Our first time hearing Dire Straits | Telegraph Road (Alchemy Live) REACTION! 

No, the encore to the show was Going Home from Local hero

So, you're 1965. Like me. That year I have seen them live for the first time in Zagreb, then Yugoslavia, today's Croatia. I've been Dire Straits fan since 1980 when I heard Sultans of Swing for the first time on the radio. I didn't know the title, what the band was, it took me a few months to figure that out. I was hooked. I still am! Cheers!

I was 18 when I saw them! It was this gig, you realise now, how lucky we were

He's very good. I love his style. If you like finger-pickers hope you're familiar with Jeff Beck , Richard Thompson, and the great Lenny Breau.

Tommy Emmanuel enters the room...

No, but he's a good one. Listen to more music. I'll give you a name to start with, Roy Clark. There are others

Try Chris Rea , same picking style using open tuning .

Prince was a prince. He was a big ZZ Top fan too.

His picking style ( claw ) is not unique , Chris Rea plays exactly the same style , but he's a slideman .

@@SISU889 I knew Knopfler wasn't the only one using the claw; Jerry Reed picked it up from bluegrass and western players in the 50's, but Knopfler's application of it is unique and beautiful.

Dont forget the piano!

Mark Knopfler and David Gilmour are unique gifts to humanity and lovers of music in general and guitar in particular.

Chris Rea plays exactly the same picking style as MK , except he's a slide player using open tuning . Both very expressive players . Masters of their craft !

Agree 100% Best song ever made, nothing compares to this 🎸🔥🎸🔥

Agree.

This is untouchable best live version of this song and like you say the guitar oh my word !

My favourite Tunnel of Love solo is from the Thank You Australasia concert from Sydney in about 1986. It is even better with how it flows musically and the tone notes somehow are more tugging on the heartstrings.

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The birth, growth, surge, and decline of Detroit, all from the perspective of the highway. Mark Knopfler came up with the song while on a tour bus headed out of town, sitting in the front of the bus, he saw this river of traffic at a near standstill going the other way. "Six lanes of traffic, three lanes moving slow."

That newspaper was The Yorkshire Post. The editor might have been a square, but the paper is not a tabloid.

@@AnneDowson-vp8lg We refer to all newspapers as tabloids here in Belgium.

So true. For me, Dire Straits and Queen are some of the highest levels of art in music. A gift to mankind.

Terry Williams. The best drummer no one has heard of

I was going to use the word Epic - but epic journey even better 😊

The second keyboardist on the right was Tommy Mandel. I think he had a very diverse job. He is not very well visible on the recording of the Alchemy concert, but in some shots he swings beautifully to the rhythm and claps his hands. Alan Clark on the left, permanent band member, piano/organ, I agree with you!

​@@vladimirstoje8345 I bought the DVD of this and it's much clearer picture and I watch it everyday from start to end, can not beat the six guys in this concert. I'd say the pinnacle of music talent and a very rare bunch of guys. I've listened to them since they first started back in the seventies and still my number one band and song.

@@Orbitalmercury Similarly with me :-) Remastered disc from 2010. I love Telegraph Road very much. Behind the Iron Curtain until 1990, singers like Bob Dylan or Mark Knopfler were neither on radio nor television. On the radio, their melodies could sometimes be heard with Czech lyrics. For example, Walk of Life was sung by our singer Hanka Zagorova with different lyrics "Dobre rano" ("Good morning"). I could see DS on our TV first time in 1990. It was some beneficial concert with other singers, for example Annie Lennox sang there as well. I think DS played Walk of Life and Solid Rock there. I was very happy that we were also becoming a part of that world where such beautiful music is played 🙂

Okay, sounds interesting. We’ll check them out.👍🏽

Yeaah man, you chose the best😎

Personally think once upon a time in the west is one of their weaker songs, but agree with the other two

@@martinarscott3524 Have you heard the Live Alchemy version of Once Upon a Time in the West?

@@peter9910 yes I have the album

Thanks for watching and leaving this comment/ suggestions, we’ll definitely check them out.👍🏽cheers to you 😊

Yessir

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The ultimate Tunnel of Love for me is the above link )

You know "Telegraph Road" well but you never knew of the _Alchemy Live_ album and video--?

Knopfler was born in Glasgow

mostly Alan Clark can be seen and heard. Tommy Mandel is a little visible 04:25 . A nice interview with Tommy Mandel is on the ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7qUBilUcmi0.html

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Two, Alan Clark, and guest for these shows Tommy Mandel. One either side of Terry Williams the drummer.

@@eturfrey correct. Sorry I"d forgotten that.👍

Two keyboard players. Alam Clark is classically trained. He went on to be Tina Turner's director of music.

@@thehighlander959 yes. My mistake.

Up-to-date stuff sounds like granny music.