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The Ragpicker's Dream - CD

CD Mark Knopfler: The Ragpicker's Dream

Mercury 21. July 2009 Europe and UK

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The older some things get, the better they get. Mark Knopfler, born on 12 August 1949 in Glasgow, Scotland, is undoubtedly one of them. After his meteoric career in Dire Straits and various other projects (including scores for films like "Last Exit To Brooklyn", "Wag The Dog") and two solo albums ("Golden Heart", 1996; "Sailing To Philadelphia",...

More ID: 29341 EAN: 0044006329222 Discogs ID: 8479326

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Title	The Ragpicker's Dream
Artist	Mark Knopfler
Format	CD
Labels	Mercury
Country of issue	Europe and UK
Date of publication	21. July 2009
First released	2002
Weight	85 g
EAN	0044006329222
Product ID	29341
Discogs ID	8479326
Discogs reviews	3.67

Mark Knopfler: The Ragpicker's Dream version on CD in Standard edition. This particular edition was published in Europe and UK in publishing company Mercury on 21. July 2009.

The older some things get, the better they get. Mark Knopfler, born on 12 August 1949 in Glasgow, Scotland, is undoubtedly one of them. After his meteoric career in Dire Straits and various other projects (including scores for films like "Last Exit To Brooklyn", "Wag The Dog") and two solo albums ("Golden Heart", 1996; "Sailing To Philadelphia", 2000), this exceptional guitarist and charismatic singer certainly has nothing to prove to anyone. That's why his new album "The Ragpicker's Dream" sounds relaxed and stylistically somewhat unexpected. And the title says it all, as there is a ragtime feel, blues and songwriter material. All 12 songs are very acoustic - there's a lot of fingerpicking, acoustic guitars, dobro sounds, mandolin, fiddle here and there, lots of slide guitar (acoustic and electric), etc..... "Why Aye Man" is a pretty convincing example. Great, happy song "on the road" with lots of dobro, slide guitar and Knopfler's typical Stratocaster sounds. And if you listen carefully, you can hear a German word here and there - besides the important statements like "German beer is chemistry-free"... Just in time for a hopefully compensating beautiful Indian summer.

Album can be classified in the genre Rock.

1	Why Aye Man	6:14 min
	Backing Vocals Jimmy Nail, Tim Healy
2	Devil Baby	4:05 min
3	Hill Farmer's Blues	3:45 min
	Pedal Steel Guitar Paul Franklin
4	A Place Where We Used To Live	4:34 min
5	Quality Shoe	3:56 min
	Pedal Steel Guitar Paul Franklin
6	Fare Thee Well Northumberland	6:29 min
	Harmonica Mike Henderson
7	Marbletown	3:33 min
8	You Don't Know You're Born	5:20 min
	Backing Vocals Guy Fletcher
9	Coyote	5:56 min
10	The Ragpicker's Dream	4:20 min
	Pedal Steel Guitar Paul Franklin
11	Daddy's Gone To Knoxville	2:48 min
	Violin Glen Duncan
12	Ole Pigweed	4:34 min