Water of love mark knopfler biography

Mark Knopfler was born on 12 August 1949 in Glasgow, Scotland to an English mother and Hungarian-Jewish father. Mark’s first guitar was a £50 twin-pick-up Höfner Super Solid.

During the 1960s, he formed and joined schoolboy bands and listened to singers like Elvis Presley and guitarists Chet Atkins, Scotty Moore, B.B King, Django Reinhardt, Hank Marvin, and James Burton.

Together with his brother David Knopfler, back in 1977 Mark formed Dire Straits.

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With him there was his friends John Illsley and Pick Withers. In late 1977, Dire Straits recorded a five-song demo tape including their first hit single “Sultans of Swing” as well as “Water of Love”, “Down to the Waterline”, and “Wild West End”.

As front-man of Dire Straits and solo artist, Mark sold over 120 million records worldwide and has won four Grammy Awards.

He is ranked 27th on Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Down below are 5 electric guitars that Knopfler used in his long career.

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