Mark Knopfler

producer, guitar, vocal, electric guitar, guitars, engineer, performer, percussion, synthesizer, drum machine, recording, arranger, acoustic guitar, mandolin, misc

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Guy E. Fletcher engineer, producer, bass, keyboard, ukulele .38 Special, A Secret Place / Where Will You Go, After the Beanstalk, Basil, Beryl, Blood and Water, Bluebird, Broken Bones, Corned Beef City, Don’t Forget Your Hat, Dream of the Drowned Submariner, Father and Son, Fear and Hatred, Gator Blood, Go, Love, Got to Have Something, Haul Away, Heart of Oak, Hot or What, I Used to Could, In a Secret Place, Irish Boy, Irish Love, Kingdom of Gold, Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes, Lights of Taormina, Long Cool Girl, Love and Guilt, Meeting Under the Trees, Mighty Man, Miss You Blues, My Heart Has Never Changed, Potato Picking, Privateering, Radio City Serenade, Redbud Tree, River Towns, Seattle, Silver Eagle, Skydiver, Terminal of Tribute To, The Long Road, The Road, Today Is Okay, Waiting for Her, Yon Two Crows
Dire Straits
Neil Dorfsman engineer A Secret Place / Where Will You Go, Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite), Father and Son, Fear and Hatred, Freeway Flyer, Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero, In a Secret Place, Irish Boy, Irish Love, Love and Guilt, Meeting Under the Trees, Potato Picking, Smooching, Stargazer, The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights, The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite / Billy's Tune, The Long Road, The Mist Covered Mountains, The Road, The Rocks and the Thunder, The Rocks and the Water, The Way It Always Starts, Waiting for Her, Whistle Theme, Wild Theme
Don Cobb editor A Secret Place / Where Will You Go, Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite), Father and Son, Fear and Hatred, Freeway Flyer, Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero, In a Secret Place, Irish Boy, Irish Love, Love and Guilt, Meeting Under the Trees, Potato Picking, Smooching, Stargazer, The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights, The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite / Billy's Tune, The Long Road, The Mist Covered Mountains, The Road, The Rocks and the Thunder, The Rocks and the Water, The Way It Always Starts, Waiting for Her, Whistle Theme, Wild Theme
Chuck Ainlay engineer, producer After the Beanstalk, Blood and Water, Bluebird, Corned Beef City, Darling Pretty, Don’t Forget Your Hat, Dream of the Drowned Submariner, Gator Blood, Go, Love, Got to Have Something, Gravy Train, Haul Away, Hot or What, I Used to Could, Kingdom of Gold, Miss You Blues, My Claim to Fame, Privateering, Radio City Serenade, Redbud Tree, Seattle, Today Is Okay, Yon Two Crows

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Guy E. Fletcher engineer, producer, bass, keyboard, ukulele .38 Special, A Secret Place / Where Will You Go, After the Beanstalk, Basil, Beryl, Blood and Water, Bluebird, Broken Bones, Corned Beef City, Don’t Forget Your Hat, Dream of the Drowned Submariner, Father and Son, Fear and Hatred, Gator Blood, Go, Love, Got to Have Something, Haul Away, Heart of Oak, Hot or What, I Used to Could, In a Secret Place, Irish Boy, Irish Love, Kingdom of Gold, Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes, Lights of Taormina, Long Cool Girl, Love and Guilt, Meeting Under the Trees, Mighty Man, Miss You Blues, My Heart Has Never Changed, Potato Picking, Privateering, Radio City Serenade, Redbud Tree, River Towns, Seattle, Silver Eagle, Skydiver, Terminal of Tribute To, The Long Road, The Road, Today Is Okay, Waiting for Her, Yon Two Crows
Neil Dorfsman engineer A Secret Place / Where Will You Go, Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite), Father and Son, Fear and Hatred, Freeway Flyer, Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero, In a Secret Place, Irish Boy, Irish Love, Love and Guilt, Meeting Under the Trees, Potato Picking, Smooching, Stargazer, The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights, The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite / Billy's Tune, The Long Road, The Mist Covered Mountains, The Road, The Rocks and the Thunder, The Rocks and the Water, The Way It Always Starts, Waiting for Her, Whistle Theme, Wild Theme
