Musician - Mark Knopfler
What drives musical creativity? HARDtalk鈥檚 Stephen Sackur speaks to songwriter Mark Knopfler, former front man of Dire Straits.
What drives musical creativity? HARDtalk鈥檚 Stephen Sackur speaks to songwriter Mark Knopfler. In the pantheon of rock 鈥檔鈥� roll greats, a special place is reserved for guitar virtuosos 鈥� think Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page or Mark Knopfler, front man of Dire Straits, one of the biggest bands in the world in the 80s and 90s. Unlike so many other rock stars, Knopfler never fully embraced the world of excess and celebrity. He forged a solo career writing, performing and working with the likes of Bob Dylan, Tina Turner and Emmylou Harris.
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- Fri 14 Dec 2018 03:06GMT大象传媒 World Service UK DAB/Freeview, Online, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa only
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