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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1657639" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[ATTACH=full]12148[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>pick of the day..................................</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12149[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Hill Farmers Blues....................Coyote..............................................</em></strong></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12150[/ATTACH] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Knopfler" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Knopfler</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Mark Freuder Knopfler</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" target="_blank">OBE</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" target="_blank">/ˈnɒpflər/</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" target="_blank"><em>NOP-flər</em></a>; born 12 August 1949) is a British singer-songwriter, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitarist" target="_blank">guitarist</a>, and record producer. He became known as the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits" target="_blank">Dire Straits</a>. He pursued a solo career after leaving the band in 1987. Dire Straits reunited in early 1991, but dissolved again in 1995. He is now an independent solo artist.</p><p></p><h3><em>The Ragpicker's Dream</em></h3><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12151[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><em><strong>The Ragpicker's Dream</strong></em> is the third solo studio album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Knopfler" target="_blank">Mark Knopfler</a>, released on 30 September 2002 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Records" target="_blank">Mercury Records</a> internationally, and by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" target="_blank">Warner Bros. Records</a> in the United States.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ragpicker%27s_Dream#cite_note-allmusic-rpd-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> The album received generally favorable reviews upon its release</p><p></p><p>In his review for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllMusic" target="_blank">AllMusic</a>, Hal Horowitz gave the album three out of five stars, calling the album "a pleasant, classy, often inspired effort whose unassuming charms are best appreciated after repeated listenings."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ragpicker%27s_Dream#cite_note-allmusic-rpd-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> Horowitz continued:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Horowitz acknowledges Knopfler's versatility and breadth of music on the album: the atmospherics of "Hill Farmer's Blues" and "Fare Thee Well Northumberland", the unaccompanied folk/blues of "Marbletown", the "shuffling groove" on the spooky "You Don't Know You're Born", the mid-tempo "Coyote", the authentic honky tonk swing of "Daddy's Gone to Knoxville", and Roger Milleresque "Quality Shoe". Horowitz singles out the title track, which he describes as "an homage to the American roots music he's always admired."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ragpicker%27s_Dream#cite_note-allmusic-rpd-1" target="_blank">[1]</a></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>No.</th><th>Title</th><th>Length</th></tr><tr><th>1.</th><td>"Why Aye Man"</td><td>6:14</td></tr><tr><th>2.</th><td>"Devil Baby"</td><td>4:05</td></tr><tr><th>3.</th><td>"Hill Farmer's Blues"</td><td>3:45</td></tr><tr><th>4.</th><td>"A Place Where We Used to Live"</td><td>4:34</td></tr><tr><th>5.</th><td>"Quality Shoe"</td><td>3:56</td></tr><tr><th>6.</th><td>"Fare Thee Well Northumberland"</td><td>6:29</td></tr><tr><th>7.</th><td>"Marbletown"</td><td>3:33</td></tr><tr><th>8.</th><td>"You Don't Know You're Born"</td><td>5:20</td></tr><tr><th>9.</th><td>"Coyote"</td><td>5:56</td></tr><tr><th>10.</th><td>"The Ragpicker's Dream"</td><td>4:20</td></tr><tr><th>11.</th><td>"Daddy's Gone to Knoxville"</td><td>2:48</td></tr><tr><th>12.</th><td>"Old Pigweed"</td><th></th></tr></table><p></p><p><strong><em>I love this album......I really really do .......It's a direct opposite to what we know of his work in Dire Straits but this album justs hits the spot with me.....The dude who turned me on to this album said it had been voted as one of the top 20 albums of all time....I can't find that anywhere but it is one of my top 20..........Knopfler is such an accomplished musician and I will be posting about the Dire Straits in this thread soon.......Enjoy this work if you haven't before ....It is really worth the time ....it really really is ....Do a 420 , set back and enjoy the genius of music at it's best.....</em></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th><br /> <br /> <img src="https://www.illinoisloyalty.com/attachments/psyc36-gif.11829/" alt="psyc36.gif" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><br /> <strong><em><strong><em><strong><em>""When I'm down and out , I listen to The Ragpicker's Dream on Spotify and all my cares float away...It rock's my world, it really really does and still does....still does..still does..still does.............................