Dire Straits - Down To The Waterline 22 June 1978
Mark photographed by Chris Cuffaro in LA for Musician Magazine, 1987.
I was into playing American music, especially the blues. First, I learned how to fingerpick - just the basic stuff - and then I began developing a clawhammer style. And all during this time I was playing my solidbody without an amp of my own. While I was into many different types of music, and played with many different local groups, I really didn't have a band to call my own until Dire Straits was formed in 1977.As I was saying, since there were no charts, I just listened to tapes and then played over them. I could have been given the chords. but some of those fancier ones I don't know the names of and probably couldn't play. What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I’ve always rebelled against theory. Guitar playing for me is a compulsive activity. I'm not against learning technique. however, and I'm certainly not against acquiring new knowledge. I don't have any favorite keys that I play in. To me, different keys have different colors, different qualities, so I like playing in lots of them.
Guitar Player, July '79
by Joel A. Siegel
Mark with The Everly Brothers and Chet Atkins ‘Why Worry’
On guitars part one . . . .
On Guitars part 2
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