Tag Archives: The Notting Hillbillies

Probably the most celebrated British guitar hero to emerge in the 1970s and ’80s, Mark Knopfler rose to fame as the first choice of Dire Straits, and his songwriting and incisive guitar work played a decisive role to make them a global success story. At the same time when punk …

Probably most widely known as an associate from the Notting Hillbillies, Brendan Croker was also a well-respected singer/songwriter and session guitarist both just before and after his involvement with this band. Sketching on solid folk, blues, and nation origins, Yorkshireman Croker brought a solid, Woody Guthrie-ish lyrical perspective to his …

Following the mega-platinum success of Dire Straits’ 1984 Brothers in Hands LP, the group’s frontman, guitarist extraordinaire Mark Knopfler, opted to temporarily change gears by forming the Notting Hillbillies, a one-off country side task. One of the band’s 1st recruits was Steve Phillips, a fellow guitarist whom Knopfler experienced 1st …

The renowned session guitarist Paul Franklin was created in Detroit, MI, in 1953. Nation music from greats like Pasty Cline was an integral part of his everyday house life, nonetheless it was a guitarist by the name of Joe Edwards who initial influenced the youthful Franklin and changed his thoughts …