Local Hero Musical session guitar player on working with Mark Knopfler

[Jules]

There is more: Tales from the studio (part1)

 https://www.tiktok.com/@thetheatreguitari/video/7459441241776803104

Wow, I'm amazed and frightened at the same time...

I always thought that it was MK who recorded the guitar parts for the recordings that might be released if that happens any day, and now it seems that they used Lewis Turner to record the songs, playing the MK parts...

I knew that if they did a cd release, it would be a cast recording for sure but I hoped that the music would be played by MK and his musicians, according to this videos, his musicians played in the recordings but the MK parts were recorded by Lewis Turner instead of MK...

I have to admit that I had trouble understand what Lewis says in his videos but that's what it sounds to me.

[Dutchessy]

Is this played by Lewis then? 

[Jules]

At the end of this video you can listen to the actors voices...

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNXu94NjIY6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[Jules]

Is this played by Lewis then? 

The credits says it's MK:

Damian Humbley - vocals
Mark Knopfler - all guitars
Dave Milligan - piano
Guy Fletcher - keyboards
Ian Thomas - drums
Ewan Vernal - bass
Donald Shaw - accordion
John McCusker - fiddle
Mike McGoldrick - whistle

[quizzaciously]

Is this played by Lewis then? 

The credits says it's MK:

Damian Humbley - vocals
Mark Knopfler - all guitars
Dave Milligan - piano
Guy Fletcher - keyboards
Ian Thomas - drums
Ewan Vernal - bass
Donald Shaw - accordion
John McCusker - fiddle
Mike McGoldrick - whistle

I mean... Lewis is good, but if he played like THIS, no wonder Mark would stop touring

[Dutchessy]

It definately sounds like Mark (i would be very suprised if it turns out to be Lewis), but it was a reaction to Julio's post.

[Jules]

It definately sounds like Mark (i would be very suprised if it turns out to be Lewis), but it was a reaction to Julio's post.

This recordings that Lewis talks, I would say, because I had problems understanding what he says, are after that demo that we have from "Rocks and Water" with MK playing the lead, which is from early 2020, if I understood it Lewis got to record prior to the Chichester shows in 2022.

The Chichester show had a totally new song (A barrel of oil) and two totally rewritten songs musically (Big Mac and Gordon, Numbers), according to Daniel Evans, it was him who asked MK for that changes so, maybe Lewis recorded just that songs as the rest were already demoed? Strange any way that MK didn't record his parts himself.

[wayaman]

If the idea was release a cast cd, it makes sense the musicians are the ones from the play, but all of them.

[Darling Pretty]

It definately sounds like Mark (i would be very suprised if it turns out to be Lewis), but it was a reaction to Julio's post.

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I had immediately the same thought and wanted to ask. Glad you did.
But it sounds 100% MK. Lovely peace of music.
If this would have been Lewis....pheeew