Don Cobb editor A Secret Place / Where Will You Go, Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite), Father and Son, Fear and Hatred, Freeway Flyer, Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero, In a Secret Place, Irish Boy, Irish Love, Love and Guilt, Meeting Under the Trees, Potato Picking, Smooching, Stargazer, The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights, The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite / Billy's Tune, The Long Road, The Mist Covered Mountains, The Road, The Rocks and the Thunder, The Rocks and the Water, The Way It Always Starts, Waiting for Her, Whistle Theme, Wild Theme
Chuck Ainlay engineer, producer After the Beanstalk, Blood and Water, Bluebird, Corned Beef City, Darling Pretty, Don’t Forget Your Hat, Dream of the Drowned Submariner, Gator Blood, Go, Love, Got to Have Something, Gravy Train, Haul Away, Hot or What, I Used to Could, Kingdom of Gold, Miss You Blues, My Claim to Fame, Privateering, Radio City Serenade, Redbud Tree, Seattle, Today Is Okay, Yon Two Crows
Martin Hollis engineer .38 Special, Basil, Beryl, Broken Bones, Heart of Oak, Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes, Lights of Taormina, Long Cool Girl, Mighty Man, My Heart Has Never Changed, River Towns, Silver Eagle, Skydiver, Terminal of Tribute To
Joe Kearns engineer .38 Special, Basil, Beryl, Broken Bones, Heart of Oak, Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes, Lights of Taormina, Long Cool Girl, Mighty Man, My Heart Has Never Changed, River Towns, Silver Eagle, Skydiver, Terminal of Tribute To
Andy Cook engineer .38 Special, Basil, Beryl, Broken Bones, Heart of Oak, Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes, Lights of Taormina, Long Cool Girl, Mighty Man, My Heart Has Never Changed, River Towns, Silver Eagle, Skydiver, Terminal of Tribute To
Jason Elliott (engineer) engineer .38 Special, Basil, Beryl, Broken Bones, Heart of Oak, Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes, Lights of Taormina, Long Cool Girl, Mighty Man, My Heart Has Never Changed, River Towns, Silver Eagle, Skydiver, Terminal of Tribute To
Phil Vinall engineer Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite), Freeway Flyer, Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero, Smooching, Stargazer, The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights, The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite / Billy's Tune, The Mist Covered Mountains, The Rocks and the Thunder, The Rocks and the Water, The Way It Always Starts, Whistle Theme, Wild Theme
Alan Clark (keyboardist) Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite), Freeway Flyer, Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero, Smooching, Stargazer, The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights, The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite / Billy's Tune, The Mist Covered Mountains, The Rocks and the Thunder, The Rocks and the Water, The Way It Always Starts, Whistle Theme, Wild Theme
Josh Abbey engineer Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite), Freeway Flyer, Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero, Smooching, Stargazer, The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights, The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite / Billy's Tune, The Mist Covered Mountains, The Rocks and the Thunder, The Rocks and the Water, The Way It Always Starts, Whistle Theme, Wild Theme
Liam O'Flynn uilleann pipes A Secret Place / Where Will You Go, Father and Son, Fear and Hatred, In a Secret Place, Irish Boy, Irish Love, Love and Guilt, Meeting Under the Trees, Potato Picking, The Long Road, The Road, Waiting for Her
Terry Williams (drummer) drums A Secret Place / Where Will You Go, Father and Son, Fear and Hatred, Freeway Flyer, In a Secret Place, Irish Boy, Irish Love, Love and Guilt, Meeting Under the Trees, Potato Picking, The Long Road, The Road, Waiting for Her
John Illsley bass guitar A Secret Place / Where Will You Go, Father and Son, Fear and Hatred, Freeway Flyer, In a Secret Place, Irish Boy, Irish Love, Love and Guilt, Meeting Under the Trees, Potato Picking, The Long Road, The Road, Waiting for Her
Tim Palmer (British producer/mixer) engineer Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite), Freeway Flyer, Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero, Smooching, Stargazer, The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights, The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite / Billy's Tune, The Mist Covered Mountains, The Rocks and the Thunder, The Rocks and the Water, The Way It Always Starts, Whistle Theme, Wild Theme
