Mark Knopfler: Going His Own Sweet Way

NO, THE Notting Hillbillies are not Mark Knopfler's version of the Traveling Wilburys. In fact, there was never supposed to be a band at all. The Dire Straits guitarist was simply producing songs for two old friends, singer-song-writer-guitarist Brendan Croker and guitarist-singer Steve Phillips, at his tiny studio in London's Notting Hill Gate.