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“Walk of Life” – Dire Straits Cover by Martyn Lucas – World Piano Man
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“Walk of Life” – Dire Straits Cover by Martyn Lucas – World Piano Man

Martyn Lucas is a self-employed musician, film creator, and YouTuber, born on March 9, 1969. Because of the epidemic situation all around the world, his concerts and gigs ...
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Guitar Made Out of Broken Skateboards
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Guitar Made Out of Broken Skateboards

In this blog-post, we are going to present you Ben Paik and one of his projects made in his 20 ft. shipping container. Namely, he makes things out ...
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Fender vs Squier Stratocaster – Which One Sounds Better? (Tone Battle)
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Fender vs Squier Stratocaster – Which One Sounds Better? (Tone Battle)

In this blog-post, we will see a battle between American Fender Stratocaster Deluxe versus a Chinese Squier Stratocaster. Paul Davids played both guitars with the same settings on ...
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Burls Art: “I Built an Epoxy Volcano Guitar”
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Burls Art: “I Built an Epoxy Volcano Guitar”

One year ago Burls Art has built a guitar out of 1,200 colored pencils. His video went viral across the internet and YouTube, and until now has more ...
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“Sultans of Swing” – Guitar Solo by Dave Corleto

“Sultans of Swing” is the number one hit song by Dire Straits. The solo that Mark Knopfler has played during the song is historic. Many musicians are trying ...
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“Iron Hand” – Acoustic Dire Straits Cover by Anabela Silva
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“Iron Hand” – Acoustic Dire Straits Cover by Anabela Silva

Anabela Silva is our longtime friend as well as a fan of Dire Straits Blog. Before three years ago we just found her on Instagram where she had ...
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Rest in Peace – Ruth Selma Knopfler has Died on 73 (1947 – 2020)
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Rest in Peace – Ruth Selma Knopfler has Died at 73 (1947 – 2020)

Mark Knopfler’s sister, Ruth Selma Knopfler has died at 73. Yesterday on July 15, 2020, sad news reached us. Namely, Ruth Selma Knopfler which was the first child ...
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35th Anniversary of Live Aid Concert – The Day the Music Changed the World
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35th Anniversary of Live Aid Concert – The Day the Music Changed the World

35-years ago it was the day when the music changed the world. Today is the 35th anniversary of the iconic Live Aid concert, held on July 13, 1985. ...
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“You and Your Friend” – On The Night Dire Straits Full Cover by HERES
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“You and Your Friend” – On The Night Dire Straits Full Cover by HERES

Heres is a French singer, songwriter, and a guitarist singing both in English and French. When he was 15-years-old, he got his first guitar, a classical one on ...
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Live in Studio “Sultans of Swing” – Dire Straits Cover by Martin Miller & Josh Smith
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Live in Studio “Sultans of Swing” – Dire Straits Cover by Martin Miller & Josh Smith

Martin Miller is a musician from Leipzig, Germany. While he is mostly known as a guitar player, he is also a teacher, producer, composer, and vocalist. Martin has ...
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