In rock history, people sometimes scoff at the sympathetic British singer and guitarist Mark Knopfler, who has never been caught out of the ordinary. And that while he not only managed to pull soft rock through the eighties with his band , but is also an influential guitarist, in whose playing atmosphere and technique merge naturally. Dire Straits lives on on his solo records, although the now
… sixty-year-old Knopfler takes it even easier. He also exchanged the renowned DDD sound of this group for looser, sometimes almost jam session-like performances of his songs with a familiar group of musicians. Warm and atmospheric acoustic folk and rock 'n' roll, blues and -like ballads predominate. The disjointed collection of songs on Get Lucky are linked by nostalgia. Knopfler sings, with his typical lazy baritone voice, to the colorful figures and family members from his youth. He himself will always remain an observer of the colorful characters he so lovingly describes. (MR)more
