O Curso de Geologia de 85/90 da Universidade de Coimbra escolheu o nome de Geopedrados quando participou na Queima das Fitas.
Ficou a designação, ficaram muitas pessoas com e sobre a capa intemporal deste nome, agora com oportunidade de partilhar as suas ideias, informações e materiais sobre Geologia, Paleontologia, Mineralogia, Vulcanologia/Sismologia, Ambiente, Energia, Biologia, Astronomia, Ensino, Fotografia, Humor, Música, Cultura, Coimbra e AAC, para fins de ensino e educação.
Mark Freuder Knopfler (Glasgow, 12 de agosto de 1949) é um guitarrista, cantor e compositorbritânico da banda de rock Dire Straits.
Considerado por muitos um génio da guitarra, é bastante conhecido,
principalmente pelo seu estilo peculiar de tocar guitarra. É mais
reconhecido pelo seu trabalho com a banda Dire Straits,
que liderou de 1977 até 1994, do que pela sua carreira a solo, embora
continue a dar concertos por todo o mundo e esgote consecutivamente
salas de espetáculos históricas como o Royal Albert Hall, de Londres.
Mark Freuder Knopfler (Glasgow, 12 de agosto de 1949) é um guitarrista, cantor e compositorbritânico da banda de rock Dire Straits.
Considerado por muitos um génio da guitarra, é bastante conhecido,
principalmente pelo seu estilo peculiar de tocar guitarra. É mais
reconhecido pelo seu trabalho com a banda Dire Straits,
que liderou de 1977 até 1994, do que pela sua carreira a solo, embora
continue a dar concertos por todo o mundo e esgote consecutivamente
salas de espetáculos históricas como o Royal Albert Hall, de Londres.
Mark Freuder Knopfler (Glasgow, 12 de agosto de 1949) é um guitarrista, cantor e compositorbritânico da banda de rock Dire Straits.
Considerado por muitos um génio da guitarra, é bastante conhecido,
principalmente pelo seu estilo peculiar de tocar guitarra. É mais
reconhecido pelo seu trabalho com a banda Dire Straits,
que liderou de 1977 até 1994, do que pela sua carreira a solo, embora
continue a dar concertos por todo o mundo e esgote consecutivamente
salas de espetáculos históricas como o Royal Albert Hall, de Londres.
Mark Freuder Knopfler (Glasgow, 12 de agosto de 1949) é um guitarrista, cantor e compositorbritânico da banda de rock Dire Straits.
Considerado por muitos um génio da guitarra, é bastante conhecido,
principalmente pelo seu estilo peculiar de tocar guitarra. É mais
reconhecido pelo seu trabalho com a banda Dire Straits,
que liderou de 1977 até 1994, do que pela sua carreira a solo, embora
continue a dar concertos por todo o mundo e esgote consecutivamente
salas de espetáculos históricas como o Royal Albert Hall, de Londres.
As a young child Clark received piano lessons. Then whilst still a pupil at Chester-le-Street
Grammar School he played Hammond organ in working men's clubs. He
continued his formal musical education at Durham Technical College and
was offered a place at the Guildhall School of Music, but turned it
down because by then he was already forging a successful career in
music. He played and recorded with a group called Splinter, who were
signed to George Harrison's Dark Horse label, and also Gallagher & Lyle, and did a tour of summer festivals with Lindisfarne, which included Knebworth. He also appeared on a number of tracks of the Geordie album No Good Woman.
Clark joined Dire Straits shortly before the release of Making Movies
in 1980, becoming their first and main keyboard player. His playing
became an important element and transformed the band into the huge band
they then became. While this is notable on their fourth album, Love Over Gold in 1982, his style is also readily apparent on Dire Straits' live album Alchemy, but perhaps his greatest contribution was on the hugely successful Brothers in Arms album. Clark continued with Dire Straits, co-producing the following album, On Every Street with Knopfler, until the band's eventual breakup in the mid-1990s.
In 1983 he contributed to Bob Dylan's album Infidels, which Mark Knopfler co-produced, and he played on the following Empire Burlesque album. Clark also worked with Knopfler on some of his film soundtrack work, most notably on the film Local Hero, in which he also makes a brief appearance as a piano player. He has also worked with Mark's brother David Knopfler on his solo albums and toured and recorded extensively with Eric Clapton as well as playing in the "Orchestra Nights" performances with the National Philharmonic Orchestra and Michael Kamen during the 24 Nights concerts at the Royal Albert Hall
in 1990 and 1991. Throughout his time with Dire Straits, he was also
Tina Turner's musical director, and played on and arranged her huge
hit Private Dancer. Clark has also played and recorded with an
eclectic range of other artists including the Bee Gees, Jimmy Nail,
Escape Club, Joan Armatrading, Gerry Rafferty, Mick Hucknall, Bill
Wyman, Sting, Van Morrison, Sly and Robbie, Shakin Stevens, Roger
Daltrey, George Harrison, Elton John, Phil Collins, Bruce Willis etc.
In 2001 Clark composed the music for the hit paranormal show Most Haunted,
and has composed many other themes for TV shows and radio
commercials. In 2005 he wrote and directed a film to commemorate
25years of the Great North Run, called The Inspiration, which was
screened and performed live with the northern Philharmonic, at The
Sage in Newcastle.
Later in November 2005, Clark was a member of the house band at "The Hull Story", a tribute to the music of Alan Hull of Lindisfarne. The concert, which took place at Newcastle City Hall in aid of the Young Musicians Fund, is available on DVD. His Hammond playing features extensively throughout.
In 2010 Clark reunited with Dire Straits band members John Illsley and
Chris White at the XRoads club in Rome, and has been recording and
touring with German star Westernhagen, as well as writing and recording
with many other artists at his state of the art studio, including up
and coming star Jamie Squire.
In 2011 he formed a band, the Straits, to play the music of Dire
Straits at a charity show at the Albert hall, that featured drummer
Steve Ferrone from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Dire Straits'
guitarist Phil Palmer. The band went on to perform other successful
shows.
He is currently a member of a band called LEGACY, which features
himself, Phil Palmer, Steve Ferrone, Trevor Horn, Danny Cummings, Mel
Collins, Primi de Biasse, and Marco Caviglia, and in 2017 he wrote and
produced, with Phil Palmer, and album for the LEGACY called Three Chord
Trick.
In 2017 he recorded 4 tracks in Real World studios with Italian artist
Pacifico He has also written and recorded the music for many TV
commercials
He has lately been recording with Trevor Horn, and playing in his band.
Mark Freuder Knopfler (Glasgow, 12 de agosto de 1949) é um guitarrista, cantor e compositorbritânico da banda de rock Dire Straits.
Considerado por muitos um génio da guitarra, é bastante conhecido,
principalmente pelo seu estilo peculiar de tocar guitarra. É mais
reconhecido pelo seu trabalho com a banda Dire Straits,
que liderou de 1977 até 1994, do que pela sua carreira a solo, embora
continue a dar concertos por todo o mundo e esgote consecutivamente
salas de espetáculos históricas como o Royal Albert Hall, de Londres.
Guy Fletcher (Maidstone, Kent, 24 de maio de 1960) foi o teclista da banda Dire Straits. Entrou para a banda nas gravações do álbum Brothers in Arms, de 1985. Permaneceu até ao fim da banda, em 1994, juntamente com o outro teclista, Allan Clark. Atualmente acompanha Mark Knopfler na sua carreira a solo.
