This is the eight in a long running series of posts that highlight rock songs featuring someone interesting sitting in on the recording session. For this series I post the song on one day and identify who is sitting in the next couple of days. I hope you enjoy the concept and maybe learn some interesting music history in the process.
My selection for today’s post is Sailing To Philadelphia by Mark Knopfler. The song is about the drawing of the Mason-Dixon line in the United States. I love history so this songs is one of my all time favorites. Let’s listen………
The answer will be posted tomorrow along with some additional background information.
Send in your guesses and I will identify the the first person who gives the correct answer in tomorrow’s post.
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I’m not sure I understand what you mean by “someone interesting sitting in on the recording session” but I completely adore this album, have played the heck out of it, and know that James Taylor sings with Mark on “Sailing to Philadelphia”. Fabulous song.
Hi Lavinia,
First…thank you for reading my blog and for submitting your comment. I apologize for creating confusion with my use of the term “sitting in”. That term is used to describe one musician participating in another musician’s performance or recording session. In the case of “Sailing To Philadelphia” we would say that James Taylor was “sitting in” with Mark Knopfler.
Thanks again for your comment. Please keep reading the blog. Let me know if you have any topics that you would like to see addressed in the blog.
Regards,
Mike