Line-Up
- Mark Knopfler - Guitar, vocals
- Steve Phillips - Guitar, vocals
- Brendan Croker - Guitar, vocals
- Guy Fletcher - Keyboards, vocals
- Paul Franklin - Pedal steel guitar
- Marcus Cliffe - Bass
- Ed Bicknell - Drums
1986
May 31, 1986 Grove Pub, Leeds, ENG (Mark sat in with long time pals Steve Phillips and Brendan Croker. Price of entry to the gig was £1 and the three split £66 pounds between them. It was the first time the three had played together, but it wasn't to be the last. A couple of years on, and with Dire Straits on ice, Phillips asked Knopfler to produce an album he was making with Croker. Knopfler drafted in Dire Straits' Guy Fletcher to help with the production, and the four-way collaboration slowly blossomed into a full-term project. Taking their name from the location of Knopfler's home studio, The Notting Hillbillies were born)
1989
December 10, 1989 ITALIAN TV "Rock A Mezzanotta" interview with Mark & tracks
1990
February ?, 1990 Lyric Theatre, London, ENG (Mark Knopfler, Steve Phillips, Brendan Croker and Marcus Cliffe, perform the first ever Notting Hillbillies gig. The show, compared by actor Richard Gere, was a fund-raising event on behalf of Amnesty International. Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders were also on the bill. Broadcast April 19th)
February 24, 1990 US TV "Mary Costello Show" performing "Feel Like Going Home" & "Blues Stay Away From Me"
February 24, 1990 UK TV "Saturday Sequence"
February 25, 1990 GERMAN TV "X Large" interview with Mark & Brendan
March 6, 1990 UK TV "Backstage"
March 7, 1990 UK TV "Rapido
March 10, 1990 UK TV "Music Box" interview with Mark
March 14, 1990 US TV "Today USA" interview with Mark
March 15, 1990 UK Radio performing "When It Comes To You" & "Tennessee Blues"
March 17, 1990 SPANISH TV "TVE1" interview with Brendan & Guy and performing "Weapon Of Prayer"
March 19, 1990 UK TV "Today Breakfast" interview with Mark
March 28, 1990 UK TV "The Late Show"
March 31, 1990 Paramount City Theatre, London, ENG
April 2, 1990 Assembly Rooms, Tunbridge Wells, ENG
April 3, 1990 Civic Hall, Guildford, ENG
April 4, 1990 Hexagon, Reading, ENG
April 5, 1990 Civic Centre, Aylesbury, ENG
April 6, 1990 Corn Exchange, Cambridge, ENG
April 7, 1990 Apollo Theatre, Oxford, ENG
April 8, 1990 Hippodrome, Bristol, ENG
April 9, 1990 Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, ENG
April 10, 1990 Congress Theatre, Eastbourne, ENG
April 11, 1990 Dome, Brighton, ENG
April 12, 1990 Guildhall, Portsmouth, ENG
April 14, 1990 Guildhall, Southampton, ENG
April 15, 1990 Arts Centre Wessex Hall, Poole, ENG
April 16, 1990 Academy, Plymouth, ENG
April 17, 1990 Plaza Leisure Centre, Exeter, ENG (show moved from Verbeer Manor between Willand & Cullompton)
April 18, 1990 English Riviera Centre, Torquay, ENG
April 19, 1990 Leisure Centre, Newport, WAL
April 20, 1990 Apollo, Manchester, ENG
April 21, 1990 Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, ENG
April 22, 1990 City Hall, Sheffield, ENG
April 24, 1990 Rex Cinema, Lockerbie, SCOT (Benefit Lockerbie Gala & Riding of the Marches)
April 25, 1990 Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow, SCOT
April 26, 1990 Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh, SCOT
April 27, 1990 Town Hall, Middelsborough, ENG
April 28, 1990 Newcastle University, Newcastle, ENG
April 29, 1990 Opera House, York, ENG
April 30, 1990 City Hall, Hull, ENG
May 1, 1990 Ritz Theatre, Lincoln, ENG (without Steve Phillips)
May 2-3, 1990 Astoria Ballroom, Leeds, ENG
May 3, 1990 UK TV "Calendar" interview with Brendan & Steve
May 3, 1990 UK TV "Look North" interview with Mark
May 4, 1990 Assembly Rooms, Derby, ENG
May 5, 1990 University of East Anglia, Norwich, ENG
May 6, 1990 Town Hall, Birmingham, ENG
May 7, 1990 Festival Hall, Corby, ENG
May 8, 1990 UK TV "Backstage" performing "When It Comes To You"
May 8, 1990 University of Essex, Colchester, ENG
May 9, 1990 Mean Fiddler, London, ENG
May 10-12, 1990 Town and Country Club, London, ENG (Chris White guests)
May 13-14, 1990 Dominion Theatre, London, ENG (Chris White guests)
May 15, 1990 Snape Maltings, Snape, ENG
May 19, 1990 US TV "Saturday Night Live" performing "Railroad Worksong" & "I Think I Love You Too Much"
July 8, 1990 ITALIAN TV "Canal 5" interview with Mark & Brendan
1993
July 3, 1993 Town and Country Club, Leeds, ENG (charity show for the Kirkstall Valley Association. Mark Knopfler, Brendan Croker and Steve Phillips played an acoustic 19 song set)
July 6, 1993 City Hall, Newcastle, ENG (charity concert for the Swan Hunter shipyard, with Alan Clark replacing Guy Fletcher on keyboards)
1994
July 3, 1994 Grosvenor House Hotel, London, ENG (The Concert For Life charity concert to raise money for "The Anthony Nolan bone marrow trust" & "The Sue Harris bone marrow campaign")
1996
February 7, 1996 Mosimann's, London, ENG (one-off private show for Renault with just 80 seats at £200 per ticket)
September 29, 1996 Queen Elizabeth II, Southampton, ENG (charity gig on the new ocean liner)
September 30, 1996 City Hall, Sheffield, ENG (charity show for 'Freshfields', the Michael Elliott Trust)
1997
- Mark Knopfler - Guitar, vocals
- Steve Phillips - Guitar, vocals
- Brendan Croker - Guitar, vocals
- Guy Fletcher - Keyboards, vocals
- Marcus Cliffe - Bass
- Ed Bicknell - Drums
May 13, 1997 Assembly Rooms, Derby, ENG
May 14, 1997 Southport Theatre, Southport, ENG
May 15, 1997 Barbican Centre, York, ENG
May 16, 1997 Swan Hunter Shipyard, Newcastle, ENG (private show)
May 17, 1997 Redcar Bowl, Redcar, ENG (charity show for the M.S. Therapy Centre Middlesbrough)
May 18, 1997 King's Theatre, Glasgow, SCOT
May 19, 1997 Albert Hall, Stirling, SCOT (charity show for Dunblane)
May 20, 1997 Empire Theatre, Sunderland, ENG
May 21, 1997 Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, ENG
May 22, 1997 Symphony Hall, Birmingham, ENG
May 23, 1997 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, ENG
1998
July 9, 1998 Imperial War Museum, London, ENG (charity gig)
July 10-11 & 13-16, 1998 Ronnie Scott's, Birmingham, ENG
July 18, 1998 Taplow Court, Maidenhead, ENG (Charity concert in aid of War Child)
July 20-25 & 27-August 1, 1998 Ronnie Scott's, London, ENG (joined by Lonnie Donegan on July 24th (performing "Frankie & Johnny" & "Corina Corina"), Chris Barber on July 31st & Pat Cromley on August 1st)
1999
July 19-24, 1999 Ronnie Scott's, London, ENG