bristol UK
09.04.1990 Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone UK
10.04.1990 Congress Theatre Eastbourne UK
11.04.1990 Dome Theatre Brighton UK
12.04.1990 Guildhall Portsmouth UK
14.04.1990 Guildhall Southampton UK
15.04.1990 Arts Centre Poole UK
16.04.1990 The Academy Plymouth UK
17.04.1990 Plaza Leisure Centre Exeter UK
18.04.1990 Riviera Centre Torquay UK
19.04.1990 Leisure Centre Newport UK
20.04.1990 Apollo Theatre Manchester UK
21.04.1990 Royal Court Theatre Liverpool UK
22.04.1990 City Hall Sheffield UK
24.04.1990
The Rex
Cinema Lockerbie Scotland
25.04.1990 Pavilion Theatre Glasgow
Scotland
26.04.1990 Playhouse Theatre Edinburgh
Scotland
27.04.1990 Town Hall Middlesbrough UK
28.04.1990 University Newcastle UK
29.04.1990 Opera House York UK
30.04.1990 City Hall Hull UK
May
1990
01.05.1990
Ritz Theatre Lincoln UK
02.05.1990 Astoria Ballroom Leeds UK
03.05.1990 Astoria Ballroom Leeds UK
04.05.1990 Assembly Rooms Derby UK
05.05.1990 University Of East Anglia Norwich UK
06.05.1990 Town Hall Birmingham UK
07.05.1990 Festival Hall Corby UK
08.05.1990 University Of Essex Colchester UK
09.05.1990 Mean Fiddler London UK
10.05.1990 Town & Country Club London UK
11.05.1990 Town & Country Club London UK
12.05.1990 Town & Country Club London UK
13.05.1990 Dominion Theatre London UK
14.05.1990 Dominion Theatre London UK
15.05.1990 The Maltings Snape UK
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