The ex-Dire Straits guitarist paid tribute on his website to the blues guitarist BB King who died on May 14, aged 89.
“BB King was an enormous influence on me and for countless others, " wrote Knopfler.
"I first heard him on the record Live At The Regal at 15, and was struck by the sound and the emotion in his playing and singing and the effect of both on the audience.
"It was an honour to be a part of BB King and Friends, his 80th birthday recording of duets. BB will always be in my heart.”