Paul Brady mandolin, tin whistle A Secret Place / Where Will You Go, Father and Son, Fear and Hatred, In a Secret Place, Irish Boy, Irish Love, Love and Guilt, Meeting Under the Trees, Potato Picking, The Long Road, The Road, Waiting for Her
Matt D'Arbanlay-Butler engineer A Secret Place / Where Will You Go, Father and Son, Fear and Hatred, In a Secret Place, Irish Boy, Irish Love, Love and Guilt, Meeting Under the Trees, Potato Picking, The Long Road, The Road, Waiting for Her
Steve Jackson (recording engineer) engineer A Secret Place / Where Will You Go, Father and Son, Fear and Hatred, In a Secret Place, Irish Boy, Irish Love, Love and Guilt, Meeting Under the Trees, Potato Picking, The Long Road, The Road, Waiting for Her
Paul Franklin pedal steel guitar One More Matinee, Prairie Wedding, Sailing to Philadelphia, Sands of Nevada, Speedway at Nazareth, Wanderlust
Ruth Moody vocal Basil, Long Cool Girl, My Heart Has Never Changed, Skydiver
Bruce Molsky acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle .38 Special, Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes, Lights of Taormina, Mighty Man
Alan Darby guitar The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights, The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite / Billy's Tune, The Mist Covered Mountains
Michael Brecker saxophone Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite), Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero, Smooching
Brian Rowan bass, bass guitar The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights, The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite / Billy's Tune, The Mist Covered Mountains
Ed Bicknell drums The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights, The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite / Billy's Tune, The Mist Covered Mountains
Phil Cunningham (Scottish musician) accordion Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes, Lights of Taormina, Mighty Man
Dale Winchester accordion The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights, The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite / Billy's Tune, The Mist Covered Mountains
Roddy Murray guitar The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights, The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite / Billy's Tune, The Mist Covered Mountains
Danny Cummings percussion El Macho, One More Matinee, Who's Your Baby Now
Mark Winchester violin The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights, The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite / Billy's Tune, The Mist Covered Mountains
Jimmy Yuill whistle The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights, The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite / Billy's Tune, The Mist Covered Mountains
Mike Haynes (trumpet/flugelhorn) flugelhorn, trumpet El Macho, One More Matinee
Mike Mainieri vibraphone Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite), Smooching
Aubrey Haynie violin Speedway at Nazareth, What It Is
Neil Jason bass guitar Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite), The Way It Always Starts
Gillian Welch performer, vocal Prairie Wedding, Speedway at Nazareth
David Rawlings (American guitarist, singer and producer) vocal Prairie Wedding, Speedway at Nazareth
Louis Kramer engineer The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights, The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite / Billy's Tune
Chris Difford vocal One More Matinee, Silvertown Blues
Glenn Tilbrook performer, vocal One More Matinee, Silvertown Blues
Steve Jordan (US drummer/multi-instrumentalist, composer & producer) drums Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite), The Way It Always Starts
Steve Jordon drums Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite), The Way It Always Starts
Csaba Petocz engineer Baloney Again, El Macho
Michael McGoldrick tenor guitar Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes, Lights of Taormina
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/chapman stick) bass guitar Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero, Smooching
Harvey Thompson tenor saxophone The Last Laugh
Ian Thomas (drummer) washboard Skydiver
