Dire Straits On Track(book)

[Kris-b]

Yes, I will have a closer look over the weekend.

[Jules]

I have received the book. It's poorly setup as the text is in most of the page, looks quite amateur...

But the content is good. It takes info from the Michael Oldfield book, also from the Myles Palmers, many interviews from the past with all the musicians and also special interviews and questions to 9 musicians involved with the band, the real ones not just studio musicians. It's a very interesting read and I totally recommend it.

[KnopfleRick]

I have received the book. It's poorly setup as the text is in most of the page, looks quite amateur...

But the content is good. It takes info from the Michael Oldfield book, also from the Myles Palmers, many interviews from the past with all the musicians and also special interviews and questions to 9 musicians involved with the band, the real ones not just studio musicians. It's a very interesting read and I totally recommend it.

Thanks, jbaent. Sounds good. Is there anything written by Mark in the book?

[Jules]

I have received the book. It's poorly setup as the text is in most of the page, looks quite amateur...

But the content is good. It takes info from the Michael Oldfield book, also from the Myles Palmers, many interviews from the past with all the musicians and also special interviews and questions to 9 musicians involved with the band, the real ones not just studio musicians. It's a very interesting read and I totally recommend it.

Thanks, jbaent. Sounds good. Is there anything written by Mark in the book?

Not specifically but lots of words by MK from interviews along the years.

[Jules]

I found a very big mistake in the book...

It says that "In My Car" was written by David Knopfler, but it was written (and sung) by MK, confirmed by David himself.

[the visitor]

I think it is a good book, pretty up front and packed with lots of well referenced detail

[KnopfleRick]

I think it is a good book, pretty up front and packed with lots of well referenced detail

Absolutely. It`s a very enjoyable read even for a long time fan like me. Always a pleasure to read about DS and MK.
Once you have started you hardly can stop. 

[Jules]

The author has copied, word by word, fragments from an interview I did to Joop de Korte years ago, and didn't mentioned at all the source, not in the text in the book, not in the bibliography...

Very uncool from him.

This is the interview I made to Joop de Korte, if you check the fragments in the book, you will notice its the same word by word.

http://mural.uv.es/jubria/index.htm

I don't matter he uses it, in the contrary, but he could had mentioned the source at least.

[dustyvalentino]

Speak to a lawyer.




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[Jules]

The author already messaged me, he will include the references at a second edition.

In the end what's important is that info reach the fans, but credit the sources is important. Sometimes you can forget one when you are working.

[KnopfleRick]

The author already messaged me, he will include the references at a second edition.

In the end what's important is that info reach the fans, but credit the sources is important. Sometimes you can forget one when you are working.

Shit happens sometimes but I'm glad you both could sort things out at the end.