Derek Hudson
Mark Knopfler is prepping his ninth solo album. Titled Down the Road Wherever, it’s set for a November release.
The album is 14 tracks long — 16 if you buy the deluxe version — and has a far-ranging subject base, which the Dire Straits guitarist says is about “keeping [my] own geography happening.” There’s a song about an old man feeling out of place in a diner; one about a soccer fan being lost in a strange town; another about a musician hitchhiking in a snowstorm.
Knopfler another of the tracks, “One Song at a Time,” came from “my pal Chet Atkins, [who once told me] that he picked his way out of poverty ‘one song at a time,’ and it just stuck in my mind.”
Down the Road Wherever features Mark’s tried-and-true backing band and a few one-offs, including former Fleetwood Mac/Pretenders guitarist Robbie McIntosh.
Down the Road Wherever drops on November 16.
You can enjoy the first single, “Good On You Son,” now on YouTube.
Here’s the Down the Road Wherever track listing:
“Trapper Man”
“Back on the Dance Floor”
“Nobody’s Child”
“Just a Boy Away from Home”
“When You Leave”
“Good On You Son”
“My Bacon Roll”
“Nobody Does That”
“Drovers’ Road”*
“One Song at a Time”
“Floating Away”
“Slow Learner”
“Heavy Up”
“Rear View Mirror”*
“Every Heart in the Room”*
“Matchstick Man”
*Deluxe Edition CD bonus track.
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