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Mark Knophler; recommended music??

Hi. I have been listening to music, mostly rock, for the past 35 years, but I'm fairly new to the high-end audio hobby. I have put together a very satisfying system consisting of an Arcam CD player; Cambridge Audio 840 upsampling CD player; Odyssey Audio Stratus Extreme amp; Parasound Line-Drive preamplifier, Meadowlark Shearwater "Hotrod" loudspeakers, and an RBH passive sub with outboard RBH crossover/amplifier. Audioquest solid core speaker cables and interconnects all around. Sound = phenominal. Now I need to discover additional artists and genres to better appreciate all this fine equipment. Thus far my favorite is Dire Straits, and surprisingly, Mark Knophler's solo work even more so. "Sailing to Philidelphia" and "Golden Heart" may be my two most-enjoyed discs now. Are there other artists out there with similar sound? I have discovered Diana Krall, and love her piano. Basically, I like jazz/rock/blues that emphasize percussion, acoustic guitar, and clean electric guitar (much like Knophler/Straits). Any suggestions?? Many thanks.
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theo
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Great thread here. Thanks for the Pandora.com and Al Gore for inventing the internet. But as far as Knopfler goes.
Just start somewhere, you will eventually aquire anything he has done. Can't tell you which is my favorite, but my least listened to is probably "Golden Heart" and mood only is soundtrack for "Local Hero". Also look at his brother David's releases, "Lips against the Steel" is awesome.
bdgregory
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Also look at his brother David's releases, "Lips against the Steel" is awesome.
good call. David Knopfler "Wishbones" is also excellent. As is the Notting Hillbillies release mentioned by Entrope.
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Thanks for the heads up. have never heard of "Wishbones" the only other one I have is "The Giver". But Lips is my fav.
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shadorne
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Try Gilmour's On an Island
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Some of KnopFler's collaborations are really terrific. Two that come to mind are:
"Neck and Neck" (with the late Chet Atkins, 1999 Columbia)
"All the Roadrunning" (with Emmylou Harris, 2006 Warner Bros.)
Both of them have great sonics.
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