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Neck And Neck

Neck And Neck
Mark's landmark collaboration with guitar legend Chet Atkins went one to win two Grammy Awards in 1990: Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for the song, ‘Poor Boy Blues’ and Best Country Instrumental Performance for the song, ‘So Soft, Your Goodbye’.

Neck And Neck

Songs Lyrics Listen
1. Sweet Dreams
2. There'll Be Some Changes Made
3. Just One Time
4. So Soft, Your Goodbye
5. Yakety Axe
6. Tears
7. Tahitian Skies
8. I'll See You In My Dreams
9. The Next Time I'm In Town
ALBUM CREDITS:

Mark Knopfler: guitars and vocals
Chet Atkins: guitars
Larrie Londin & Guy Fletcher: drums
Guy Fletcher, Edgar Meyer & Steve Wariner: bass
Guy Fletcher: keyboards
Mark O'Connor: fiddle and mandolin
Paul Franklin: steel guitar, pedabro, dobro
Floyd Cramer: piano (Sweet Dreams)
Vince Gill: background vocals

Recording Engineers
Mike Poston at CA Workshop & Sound Emporium, Guy Fletcher at CA Workshop, Nashville & Hillbilly Heaven, London

Assistant Engineers
Vanelle at Sound Emporium, Nashville & Ron Eve at Hillbilly Heaven, London, UK

Mixing Engineers
Bill Schnee@Schnee Studio, North Hollywood, CA

Mastering
Doug Sax & Alan Yoshida at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, CA

Photography by Deborah Feingold

Vince Gill & Steve Wariner appear courtesy of MCA Records
Mark Knopfler appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records (US) & Phonogram (London Ltd)
Mark O'Connor appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.