David Knopfler

David Knopfler, born December 27th 1952 in Glasgow, is a musician and founding member of British rock band Dire Straits. David played rhythm guitar on Dire Straits' first two albums, "Dire Straits" and "Communique". During the recording of Making Movies he left the group to pursue a solo career.

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1952 - Glasgow - British - Dire Straits - Guitar

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After leaving Dire Straits, David released his first solo album in 1983 titled Release. Behind the Lines his second album was released in 1985 and Cut the Wire in 1986. 1988 saw the release of his fourth album, Lips Against the Steel. - released in the U.S. by Cypress Records. Lifelines in 1991 was recorded in Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios. David released The Giver in 1993. (MESA/Bluemoon in the US). It's sparse acoustic arrangements brought strong critical acclaim. Co-produced with Harry Bogdanovs, Small Mercies and Wishbones followed in 1995 & 2001. Chris Rea guested on Wishbones.

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1983 - 1985 - 1986 - 1988 - 1991 - 1993 - Harry Bogdanovs - 1995 - 2001 - Chris Rea

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His latest CD, Ship of Dreams was released in 2004. A book of poetry has been recently published with the title "Blood Stones and Rhythmic Beasts" by UK's BlackWing books (Released 6th May 2005. ISBN 0-9550260).

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The US & Canadian release of "Ship of Dreams" is scheduled for October 2005 with an alternate rendition of "Tears Fall" featuring Megan Slankard (replacing Jule Neigel on the original European release).

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2005 - Megan Slankard - Jule Neigel

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Recent co-writing projects have included co-writes with Amilia Spicer, Mack Starks, Megan Slankard and Wendy Lands.

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Amilia Spicer - Mack Starks - Megan Slankard - Wendy Lands

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David has also scored the soundtracks for German TV productions including such films as: Treffer (1984), Jakob hinter der blauen Tür (1989) and Der grosse Bellheim.

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Knopfler has started recording his next album with keyboardist/producer, Tony Carey.

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