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Wolfgang Hammersmith – Story and Rare Photographs of Dire Straits

Wolfgang Hammersmith is an accomplished photographer, author, musician, and diver. He pursued training in each of these areas to improve his skills in many areas. In 1979 Wolfgang ...
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“Sultans of Swing” Sensational Street Cover by Miguel Montalban

Miguel Montalban is a musician, guitarist and composer born in Santiago de Chile. He started his professional career in 2013 with one rock band called Andes Empire in ...
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Vote for favourite album from Mark Knopfler!

Down below is one survey, with 3 questions. The first question is about your favorite solo studio album from Mark, the second is about favorite collaborative album from ...
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Elton John and Aretha Franklin Celebrate Birthdays

Like all Dire Straits members who are big music stars, yesterday one of the best musicians in the world of music celebrated his 70th birthday. Elton John who ...
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Gig review: John Illsley at his own East End Arms Pub

Dire Straits bass guitarist – John Illsley chose his own New Forest pub where he made a little gig and played some of his songs from album “Testing ...
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Back in 1983: Mark Knopfler pre concert recreation in Wales

Back in 1983 when Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler had amazing time and they were on the top of many music lists, the audience and newspapers constantly wrote ...
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“Tracker” from Knopfler – Best Album of 2015 & Album of the year

When you think about guitars gods, you probably think on Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix and of course on Mark Knopfler. Basically Knopfler spent ...
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Interview with Eraldo Agostinho and his Two Cover Versions from Dire Straits Songs

Eraldo Agostinho is a Brazilian professional musician who has a band. He is from Rio de Janeiro from Brazil. On his channel on YouTube, he has two short ...
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Colin Davidson and Big Portrait of Mark Knopfler

Colin Davidson is an Irish visual artist born in 1968 and living and working near Belfast, Northern Ireland. Since graduating in 1991 from the University of Ulster his ...
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Easy Guitar Lesson – How to play “Sultans of Swing” with 5 Chords

Are you a fan of Dire Straits? How many favorite songs do you have from Dire Straits? Is “Sultans of Swing” the biggest classic hit of all time? ...
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