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Thread #52660   Message #808487
Posted By: Grab
22-Oct-02 - 09:47 AM
Thread Name: Review: Mark Knopfler, 'Ragpicker's Dream'
Subject: RE: Review: Mark Knopfler, 'Ragpicker's Dream'
Gotta get that! I heard one on the radio (can't remember the name) which I'm dying to try as a solo slide-guitar number.

One question - is there any good guitar in there? My main complaint on "Sailing to Philadelphia" was that it stayed too buttoned-up - every time a song looked like getting to one of those stunning "let-it-rip" kind of moments, it just faded out (What it is, Silvertown Blues, Speedway at Nazareth). And not much of the lyrical ballad-style guitar (ala Ruediger, Private Investigations) either. Some good songs in there, but all showing a bit of lack of commitment.

Graham.