{"product_id":"mark-knopflers-guitar-heroes-going-home-theme-from-local-hero","title":"MARK KNOPFLER'S GUITAR HEROES - Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD - This is a charitable recording of Mark Knopfler’s instrumental, ‘\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGoing Home\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTheme From Local Hero\u003c\/em\u003e)’, produced in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America. The recording features the greatest and most iconic guitarists performing today, alongside an all-star band. Artwork by Sir Peter Blake.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 15 March 2024, Mark Knopfler will release a new, special recording of his anthemic ‘\u003cem\u003eGoing Home\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eTheme From Local Hero\u003c\/em\u003e)’, to raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust and its American equivalent Teen Cancer America.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePerformed by \u003cstrong\u003eMark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes\u003c\/strong\u003e, produced by his longtime collaborator \u003cstrong\u003eGuy Fletcher\u003c\/strong\u003e (who has edited the contributions into a nine-minute piece), the track features an unprecedented line-up of some of the greatest guitarists in history. ‘Legendary’ does not begin to cover it – \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Gilmour\u003c\/strong\u003e to \u003cstrong\u003eRonnie Wood\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSlash\u003c\/strong\u003e to \u003cstrong\u003eEric Clapton\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSting\u003c\/strong\u003e to \u003cstrong\u003eJoan Armatrading\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBruce Springsteen\u003c\/strong\u003e to \u003cstrong\u003ePete Townshen\u003c\/strong\u003ed, \u003cstrong\u003eNile Rodgers\u003c\/strong\u003e to \u003cstrong\u003eJoan Jett\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBrian May\u003c\/strong\u003e to \u003cstrong\u003eTony Iommi\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSam Fender\u003c\/strong\u003e and many more jaw dropping names.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd, in a great honour, the track opens with \u003cstrong\u003eJeff Beck\u003c\/strong\u003e’s final recording.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoger Daltrey\u003c\/strong\u003e, Teenage Cancer Trust’s Honorary Patron and co-founder of Teen Cancer America (with Pete Townshend), added harmonica, and Beatles icon \u003cstrong\u003eRingo Starr\u003c\/strong\u003e is on drums along with his son \u003cstrong\u003eZak Starkey\u003c\/strong\u003e, their two drum tracks switching from one to the other, revealing an unmistakable family style. \u003cstrong\u003eSting\u003c\/strong\u003e completes an extraordinary rhythm section on bass.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith artwork designed by \u003cstrong\u003eSir Peter Blake\u003c\/strong\u003e (The Beatles, The Who, Band Aid, Paul Weller etc), this release is a landmark in rock music history.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“What I really want to do, more than anything else, is just to thank each and every one for this sterling response,” says \u003cstrong\u003eMark Knopfler\u003c\/strong\u003e, “I really had no idea that it was going to be like this. It hit Guy and I quite early on that we had to extend this piece somehow, to take in the number of people who joined in.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Before I knew where I was, Pete Townshend had come into my studio armed with a guitar and an amp. And that first Pete power chord…man, I tell you. We were in that territory, and it was just fantastic. And it went on from there. Eric [Clapton] came in, played great, just one tasty lick after another. Then Jeff Beck’s contribution arrived and that was spellbinding. I think what we’ve had is an embarrassment of riches, really. The whole thing was a high point.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecorded at \u003cstrong\u003eBritish Grove Studios\u003c\/strong\u003e, in West London, often with the great musicians in person, sometimes sent from their own studios around the world, it started with Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton and Albert Lee.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“It was absolutely meant to be,” says Guy Fletcher of the late Jeff Beck’s contribution, “And what he did with it, it just brings you to tears.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFull list of contributors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJoan Armatrading, Jeff Beck, Richard Bennett, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Brown, James Burton, Jonathan Cain, Paul Carrack, Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Jim Cox, Steve Cropper, Sheryl Crow, Danny Cummings, Roger Daltrey, Duane Eddy, Sam Fender, Guy Fletcher, Peter Frampton, Audley Freed, Vince Gill, David Gilmour, Buddy Guy, Keiji Haino, Tony Iommi, Joan Jett, John Jorgenson, Mark Knopfler, Sonny Landreth, Albert Lee, Greg Leisz, Alex Lifeson, Steve Lukather, Phil Manzanera, Dave Mason, Hank Marvin, Brian May, Robbie McIntosh, John McLaughlin, Tom Morello, Rick Nielsen, Orianthi, Brad Paisley, Nile Rodgers, Mike Rutherford, Joe Satriani, John Sebastian, Connor Selby, Slash, Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr and Zak Starkey, Sting, Andy Taylor, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, Ian Thomas, Pete Townshend, Keith Urban, Steve Vai, Waddy Wachtel, Joe Louis Walker, Joe Walsh, Ronnie Wood, Glenn Worf, Zucchero.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe film \u003cem\u003eLocal Hero\u003c\/em\u003e was released in 1983 and starred Burt Lancaster. It was Mark Knopfler’s first credit as a film composer and earned him a BAFTA nomination. Much to Mark’s delight, the track is played at every Newcastle United game before the team take the pitch.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNet proceeds will go to the charities and the project has been further supported by leading guitar makers, who have donated a total of eight guitars to be signed by the contributing artists. Four of the eight have already been sold in the US for Teen Cancer America – the only U.S charity to provide specialist support to adolescent and young adults with cancer. This was in October 2022, before several of the most high profile and rarest autographs were added to the four remaining guitars that will benefit Teenage Cancer Trust, the only UK charity providing 13- to 24-year-olds who are diagnosed with cancer, with age-appropriate specialist nursing care and support.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn January, Knopfler sold his guitar collection at Christie’s for over £8M, with the Gibson Les Paul ‘Gold Top’ Standard, signed by many artists from the project, selling for over £403,000. Also offered for auction were exclusive items of music memorabilia – future coveted pieces of music history.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of the guitars earmarked for Teenage Cancer Trust will be auctioned off by Knopfler at a private donor event in Newcastle on the evening of March 1, prior to Newcastle United taking the pitch on March 2 versus Wolverhampton Wanderers. A number of artists who performed on the song will attend the match, where a sneak peak of a portion of the song will be played for Newcastle United fans as the players enter the stadium.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn addition – an Ionic Original Disc of the master recording has been privately sold by NeoFidelity Recordings in advance of the single’s release, enabling that company to make a six-figure donation to the charity. 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