Mark Knopfler - Tunnel 13 (One Deep River)

One Deep River, out now: markknopfler.lnk.to/odr
In the Siskiyou Mountains the old railroad winds
Through the golds of the maples and the green of the pines
Up to Tunnel 13 the Southern she climbs
And three bandits waiting with evil in mind
The D’Autremont brothers had chosen their road
Chosen to live by a criminal code
Word was the mailcar was loaded with gold
The brothers had heard it, or had maybe been told
They wanted no witnesses, that was a fact
The brothers were bent on a barbarous act
Gold there was none, only sadness and tears
And the law coming after them year after year
Three bandits, hearts filled with resentment and hate
Killed mail clerk Elvyn Daugherty, engineer Sydney Bates
With shotgun and pistols they were panicking when
They killed brakeman Coyle Johnson and fireman Marvin Seng
Robbing and looting is as old as the hills
They’re still jumping freight trains with crowbars and drills
A hundred years later in Downtown LA
They rob the Union Pacific damn near every day
Four good men lay murdered in the dogwoods and pines
Leaving widows and children and heartbreak behind
Tunnel 13 is the place in the song
Where the beautiful redwood for my guitar came from
‘One Deep River' - Album Credits
Written by Mark Knopfler
Published by Will D. Side/Universal Music Publishing Ltd
Produced by Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher
Engineered by Guy Fletcher at British Grove Studios, London
Assisted by Luie Stylianou, Rowan McIntosh, Tom Coath, Eve Morris and Edie Delafield
Guitar Tech, Glenn Saggers
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, Maine
Guitars, Vocals - Mark Knopfler
Guitars - Richard Bennett
Pedal Steel, Lap Steel, Additional Guitars - Greg Leisz
Synths, Keyboards - Guy Fletcher
Piano, Keyboards - Jim Cox
Electric and Upright Bass - Glenn Worf
Drums - Ian ‘Ianto' Thomas
Percussion - Danny Cummings
Fiddle - John McCusker
Wood Flute - Mike McGoldrick
Backing Vocals - Emma Topolski, Tamsin Topolski
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[@kellycraig7009]

This happened near where I live in Oregon, in the Siskiyou Mountains between Oregon and California, in October 1923. Love this song and the history he tells in it!

[@EvgeniyNeutralMusician]

Definately one of the best songs on the album along with "Sweeter Than The Rain", brilliant story of the classic Western epoch, splendidly told by the master Mark Knopfler.

[@space_designs]

And it is based on facts.

[@jackoneil3933]

Thank you Mark. Deeply moving for me, as I knew the Vern DeAutremont, the 4th and youngest of the DeAutremont brothers who was not 'possessed' to do such a thing" as Ray later pondered. Vern became a a pioneering Air-mail pilot, legendary flight-instructor and comically stoic philosopher deeply loved by many and who helped shape the lives of many in aviation. Vern however carried the stigma of his brother's acts and remained a solitary and somewhat melancholy soul his entire life. He operated an flight operation in Oregon's Capitol Salem and spent the rest of his life operating it and caring for his mother who was born in Germany. She owned and operated a 19th century Swiss Mansion as a boarding house, that looked like a haunted mansion straight out of the Swiss Alps. "The DeAutremont Mansion" I think it was called, and Vern lived alone in that huge Mansion it until his passing. In 1972, my father's good friend, the then-governor Tom McCall commuted Ray's sentence after a mutual friend, the warden of the Oregon State Penitentiary helped make the case to honor Ray's request that he be allowed to die a free man. I met Ray once when my father and his friend the warden (A pilot as well) offered to help re-aquatint Vern and Ray, but I can recall for certain if Vern and Ray ever met after Ray was released as I to recall Vern saying he visited his brother Huge once but had no interest in seeing Ray again as it was something he and and his mother suffered much pain and heartache as the lines of your poem poignantly recall. I hope you will continue to bless us with more timeless works and collaborations in the many years to come, Cheers mate!

[@wjlevien]

Another masterpiece by the one and only Mark Knopfler.

[@kmcel190]

My favorite song on the album, but they are all great, Thank you!

[@ildaruk8293]

Totally agree

[@sebastiengiles1568]

Très bien😂❤🎉

[@JuanC_Aguirre]

Brilliant song. Probably the best in my opinion.

[@sobakjojo7791]

I agree ✌️

[@mirapiccolo6601]

What a great story and song..thanks Mark

[@dariuszgancewski2107]

Now we know where the beautiful redwood for Mark's guitar came from :) Thank you Mark for all Your songs which accompanied our lives

[@simongrech2268]

Best song on the album ! Sublime

[@Adipekb]

Целая история в одной песне. Шикарно 🎸

[@KevinRyan-ce2lq]

Such a blessing to have new music from Mark. Such beautiful melodies, lyrics that paint a picture in your mind, not to forget the masterful guitar.

[@simongrech2268]

Best song by far on the album !

[@domenicov_versus3789]

Extraordinary storyteller and musician. The best

[@dezed3774]

C'est du pur bonheur, du très bon MK ! PAPY MARK je t'aime et je t'embrasse! 😘❤🙏

[@momu9368]

Super schöner Song 🙃🙃🙃 ich bin total glücklich, das Mark ein neues Album machte ❤ voll geil 🧡💛🧡

[@AzErradi]

Poignant song

[@rosannanorbiato3462]

Fantastic song!!! Great Mark Knopfler!!!❤🎸❤

[@sobakjojo7791]

This man is a genius. 😍

[@mlsjuge477]

I’m really really enjoying listening to this new album. Thanks Mark x

[@user-bi9yh7sv5t]

Thank you very much Marknofler

[@heartbreaker183]

Another brilliant song. The lyrics gives enough material for a Western

[@eirikwetting4408]

Beautiful song😊

[@colinpday4859]

Well what can one say!! Epic storytelling as only MK can do. Great song as always. Thanks Mark for all your material. God bless you and Thank you.

