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The Notting Hillbillies were a country rock project formed by British singer-songwriter Mark Knopfler in May 1986. The group consisted of Knopfler (guitar a...
About The Notting Hillbillies. After the mega-platinum success of Dire Straits' 1984 Brothers in Arms LP, the group's frontman, guitarist extraordinaire Mark Knopfler, opted to temporarily shift gears by forming the Notting Hillbillies, a one-off country side project. Among the band's first recruits was Steve Phillips, a fellow guitar player ...
The Notting Hillbillies was een countryband opgericht door Mark Knopfler, die toentertijd nog lid was van Dire Straits. Hij startte de band met Brendan Croker, Steve Phillips en zijn bandlid van Dire Straits Guy Fletcher in 1990. Ze hebben slechts een album uitgegeven onder de naam Missing ...
The Notting Hillbillies sono stati un gruppo roots rock/alternative country britannico, fondato nel 1987 da Mark Knopfler, Steve Phillips, Brendan Croker e Guy Fletcher. Hanno all'attivo un solo album, ma sono stati protagonisti di centinaia di concerti nei più prestigiosi locali londinesi e non solo per tutti gli anni novanta.
The Notting Hillbillies were a country rock project formed by British singer-songwriter Mark Knopfler in May 1986. The group consisted of Knopfler, Steve Phillips, Brendan Croker, Guy Fletcher, Paul Franklin, Marcus Cliffe, and Ed Bicknell. They gave their first performance at a small club in Leeds, and followed up with a tour. The Notting Hillbillies recorded just one album, Missing ...
In his review for AllMusic, Tom Demalon gave the album four out of five stars, calling the album "a low-key, joyous run-through of mostly traditional, blues-based songs with a handful of originals". Demalon continued: Despite the high-profile presence of Knopfler, the Notting Hillbillies succeed in sounding like a band with Knopfler often taking a backseat to his bandmates, although he does ...
