Wishbones: David Knopfler CD: Credits
Dedicated to the memory of Little Dancing Bear.
As with all my albums, there was a generous input of creative ideas from rehearsals through to completion by everyone involved, so a warm thank you to all (and particularly to Harry) whose contributions collectively give this set of songs their character.
Special thanks to my wife Anna and son Jackson; to supportive friends, in truth way too many to mention in person but especially Manfred Schmidt, Anne-Marie McKay (for Wishbones), Dennis Tufano, Alan Bangs, Ed Heine, to Simon Bond and Jamie West-Oram for very generous help with pre-production in my home studio, to Jürgen Otterstein for his constructive advice and understanding and to all at RidgeFarm and Sphere Studios, to my online virtual-buddies for their boundless encouragement, especially Willa Cline, Daniel O'Connell, Don Bond and Eberhard Wenzel, thank you! It's been a privilege and a pleasure.
DK (www.knopfler.com)Producers: David Knopfler, Harry Bogdanovs and Chris Kimsey*
* for St Swithun's Day, Snowscape Paperweight Girl, May You Never and Shadowlands
Record and Mix Engineer at RidgeFarm: Richard Mann (Thankyou Dread!)
All tracks (unless otherwise indicated) recorded at RidgeFarm Studio
Assistant Engineer at Ridgefarm: Helen Atkinson
Strings Mixed by John Timperley and Richard Mann
Mix engineer at Sphere Studios: Chris Kimsey
Barry Hammond: Engineer and mix engineer for Means of Survival
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Country Masters.
Orchestra recorded at Angel Studio by John Timperley
Assistant Engineer at Angel - Tom Jenkins
Sound consultant for mixes at Ridgefarm: George Shilling
Assistant engineers from mix sessions at Sphere Studio: Francesco Cameli, Scott Campbell-Smith and Dean Barratt.Lyrical composition: David Knopfler.
Music composition: David Knopfler except
David Knopfler and Harry Bogdanovs for St Swithun's Day and Nothing At All .
May You Never composed by John Martyn ©John Martyn 1973
All David Knopfler compositions © Shrewsham Ltd 2001 - Licenced to Warner Chappell Music.
A special post-dated thanks to all at TruNote, Edel, Warner Chappell Music and Koch Ents.Musicians
David Knopfler: Vocals, pianos, guitars, vibes, mandolin
Harry Bogdanovs: Guitars, electric piano, banjo, additional bass, mandolin
Pete Shaw: Bass Guitars
Tom McFarland: Percussion
Chris White: Saxophones
Tomás Lynch: Whistle
Miriam Stockley, Lance Ellington: Backing vocals
Margo Buchanan and Ricci P. Washington: Additional backing vocals
Alan Clark: Hammond
Geoff Dugmore: Drums.
Craig Blundell: Drums on If God Could Make The Angels
Hutch Hutchinson: Bass guitar on the Chris Kimsey Sessions*
Melvin Duffy: Pedal Steel guitar on May You Never.
Phil Palmer: Additional Guitar work
Pascal Danae: Additional Guitar work
Frank Rouleau: Additional percussion for May You Never
also For Means of Survival Ray Singer (percussion) Jaz Lochrie Bass and
Graham Henderson (Hammond )
Special thanks to Eddi Reader for vocals on May You Never
and to Chris Rea for additional work on St, Swithun's Day.
English Philharmonic Orchestra
Arranged and Conducted by Paul Bateman
1st Violins: Maciej Rakowski (leader), Andrew Haveron, Boguslaw Kostecki,
Clare Thompson, Ben Buckton, Tim Warburton.
2nd Violins: Ralph De Souza, Chris Tombling, Sonya Fairbairn, Laura Melhuish, Stephen Bentley-Klein
Violas: Jonathan Barritt, John Underwood, Nick Barr, Rebecca Chambers
Cellos: James Potter, Ben Lasserson, Nick Holland, Robin Thompson-Clarke
Double Basses: Mary Scully, Patrick Lannigan
Oboe: Nicki Woods
French Horns: Paul Gardham, Richard Ashton, Martin Heppell.Illustratrions from "Soul Cards" in CD booklet, generously permitted by artist Deborah Koff-Chapin: www.touchdrawing.com © Deborah Koff-Chapin 2001.