Angel of Mercy, Angel Delight —
Gimme my reward in a-Heaven tonight!
And if I give up my sword, won’t you gimme the right?
Angel of Mercy, gimme Heaven tonight!
Lyrics from “Angel of Mercy” by Dire Straits, 1979.
Photos by Rick Stachura. October 21, 2015.
Mark Knopfler on his Tracker Tour at the Beacon Theatre.
With Guy Fletcher (keyboards), Jim Cox (piano, organ, accordion), Richard Bennett (guitars), John McCusker (violin, cittern), Ian Thomas (drums), Michael McGoldrick (whistles, pipes, flute), Glenn Worf (bass), and Nigel Hitchcock (saxophone).
Mr. Knopfler played “Broken Bones,” “Corned Beef City,” “Privateering,” “Father and Son,” “Hill Farmer’s Blues,” “Skydiver,” “She’s Gone,” “Your Latest Trick” [Dire Straits], “Romeo and Juliet” [Dire Straits], “Sultans of Swing” [Dire Straits], “Haul Away,” “Postcards from Paraguay,” “Marbletown,” “On Every Street” [Dire Straits], and “Speedway at Nazareth.” For the encore, he did “So Far Away” [Dire Straits] and “Piper to the End.”