In 1995 Dire Straits had broken up for the final time, Mark Knopfler (lead guitar,lead vocals,lead songwriter), well he carried on with his career doing what he'd been doing and that was continuing some music projects he'd already started.
Mark is a master storyteller by way of his songwriting style, yet sometimes we overlook that because of his high level skill at playing guitar, his album 'Kill to Get Crimson' exemplifies both.
Mark's fourth solo album 'Shangri-La' didn't get into gear until roughly after seven months in recovery and rehabilitation from a motorcycle wreck in 2003.
Another tour and another break for Knopfler, it was wasn't until four years later that Mark released another album, this one titled, 'Sailing to Philadelphia'.