Have we missed something?
Apparently, Mark has been to Hay-on-Wye again. I really loved it when I went the last time he was there and would certainly have been there again, had I known.
From Guy's forum this morning:
Question: I know you've said already that nothing can be said, but after reading this article and a paragraph on Mark it states "The former Dire Straits frontman and guitarist, who is about to embark on a tour of America with Bob Dylan, said....". Is another tour with Dylan true? And after hearing Corned Beef City and Privateering live last October i'm simply buzzin for the 3rd September!!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cul[...]
Guy: Yes indeed it's true.
16.45 Martin Chilton finds out how words and books have influenced Dire Straits songs:
Mark Knopfler was talking on the Sky Arts Book Show with Mariella Frostrup about how books have influenced his songwriting. The former Dire Straits frontman and guitarist, who is about to embark on a tour of America with Bob Dylan, said: "I grew up with words and knew all the lyrics to things like Big Rock Candy Mountain. I can sing you a Bernard Cribbins song if you like."
The offer was rejected in favour of Knopfler singing, accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, a section of his song Sailing to Philadelphian. The lives of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon are the subject of Knopfler
