Let's start the week with great music

[Jimi75]

...and listen to some Mark Knopfler - what a smooth start on a monday, he?!

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[bigG]

Nice choice, Jimi!

I've always preferred guitarists with taste and texture to speed wizards. Knopfler, Gilmour and Santana always come to mind. And that is how I'm approaching my journey into lead guitar playing (I know speed is necessary when called for, though, as do the aforementioned).

(Interesting story: I owned a record store in the late 70s, when Dire Straits' first album was released. Sultans of Swing was getting tons of airplay, and EVERYONE was rushing into my store asking for the "new Bob Dylan album" ! Of course, it was the new, first Dire Dtraits album! Sold boxloads of that disc! And so a legend began! Same story abt the first Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers album, and the first Van Halen album! Man, those were great times, and I loved those albums! And sold just tons of 'em!)

[sunvalleylaw]

Thanks Jimi! That was nice!

[just strum]

I know this is a bit of a downer, but a close friend of 15 years passed away yesterday. This song somehow hits a spot for me. I'm listening to the CD as I type - great selection and timely.

Let me bid you farewell, for every man has to die.

[ted s]

Sorry to hear this Mark, best thoughts.

[sunvalleylaw]

And let's finish the work week with some more good stuff. Found this by looking at the links in the one Jimi posted. I hope you enjoy it. Watch it in HQ if you can.

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[msteeln]

Yep, everyone thot Dylan had reinvented the wheel with Sultans, only to find out we suddenly had a new set of heros to worship. Quite glad, as Dylan has kept doing his thing and KnopflerCo has been great at theirs.

[street music]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ-JyAGUsys&feature=related

I like this one.