Guitar Stories Mark Knopfler SkyArts1

Mark, if you read this you were my dads favourite and our house was always playing you through the 80s and 90s. He passed away last year and we played you at his funeral. Thank you for touching so many lives.

Mark has given me the most musical pleasure throughout my life, and I am 70 years of age. Marks guitar playing has often brought me to tears with his moving methods of emotional crescendos and his individual riffs etc. I have not long left on this planet, but I wish I could just meet him to shake his hand and to thank him for what he has done for me and that emotional way he has made me feel so often. His music and the way he plays just sends me to somewhere special God Bless you Mark, thanks so very much mate. You have little idea what your playing means to me. Many will feel the same I know. Mark, you are a special musician, so rare with a gift that I cannot describe. Thank s so much!

So glad you chose music over journalism Mark Knopfler. Life could have been so empty. Here's to good health and a long life.........Bless you.

That's me at the cash at 28:21. I just walked in with no idea what was going on. I did recognize John from somewhere. It wasn't until the producer came over and I asked him what they were doing and he pointed Mark out that I realized who it was. Jeez. It really hits you how time flies when your heroes, who you've worshipped since your childhood, suddenly appear. And what do you know. They are 50 years older than you remember them. :) Super easy going guys. Chatted with Mark briefly about 335s and sheepishly asked him to autograph the Rudy's shopping bag with a new slide in it I'd just bought for a friend.

Had a privilege to meet Mark & co. in spring 1985. in Split, Croatia, when they were preparing the Brothers In Arms world tour. What humble and kind guys they were and still are. Totally down the earth.

"Romeo & Juliet " undoubtedly one of best love songs ever written ❤ Yhank You Mark

me and my brother hitched to manchester,liverpool,chester (120miles away) from age 13 to window shop guitars,then sleep under a hedge in a plastic bag,all on no money at all,,also i learnt with twisted hands that didant even open,,so some of us came up an even harder way,,never had any pocket money,,lucky i got my grandmother to buy me a 2nd hand copy of a fender bass so i could start a beatles copy band,,i never got the fame i wanted,,but i did get the music,,taught 2 that became music teachers,2 that won national championships,and learnt fame wasant really important,,but thanks "mark" you are probably the best guitar player ever..stu

Last time I saw a video this good was the last time I watched this video. <3

"Music will be a friend to you all your life." -- Mark Knopfler

This was produced 7 years ago and I’m just now watching it. I’m so happy I found it. A true testament to Mark’s statement “Music will be a friend to you all your life”

You can see why these two stayed together, true friends, true respect, no egos. Great Englishmen...

Love the way Mark refers to the efforts his Dad made to get him the first guitar, we all owe his dad great thanks for setting him on his journey.

My impression is that these are nice people.

What a beautiful video... I grew up in Eastern Europe on bootlegged/pirated Dire Straits cassettes (what else?), picked up my older brother's guitar when I was 10 and still play today... and would you please look at the world now and how we lost all the legacy of hand made music with real people and real souls behind. I remember my father bringing the 'Brothers in Arms' LP from his visit in Western Berlin, it was the sound of 'the' real life for us. And how right Mark is saying music can be your friend for life... absolutely. Hats off to John for staying friends with Mark after all this years, not many bandmates are that respectful with each other once a world-class band splits. Just wonderful, thank you!

Imagine wlking down the street and seeing mark knopfler casually standing there drooling over a guitar in a displaywindow.

I see a lot of people were deeply affected by this video like I was. I think it has a lot to do with it not being just another hacknied, dime a dozen documentary. It's two dear old friends who've been through a lot and love and respect each other. It has to do with two men who never stopped being kind and heartfelt despite the fame and fortune. To me, this is the what makes this video a gem, a diamond in the rough.

18 minutes in, when Mark takes the Strat out of it's case , watching him handle it and play it and finally put it reverentially back in it's case, you feel like it's part of his soul - more than any of the other guitars, it's who and what he is. But watching that fragment over and over again, I realised that part of my soul also resides in that guitar, and those chords that he plays. It's not just the soaring beauty of the notes and the effortless way he plays them; it's the soundtrack to my life. The sound of that Strat has been my constant companion for 40 years, and has given me so much pleasure and joy whatever ups and downs I'm going through. Nothing but love and respect for Mark and the rest of the band.

Imagine being that guy that was ranting about the guys on MTV, and then soon after Money for Nothing comes out!

My heart skipped a beat when he started playing Romeo and Juliet- just amazing 👌

Mark, if you can read this, I apologize again for the frisbee incident in Offenbach stadthalle in Germany, 1978, You was doing a sound check before the concert, I was working as a local roadie and waiting for the concert to begin so I could operate the audience spots. we were tossing the frisbee across the arena and the frisbee decided to take a side dive and landed on the edge of your strat. I felt really bad about it, you told us to take it outside, I was only 17 at the time and probably a little buzzed, the incident did make an awesome sound. needless to say, you guys put on a wonderful show. Thank you for the memories.