A new MK collaboration...

[dmg]

I never get remotely excited by a collaboration these days.  In the old days it used to be an event, but when they become so frequent that he just mails them in then it's not worth it.  In saying that, that's how All the Roadrunning was recorded.

Actually All the road running was recorded during the RPD sessions, and some of them in special sesssions for it in Nashville

Well, at least that makes my point valid! 

I thought it had been discussed on here before though; that it was "phoned in."  Or at least bits of it.  Hmm...

[Love Expresso]

This dude is from the Black Keys and if I'm not mistaken his band is heavily influenced by DS - I think they've been mentioned a few times on Guy's forum. If that's the case it's very nice of Mark to contribute.

The gesture itself is nice and it is MK's "daily" work to play music. It is not that I judge his contribution to this band as such. It is just that in terms of our expectations regarding a possible "secret" very thrilling thing that happens at BG at the moment hardly can be explained with this thing. That is what I meant with my post saying that it does not deserve much attention. From us I should have added.

LE

[ds1984]

If I remember well "All the road running" was recorded during different sessions over the years, the first one(s) being at the time of STP.

[Jules]

I think I read that B.B.King collaboration with MK was FedEx and they didn't see each other. I don't know if it was like that or.my memory fails but when one of your heroes wants you in his record, it doesn't matter how busy you are... Do an effort... It's your hero! When schedule is more important... Something is missed.

[Jules]

If I remember well "All the road running" was recorded during different sessions over the years, the first one(s) being at the time of STP.

Yes, as far as I recall, Red Stagerwing and Donkeytown comes from STP sessions, If This Is Goodbye and some others comes from the RPD sessions, some comes from SL sessions (they recorded a version of All that matters with Emmylou that was not used) and there were some sessions in Nashville, I think that it were two weeks with Emmylou in 2004 or 2005... And at the end of 2005 everything was put together, mixed etc in the then brand new British Grove Studios...

It's easy to know from when the songs comes looking at the copyright of each one in the booklet.

[quizzaciously]

Mark said in an interview that his collaboration with Chet Atkins was recorded over the phone, too.
You can imagine how these guys was busy back then in London and Nashville respectively. Ouch!

[Pottel]

Everyone went to the studio in Nashville to play in the record except Knopfler who sent the track from London...

Well done Mark!

And he probably doesn't even know the man in question personally, I like that

Mark doesn't know David Crosby either, but David was over the moon with Mark's contribution to his song!!

I find that extremely hard to believe. (part 1)

[Pottel]

I think I read that B.B.King collaboration with MK was FedEx and they didn't see each other. I don't know if it was like that or.my memory fails but when one of your heroes wants you in his record, it doesn't matter how busy you are... Do an effort... It's your hero! When schedule is more important... Something is missed.

true, is his "Live at the regal" not his favourite record of all time?

[quizzaciously]

I think I read that B.B.King collaboration with MK was FedEx and they didn't see each other. I don't know if it was like that or.my memory fails but when one of your heroes wants you in his record, it doesn't matter how busy you are... Do an effort... It's your hero! When schedule is more important... Something is missed.

true, is his "Live at the regal" not his favourite record of all time?

This record is quite legendary in blues cycles, it features outstanding guitar playing from BB which you can explore like a textbook. Mark always mention this "triangle" between the voice, guitar and the audience and I always wandered if Mark knows that this concert was actually recorded in a mostly black club, so BB was playing here for black people, and you can imagine how well they would love their famous brother playing top-notch blues there. And all the screaming and audience chemistry has a very clear and reasonable explanation to it.

[ds1984]

I think I read that B.B.King collaboration with MK was FedEx and they didn't see each other. I don't know if it was like that or.my memory fails but when one of your heroes wants you in his record, it doesn't matter how busy you are... Do an effort... It's your hero! When schedule is more important... Something is missed.

true, is his "Live at the regal" not his favourite record of all time?

This record is quite legendary in blues cycles, it features outstanding guitar playing from BB which you can explore like a textbook. Mark always mention this "triangle" between the voice, guitar and the audience and I always wandered if Mark knows that this concert was actually recorded in a mostly black club, so BB was playing here for black people, and you can imagine how well they would love their famous brother playing top-notch blues there. And all the screaming and audience chemistry has a very clear and reasonable explanation to it.

In 1964, in the US the white audience for blues club concert was certainly not a massive one.
Add that BB King gained popularity according to him when in the early seventies he switched from the usual club circuit to play college and universities circuit and thus reaching a white audience.

[Knopflerfan]

Either way I am looking forward to hearing the track wherever MK's contribution was recorded......

[qjamesfloyd]

Looks like it wasn't Mark's choice to not go to Nashville if you read the quote below from Rolling Stone magazine:


9. For the new song "Shine on Me," Auerbach recruited Mark Knopfler – with a simple email.
"I sent him an email with the song saying, 'I thought of you. If you'd like to contribute, here it is,'" recalls Auerbach, who asked the Dire Straits founder-guitarist for just some simple rhythm playing. "A day and a half later, he sent me audio files. He was home in London, and has a studio there. I called him to thank him."

[Jules]

Looks like it wasn't Mark's choice to not go to Nashville if you read the quote below from Rolling Stone magazine:


9. For the new song "Shine on Me," Auerbach recruited Mark Knopfler – with a simple email.
"I sent him an email with the song saying, 'I thought of you. If you'd like to contribute, here it is,'" recalls Auerbach, who asked the Dire Straits founder-guitarist for just some simple rhythm playing. "A day and a half later, he sent me audio files. He was home in London, and has a studio there. I called him to thank him."

Nice!

[Jules]

Another collaboration of a well known singer to us...

https://americansongwriter.com/2017/01/pieta-brown-readies-new-album-postcards/

[Pottel]

mk can clearly be heard in the video on that link.
song is street tracker.