At sixteen years of age he made a local television appearance as part of a harmony duo, with his classmate Sue Hercombe. The two had little to say to each other but in 2015 Knopfler wrote a track in tribute to him.ĭuring the 1960s, he formed and joined several bands and listened to singers like Elvis Presley and guitarists Chet Atkins, Scotty Moore, B.B King, Django Reinhardt, Hank Marvin, and James Burton. Here he met the ageing poet Basil Bunting, who was a copy editor. In 1963, when he was 13, he took a Saturday job at the Newcastle Evening Chronicle newspaper earning six shillings and sixpence. Although he hounded his father for an expensive Fiesta Red Fender Stratocaster electric guitar just like Hank Marvin's, he had to settle for a £50 twin- pick-up Höfner Super Solid, more in line with the family's income. Originally inspired by his uncle Kingsley's harmonica and boogie-woogie piano playing, Mark soon became familiar with many different styles of music. Mark had attended Bearsden Primary School in Scotland for two years both brothers attended Gosforth Grammar School in Newcastle. The family moved to Knopfler's mother's hometown of Blyth, near Newcastle, in North East England when he was seven years old. Mark's older sister Ruth was born in Newcastle, where Mark's parents were married, in 1947. The Knopflers originally lived in the Glasgow area where Mark's younger brother David was born on 27 December 1952. Knopfler later described his father as a Marxist agnostic. His mother was a teacher and his father was an architect and a chess player who left his native Hungary in 1939 to flee the Nazis. Mark Freuder Knopfler was born on 12 August 1949 in Glasgow, Scotland, to an English mother, Louisa Mary (née Laidler), and a Hungarian-Jewish father, Erwin Knopfler. Knopfler was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Dire Straits in 2018.
A four-time Grammy Award winner, Knopfler is the recipient of the Edison Award, the Steiger Award and the Ivor Novello Award, as well as holding three honorary doctorate degrees in music from universities in the United Kingdom. As of 2009, he and Dire Straits had sold more than 120 million records. He has produced albums for Tina Turner, Bob Dylan, and Randy Newman.ĭescribed by Classic Rock as a virtuoso, Knopfler is a fingerstyle guitarist and was ranked 27th on Rolling Stone 's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
He has composed and produced film scores for nine films, including Local Hero (1983), Cal (1984), The Princess Bride (1987), Wag the Dog (1997) and Altamira (2016). After they disbanded in 1995, Knopfler began a solo career, and has produced nine solo albums. The band recorded six albums, including Brothers in Arms (1985), one of the best-selling albums in history. After graduating from the University of Leeds and working for three years as a college lecturer, Knopfler co-founded Dire Straits with his younger brother, David Knopfler. Knopfler was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and raised in Blyth, near Newcastle in England, from the age of seven. Dire Straits reunited in 1990, but dissolved again in 1995. He pursued a solo career after the band first dissolved in 1988. Born in Scotland and raised in England, he was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits. Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE ( / ˈ n ɒ f l ər/ NOF-lər born 12 August 1949) is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer.
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