# Mark Knopfler always had one favourite guitarist. In 1985, he got to play Wembley with him

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/mark-knopfler-always-had-one-favourite-guitarist-in-1985-he-got-to-play-wembley-with-him/
- Published: 2026-10-29T12:15:17+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T14:05:19+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/mark-knopfler-favourite-guitarist-1985-wembley/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Knopfler invited Hank B. Marvin to join him at Wembley in 1985.
- They played ‘Going Home’, a song Knopfler wrote for Local Hero.
- Marvin’s distinctive guitar style influenced generations of British players.

## Summary

Mark Knopfler brought his childhood guitar hero, Hank B. Marvin, on stage at Wembley Arena in 1985 during Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms tour. Their performance of ‘Going Home’ was a tribute to the musicians who shaped Knopfler’s playing and to Marvin’s influence on British guitar music.

Knopfler said he had long admired Marvin’s sound and once wanted a red Fender Stratocaster like his, but began playing on a £50 Höfner instead. The two played ‘Going Home’, first released by Knopfler for the 1983 film Local Hero and later covered by Marvin and The Shadows. Marvin’s clean tone, tremolo picking and melodic style also influenced players including David Gilmour and Tony Iommi.

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