We always wanted to do this, from first hearing Sultans of Swing on the radio.
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When the world stopped in 2020 we finally had the time to learn these wonderful songs.
A group of friends and die hard Dire Straits fans came together to form AlchemyLive.
We are all about the music, no lookalikes here.
With an almost fanatical attention to detail, we recreate specific performances as closely as possible, from Live Aid to Hammersmith Odeon, through to their epic final tour in 1992.
Martin Ledger
Since first hearing Sultans of Swing in 1979 Martin has been heavily influenced by Mark Knopfler's original and distinctive guitar sound and technique along with other classic rock bands including Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Wishbone Ash etc.
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A successful solo artist and session player in his own right, Martin has played on many classic rock and prog albums and continues to tour worldwide.
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Neil
Scott
Starting drums at 13, Neil began playing in local concert bands, brass bands, and orchestras. Eventually he progressed to playing theatre shows, rock and pop concerts, touring Europe and the UK extensively with a variety of Artists.
He is an accomplished session player having played on multiple albums, with a wide range of writers and arrangers, from multiple genres. In addition to his playing credits, Neil is a peripatetic teacher who is passionate about developing his students' capabilities and his own.
David
Clements
David "Clem" Clements is a bass player, guitarist and studio engineer with many years of live and studio work under his belt.
From touring South America with a Pink Floyd tribute to engineering and producing many studio albums.
Daniel
Bowater
Daniel "Barr" Bowater has been playing the keyboards since Father Christmas brunged him one when he was seven. That was the catalyst for quite an obsession and now he's got more years of experience playing in various line ups, instruments and styles than he'd care to recount. Anything and everything from brass bands, rock bands and jazz bands to classical trios and folk, all over the UK and Europe from the odd arena to posh Mayfair hotels to spit and sawdust bars, tinkling the ivories, grinding the Hammond organ (his first instrument), composing and MD'ing. He’s always wanted to perform these Dire Straits tunes and jumped at the chance, not realising how hard it would be…
Dan Edwards
Since moving back to his home town of Hull several years ago, Dan has become established as a guitar teacher and player in the area. He is one half of the guitar duo 'The Dambuskers', and one quarter of the experimental quartet 'Space'.
Chuck Walton
Chuck is a rising star in the world of pedal steel, regularly to be found playing with the UK's best new country artists and recording on many of their songs.
Additional Musicians
Steve Beighton
Steve is a world renowned touring and recording artist who has played with many of the biggest names in popular music. He has been a permanent member of Paul Carrack's band for many years
