[Eagle9]

All of the "fingerstyle" guitarists are amazing; I've recently been scouring YouTube for Mark Knopfler material. There's lots of good material out there with he and Clapton on stage together. They both make it look *way* too easy.

Knopfler shook up a lot of musicians when, seemingly out of nowhere, his group, Dire Straits, released that first album.

That Chet Atkins HBO special with Mark Knopfler is available on DVD, I think.

He does make it look easy...
Mark Knopfler & Eric Clapton - Sultan of Swing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ-JyAGUsys

[Charles Martel]

That Chet Atkins HBO special with Mark Knopfler is available on DVD, I think.

I have the "Neck and Neck" CD that they made together, but wasn't aware that they'd ever played together in front of an audience. There are some clips on YouTube, so there's a video record of their collaboration somewhere - I'll have to check further. As good as guitarists like Knopfler and Buckingham might be (and Aussie Tommy Emmanuel), *nobody* will ever fill the shoes of Mr. Guitar.

One old LP that I've been meaning to replace is titled The First Nashville Guitar Quartet, an all-instrumental project of Chet's from the late '70s. I'd love to see someone like Mark Knopfler put together a similar collaboration project with other artists (his recent CD with EmmyLou Harris is very good). I'm not sure if Lindsey Buckingham would be interested, though... he's a bit of a loner. Still, what a collection of talent that'd be.

[RunningWolf]

Wow fantastic! especially the last few minutes.

W.

[RunningWolf]

Here is another one for you while I was searching for Romeo and Juliet

Knopfler & Emmylou- Speedway at Nazareth

[RunningWolf]

Romeo & Juliet