1. David Knopfler was born on 27 December 1952 and is a Scottish musician.
13 Facts About David Knopfler
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David Knopfler was born in Glasgow, to an English mother, Louisa Mary, a teacher, and a Hungarian Jewish father, Erwin David Knopfler, an architect.
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David Knopfler was a candidate in the 2023 Teignbridge District Council election for the South Devon Alliance.
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David Knopfler introduced his older brother, guitarist Mark David Knopfler, to his bassist flatmate John Illsley.
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David Knopfler played rhythm guitar beside his brother, who was the lead guitarist, lead vocalist and the main composer in the band.
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David Knopfler appeared on Dire Straits' first two albums: Dire Straits and Communique.
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The stress of composing, arranging songs, recording the then-requisite two albums and tours to support them took its toll on the brothers, and David Knopfler left the band during the recording of their third album, Making Movies, leaving him uncredited on the album.
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Harry Bogdanovs, a lifelong friend of David Knopfler, is credited with having co-written three of the tracks and playing synthesiser.
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The single peaked at No 82 in the UK Albums Chart, after David Knopfler retrieved the rights from the bankrupt record label.
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David Knopfler scored the soundtracks for the films Shergar and Laser Mission, and the German productions Treffer, Jakob hinter der blauen Tur and The Great Bellheim.
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In 2001, David Knopfler worked with Bogdanovs again to co-produce the album Wishbones, which has guest appearances by Chris Rea and Eddi Reader.
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David Knopfler played various acoustic and electric gigs in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, Turkey and Australia from 2007 to 2009 with Harry Bogdanovs and his band.
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David Knopfler continued to tour in Spain, Germany, the UK, the United States and Canada in 2012 to 2015.