Mark Knopfler Profile
| Full Name: | Mark Knopfler - Contact Mark Knopfler |
| Birth Name: | Mark Freuder Knopfler |
| Famous As: | Singer, guitarist |
| Date of Birth: | August 12, 1949 |
| Place of Birth: | Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Height: | 6' |
| Nationality: | British |
| Brother(s): | David Knopfler (younger, a musician) |
| Spouse: | Kitty Aldridge (since February 14, 1997, third marriage) |
| Son(s): | Benji and Joseph (twins, b. 1987) |
| Daughter(s): | Isabella (b. 1998), Katya Ruby Rose (b. 2003) |
| Education: | Attended Gosforth Grammar School Attended Harlow Technical College, studied Journalism Graduated from Leeds University, majored in English |
Mark Knopfler News
- Jews Rock!
Jewish Telegraphic Agency (blog)
And even a few I didn't know were Jewish, or half-Jewish, like Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, or Slash from Guns 'N Roses.and more » - Pieta Brown comes to NYM
DL-Online
Pieta will be touring with Mark Knopfler this spring. The daughter of two preachers' kids, Pieta's early upbringing in Iowa was in a rural outpost with no ... - Review: Marianne Faithful at Yoshi's
San Jose Mercury News (blog)
The singer was accompanied solely by Los Angeles guitarist Doug Pettibone, who has previously collaborated with such A-list talents as Mark Knopfler and ... - Get Lucky With Mark Knopfler
Pollstar (blog)
The Dire Straits guitarist put out a new solo album last year and you can hear it when he hits the road this spring. The album ? Get Lucky ? was released in ...and more » - Sirius channel Classic Rewind's bizarro list of the greatest classic-rock ... - Entertainment WeeklySirius channel Classic Rewind's bizarro list of the greatest classic-rock ...
Entertainment Weekly
Mark Knopfler is another often underrated axeman who seems to be operating in slow motion when compared to the Van Halens of this world (and who would ...and more » 
Hexham CourantMark Knopfler announces 2010 tour dates
Online Rock Radio
Dire Straits legend Mark Knopfler has announced a 27-city North American tour in support of his recently released album Get Lucky. ...
Justin's now a local hero, thanks to KnopflerHexham Courant all 3 news articles » - U.K. Chanteuse Sings In Oakland
KTVU San Francisco
... these two intimate shows at Yoshi's in Oakland with accompaniment from noted guitarist Doug Pettibone (Lucinda Williams, Mark Knopfler, Tracy Chapman). 
The Virginian-PilotThe Del McCoury Band - 'Family Circle'
The Virginian-Pilot
Two other highlight songs are Mark Knopfler's ?Prairie Wedding? and a fun piece, ?Revenuer's Blues,? in which McCoury notes that ?Prohibition and depression ...- 'Ancient Frog 'On Steroids' and Mark Knopfler Dinosaur' Among Prehistoric ...
PhysOrg.com (press release)
... a cast of the complete skeleton of a small meat-eating dinosaur named after Mark Knopfler, the lead singer from the rock band Dire Straits; ... - Montgomery Gentry earns ACM Humanitarian Award
The Tennessean
Nearly a quarter-century ago, remarkable musicians including The Everly Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Mark Knopfler and Michael ...and more »
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