I became a Mark Knopfler fan while hearing 'Sultans of Swing' for the first time. So, I was pleased to recently find he has his own YouTube channel, and it has long playlist.
Still, I didn't expect to find a song about an unpopular, and largely forgotten, African American boxer among a British musician's offerings.
'Song for Sonny Liston' will, of course, not suit everyone's taste in music. But, Knopfler's live performance is good, his style is unique, and his lyrics are an accurate biography of Sonny Liston's life and death.
As this recording is from a live performance, some of the words are a bit hard to understand. So, here's a link to the song's lyrics:
http://www.absolutelyrics.com/lyrics/view/mark_knopfler/song_for_sonny_liston/And, here's the link to the music itself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtGo4nZLvdA