</em></strong></em></strong></em></strong></th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1657639, member: 3916"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="musicanon.gif"]12148[/ATTACH] pick of the day.................................. [ATTACH type="full" alt="psyc16.gif"]12149[/ATTACH] [B][I]Hill Farmers Blues....................Coyote..............................................[/I][/B] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1630850666231.png"]12150[/ATTACH] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Knopfler[/URL] [B]Mark Freuder Knopfler[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire']OBE[/URL] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English']/ˈnɒpflər/[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key'][I]NOP-flər[/I][/URL]; born 12 August 1949) is a British singer-songwriter, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitarist']guitarist[/URL], and record producer. He became known as the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits']Dire Straits[/URL]. He pursued a solo career after leaving the band in 1987. Dire Straits reunited in early 1991, but dissolved again in 1995. He is now an independent solo artist. [HEADING=2][I]The Ragpicker's Dream[/I][/HEADING] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1630850744582.png"]12151[/ATTACH] [I][B]The Ragpicker's Dream[/B][/I] is the third solo studio album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Knopfler']Mark Knopfler[/URL], released on 30 September 2002 by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Records']Mercury Records[/URL] internationally, and by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records']Warner Bros. Records[/URL] in the United States.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ragpicker%27s_Dream#cite_note-allmusic-rpd-1'][1][/URL] The album received generally favorable reviews upon its release In his review for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllMusic']AllMusic[/URL], Hal Horowitz gave the album three out of five stars, calling the album "a pleasant, classy, often inspired effort whose unassuming charms are best appreciated after repeated listenings."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ragpicker%27s_Dream#cite_note-allmusic-rpd-1'][1][/URL] Horowitz continued: Horowitz acknowledges Knopfler's versatility and breadth of music on the album: the atmospherics of "Hill Farmer's Blues" and "Fare Thee Well Northumberland", the unaccompanied folk/blues of "Marbletown", the "shuffling groove" on the spooky "You Don't Know You're Born", the mid-tempo "Coyote", the authentic honky tonk swing of "Daddy's Gone to Knoxville", and Roger Milleresque "Quality Shoe". Horowitz singles out the title track, which he describes as "an homage to the American roots music he's always admired."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ragpicker%27s_Dream#cite_note-allmusic-rpd-1'][1][/URL] [TABLE] [TR] [TH]No.[/TH] [TH]Title[/TH] [TH]Length[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH]1.[/TH] [TD]"Why Aye Man"[/TD] [TD]6:14[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]2.[/TH] [TD]"Devil Baby"[/TD] [TD]4:05[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]3.[/TH] [TD]"Hill Farmer's Blues"[/TD] [TD]3:45[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]4.[/TH] [TD]"A Place Where We Used to Live"[/TD] [TD]4:34[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]5.[/TH] [TD]"Quality Shoe"[/TD] [TD]3:56[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]6.[/TH] [TD]"Fare Thee Well Northumberland"[/TD] [TD]6:29[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]7.[/TH] [TD]"Marbletown"[/TD] [TD]3:33[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]8.[/TH] [TD]"You Don't Know You're Born"[/TD] [TD]5:20[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]9.[/TH] [TD]"Coyote"[/TD] [TD]5:56[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]10.[/TH] [TD]"The Ragpicker's Dream"[/TD] [TD]4:20[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]11.[/TH] [TD]"Daddy's Gone to Knoxville"[/TD] [TD]2:48[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]12.[/TH] [TD]"Old Pigweed"[/TD] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [/TABLE] [B][I]I love this album......I really really do .......It's a direct opposite to what we know of his work in Dire Straits but this album justs hits the spot with me.....The dude who turned me on to this album said it had been voted as one of the top 20 albums of all time....I can't find that anywhere but it is one of my top 20..........Knopfler is such an accomplished musician and I will be posting about the Dire Straits in this thread soon.......Enjoy this work if you haven't before ....It is really worth the time ....it really really is ....Do a 420 , set back and enjoy the genius of music at it's best.....[/I][/B] [TABLE] [TR] [TH] [IMG alt="psyc36.gif"]https://www.illinoisloyalty.com/attachments/psyc36-gif.11829/[/IMG] [B][I][B][I][B][I]""When I'm down and out , I listen to The Ragpicker's Dream on Spotify and all my cares float away...It rock's my world, it really really does and still does....still does..still does..still does.............................[/I][/B][/I][/B][/I][/B][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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