[@mlsjuge477]

Mr Dylan would have something to say about that!😮

[@gamike8898]

thank you ...thank you Mark.....

[@RosaPeijs]

What beautiful content this song really has a moving story❤

[@Zoe.TheBody360]

In scenes of horror...grew the Redwoods to build the guitar....it just needed the genius of MK to play it and indeed tell the tale.

[@mishalgunner]

Another classic from the King

[@JFCARRO-lf1bm]

Bel album un petit bijoux

[@anomalees]

These incisive lyrics transport me back to sweeter times in our lives. Simplicity is the new rite of passage. 🤩 .

[@rosaavitabile9758]

Wonderful song, guitar is sweet

[@user-rn5sg5lw2g]

Très belle chanson Mark Knopfler ❤ 💕💕💕💕💕💕♥️❤️❤️

[@soulight8205]

One of the best songs released in 2024 so far

[@zeeshanalvi3799]

Respect with ❤ lots of love and prayers to you sir Mark knopfler. ❤ Dr Zeeshan Alvi from Pakistan.. stay blessed and happy

[@SpringsteenRecordings]

Fantastic!

[@michaelrfmartin]

Master storytelling set to beautiful music. MK at his best

[@alicjabutczak2211]

Skromny a zarazem Wielki wielki SZACUNEK ❤

[@bonniewalker6340]

I love this instrumental…. Just play it alone and it would be an opener and closer for all your concerts… I listen to lyrics also…. I just love the beat and the way it makes me feel……

[@avikchatterjee1945]

Am crying...o how...

[@saketchaturvedi1073]

This one is really really good

[@mijone06]

Brilliant

[@shirleyvitorini4930]

Adorei todo álbum...mas como não sei inglês vejo a tradução...mas só a junção do instrumental com sua voz já acho maravilhoso! Parabéns!! 🇧🇷🎸🎸

[@georgesmarcot3981]

Pure merveille, merci Mark 🎸🎸🎸🎸❤❤❤❤

[@judijaba]

Amazing

[@spomenkazlokolica3061]

❤Wonderful ❤

[@ecolammarando8880]

Premier coup de cœur de ce nouvel opus!

[@patmlaftr959]

This album just keeps getn better like aging whiskey Keep on rolling along that rail track Mark ❤❤ god bless ya

[@user-ok8uf8ek7o]

Excelente 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@nancyspasko54]

Adore this song ❤

[@llibelulalibelula3322]

❤🎶🎸💓😍🥺🥰 Gijón (North of Spain) 💜🍀🌹

[@spomenkazlokolica3061]

❤🎤❤🎸❤MK GENIE❤

[@vincenzoorlando7824]

GREAT MARKKKKK😍🥰🤩🤩

[@joela9099]

There are a couple great books about this train robbery. Pretty interesting reads.

[@twohandsandaradio]

Just the way he sings the words gives me a very Warren Zevon feel in the last days.

[@eugeniocorti9892]

Cosa volere di più! Great MK.

[@haexpi]

my fav one❤

[@AndreinaGeo]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@batistazayander8344]

tunnel of love 13

[@inigjean1484]

🎸💕🎶🥰

[@danielthyme8609]

Great song MK :)

[@sophiedanze6005]

I love it❤! Amazing song. Makes me think of The House of the Rising Sun.

[@janvdBrink]

Awesome, a bit of Johnny Cash in it❤

[@johnoglesby-vw7ck]

I heard that too, especially at the beginning of the song. Beautiful!

[@TheWatchernator]

最好聽

[@user-kh8vy4in2o]

💎

[@user-eq2dx2jp6v]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@francescotesta858]

😊❤

[@citizen1988]

The basic line of this song seems like the House of the Rising Sun.

[@user-to5rk6yw5i]

Coincido..the Animals😍

[@stratovanzo]

A bit of terminal of tribute to as well

[@giorgio2976]

Tunnel 13 after Hangar 18

[@spomenkazlokolica3061]

🚂💰💰💰💰🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳💫🎸💫🎸💫❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@Synchronicety]

Lady Diana Spencer... where are you, when even the german loved you back then on 81 on lovely, we stood bevore your door, paying 5 fucking pounds for a hot dog

[@sc-cg2wh]

Sorry, this is horrible.

[@mulgamutt]

Not everyone is born with taste.

[@sc-cg2wh]

@@mulgamutt I love 99% of his stuff. Your opinion is no more valid than mine, just different.

[@blazbarisic6578]

@@sc-cg2wh You love his stuff yet you make the decision which indicates the opposite.

[@sc-cg2wh]

@@blazbarisic6578 NO. It's called an OPINION. That's ALL it is. It's MINE. You do YOU. See how this works?

[@blazbarisic6578]

@@sc-cg2wh Sure. I respect opinions. Atleast constructive ones. But what is the point of calling out someones effort with just "sorry, this is horrible" other to offend them. If you said, you like most of his stuff then I would expect you'd skip with such a comment or be a little bit more detailed in your "opinion". How can anone benefit from it? I think you lack an empathy.

[@ounadjelasalim1722]

Horrible song

[@bobbynoe1]

You dont' like it, okay -. but what's "horrible" with this song beyond its story?

[@michaelrfmartin]

It's not horrible at all. It's relating a horrific true event, agreed but the music is superb.

[@geoffreymarsan8721]

I don’t see how anyone could call this horrible. I’m curious to know why you did

[@citizen1988]

The basic line of this song seems like the House of the Rising Sun.

[@leonidpopkov7623]

This is quite another song of Clockwork Quartet band.

[@user-to5rk6yw5i]

Coincido.The Animals🌟