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OfflineBest Brown Baggies

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Ruth Knopfler. (Mark's sister)
« on: November 12, 2011, 11:10:01 PM »
Hi. I was just reading some more of Mark Knopfler unauthorised biography.
I of course knew about Mark's brother David, but had
forgotten that Mark had a sister called Ruth.
I was just wondering if anyone had any info or pics.
She was born in 1947, 2 years before Mark. David was born
in 53.
The only pic I could find was of her as a child, walking with her
father Erwin.


http://www.google.co.uk/m/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=361&bih=469&q=Ruth+knopfler&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=#i=2

   All very interesting stuff.

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And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles.

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Re: Ruth Knopfler. (Mark's sister)
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2011, 11:14:48 PM »
Found this one of Ruth on the right..and a very young MK on his mother's lap...


Sorry about the size of the pic.  ::)
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Re: Ruth Knopfler. (Mark's sister)
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2011, 11:26:24 PM »
Thanks Hophead. A great pic! :)

Cheers. BBB
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Re: Ruth Knopfler. (Mark's sister)
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2011, 11:43:30 PM »
interesting to see how much David looks like his mum...
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Re: Ruth Knopfler. (Mark's sister)
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2011, 12:08:05 AM »
Absolutely...and Mark looks like Erwin. Hard to tell from this photo though which of the two parents (or brothers) Ruth looks like.
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Re: Ruth Knopfler. (Mark's sister)
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2011, 11:09:44 AM »
I love this pic (saw it first in the "A Life in Songs" bbc documentary). You can already see on this pic that ... Mark is the Boss!!!  ;)

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Re: Ruth Knopfler. (Mark's sister)
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2011, 11:40:58 AM »
Here is another one of Ruth (with her Daddy:)




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Re: Ruth Knopfler. (Mark's sister)
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2011, 03:22:07 PM »
Quote from: Love Expresso on November 13, 2011, 11:40:58 AM
Here is another one of Ruth (with her Daddy:)




LE

See my initial post!  ;D ;)

Cheers BBB
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Re: Ruth Knopfler. (Mark's sister)
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2011, 03:46:31 PM »
ups...


sorry, maybe I should click on a click at least ONCE a week...  ;)

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Re: Ruth Knopfler. (Mark's sister)
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2011, 11:50:13 AM »
I remember Mark saying in an itw something like :

"I'm left-handed, and when I was a kid, I mimed guitar playing with a tennis bat, looking at myself in a mirror. And my sister told me : no you're wrong, it's the other way !"

and then, Mark started playing like a right-handed guitarist..... :)

should we thank Ruth ? Or would it have been more fun if Mark had played like Hendrix ? :o
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Re: Ruth Knopfler. (Mark's sister)
« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2011, 11:41:14 PM »
We should definitely thank Ruth  ;). When you think about it..it seems to make perfect sense that he would use his dexterous hand to roam the fret board..and his other hand to 'claw' at the strings.
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Re: Ruth Knopfler. (Mark's sister)
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2011, 12:55:01 AM »
[quote author=Jean-Fran
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Re: Ruth Knopfler. (Mark's sister)
« Reply #12 on: November 17, 2011, 09:58:52 AM »
One a macabre note:

- Did you hear that Mark's sister, Ruth, passed away?
- Oh, deary me! How sad! How does he take it?
- He's become very ruthless.

...

Sorry. Just one of those days.
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Re: Ruth Knopfler. (Mark's sister)
« Reply #13 on: November 17, 2011, 02:15:18 PM »
Quote from: Jackal on November 17, 2011, 09:58:52 AM
One a macabre note:

- Did you hear that Mark's sister, Ruth, passed away?
- Oh, deary me! How sad! How does he take it?
- He's become very ruthless.

...

Sorry. Just one of those days.


Diificult to believe, but not funny at all. Always feel uncomfortable when I see threads on MK's personal life.
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Re: Ruth Knopfler. (Mark's sister)
« Reply #14 on: November 17, 2011, 03:47:27 PM »
Lighten up, mate.

Except for my silly joke (see that word? J - O - K - E), everything discussed in this thread so far is public and factual info, and the pic in question is from a documentary about and approved by Mr K himself. As long as the discussion stays factual, what's the problem of discussing some his private sides?

Besides, nobody forces you to read this anyway.
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