The Notting Hillbillies

Musical Group

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The Profile

British country/roots supergroup led by Mark Knopfler; best known for the 1990 album Missing...Presumed Having A Good Time.

Core participants include Mark Knopfler, Brendan Croker, Steve Phillips and Guy Fletcher. The group released the studio album Missing...Presumed Having A Good Time in 1990.

Two DeBaser reviews celebrate the group's faithful country/roots reinterpretation of American folk and blues. The 1990 album Missing...Presumed Having A Good Time is repeatedly singled out. Mark Knopfler's presence and songwriting are noted as central attractions.

Notable Quotes

❝ Four awkward guys, leaning on their big guitars, force a smile in the mugshot.

❝ "Missing...Presumed Having A Good Time": for genre lovers an album of substance, for everyone else an excellent tonic for the mind and heart in a world made of sumptuous banality, where, however, there is still room for the appreciation of genuine beauty that always suggests where to look.