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc) recording The Princess Bride: Main Titles
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist) performer, vocal Sailing to Philadelphia
Jim Hoke autoharp, harmonica Baloney Again
Jim Horn baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone The Last Laugh
Louis Nunley vocal Baloney Again
Chris Rodriguez vocal El Macho
Michael Bishop (Telarc recording engineer and record producer) recording The Princess Bride: Main Titles
Chris Willis (American singer-songwriter and producer) vocal Baloney Again
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra performing orchestra The Princess Bride: Main Titles
Mike Henderson mandolin Junkie Doll
Nigel Hitchcock saxophone River Towns
Duane Starling (Mark Knopfler support artist) vocal Baloney Again
Robert Bailey (UK keyboardist/backing vocalist) vocal Baloney Again
Robert Woods (classical producer) producer The Princess Bride: Main Titles
Eddie Gomez bass guitar The Mist Covered Mountains
Rosalind Ilett (Telarc editor) editor The Princess Bride: Main Titles
Erich Kunzel conductor The Princess Bride: Main Titles
Scott Burgess editor The Princess Bride: Main Titles
Frank Ricotti marimba El Macho
Gerry Rafferty vocal The Way It Always Starts
Tim Davis (member of christian group Heritage Singers, studio singer & vocal arranger) vocal El Macho
Timothy Berens guitar The Princess Bride: Main Titles
Hal Lindes guitar Freeway Flyer
Van Morrison performer, vocal The Last Laugh
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys)) trumpet The Last Laugh

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Dire Straits misc, producer, vocal, electric guitar, guitar, guitars Angel of Mercy, Badges, Posters, Stickers and T-Shirts, Brother in Arms, Brothers in Arms, Brothers in Arms (full length version), Communiqué, Down to the Waterline, Expresso Love, Follow Me Home, Going Home (theme from ‘Local Hero’), If I Had You, Industrial Disease, It Never Rains, Lady Writer, Love Over Gold, Money for Nothing, News, Once Upon a Time in the West, One World, Portobello Belle, Portobello Belle (live), Private Investigations, Ride Across the River, Romeo and Juliet, Single-Handed Sailor, So Far Away, Solid Rock, Sultans of Swing, Telegraph Road, Telegraph Road (live) (remix), The Man's Too Strong, The Man’s Too Strong, Tunnel of Love, Twisting by the Pool, Twisting by the Pool (remix), Two Young Lovers, Walk of Life, Where Do You Think You’re Going, Where Do You Think You’re Going?, Why Worry, Your Latest Trick
Liam O'Flynn electric guitar An Droichead (The Bridge)
Bob Dylan producer, guitar Death Is Not the End, Do Right to Me Baby (Do Unto Others), Gonna Change My Way of Thinking, Gotta Serve Somebody, I Believe in You, Jokerman, Man Gave Names to All the Animals, Precious Angel, Slow Train, When He Returns, When You Gonna Wake Up
松平元康 performer, producer, vocal, guitars I’ll See You in My Dreams, Just One Time, Poor Boy Blues, So Soft, Your Goodbye, Sweet Dreams, Tahitian Skies, Tears, The Next Time I’m in Town, There’ll Be Some Changes Made, Yakety Axe
Chet Atkins performer, guitars Cosmic Square Dance, Imagine, Sweet Dreams (feat. Mark Knopfler), There'll Be Some Changes Made (feat. Mark Knopfler)
Hank Marvin performer, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, guitar Nivram, Wonderful Land, Wonderful Land (feat. Mark Knopfler)
Tina Turner producer, guitars Overnight Sensation, Paradise Is Here
Joan Armatrading guitar Did I Make You Up, The Shouting Stage
David Crosby electric guitar What’s Broken
America electric guitar Sailing to Philadelphia
Dunblane electric guitar Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Bryan Ferry guitar Don't Be Cruel
Buddy Guy electric guitar Where Is the Next One Coming From?
Jorge Gonzales performer Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends
Lazer Musik producer Ode to Liberty (The Protest Song)
Carnage performer The Lily of the West
Luísa Sobral performer Mademoiselle Will Decide
Randall Bramblett electric guitar Dead in the Water
Scott Walker guitar Blanket Roll Blues
Steely Dan guitar Time Out of Mind
Sting guitar They Dance Alone (Cueca solo)
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards guitar Going Home
The Wilful Boys producer Wherever I Go
Andy Arsonist performer White Lightnin'
Aztec Camera producer All I Need Is Everything (remix)
William H. Norvas guitar Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies