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Happy Birthday John Illsley!

Born in 24 June 1949 – John Edward Illsley is an English musician, bass guitarist best known as ex-member of Dire Straits. As one of the founding band ...
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10 things you never knew about Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms

Believe it or not it’s over 30 years since Dire Straits released their hit album “Brothers in Arms”. This was fifth studio album for the band which included ...
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“Your Latest Trick” on Saxophone – Sounds great! (Video)

Sergio Rouver is a professional Brazilian saxophonist. He has 44 years and he lived Espirito Santo state in Brazil. Currently he works in the Military Police band in ...
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A few words about World Music Day

The “Fête de la Musique” or just “World Music Day” – is maintained every year on same date – 21 June (first day of summer) in the cities ...
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Thanks to all Dire Straits Fans!

This short post is for all fans that support Dire Straits music and this website Dire Straits Blog. We are positively surprised from our fans on Instagram. Yesterday ...
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Mark Knopfler: Looks back on his Tracker album

Mark Knopfler’s favorite guitar ever is Stratocaster. That is a guitar with a lot of history. Over his career, Mark spent so much time on that guitar nearly ...
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When “Brothers In Arms” album became Global No.1

No one, not even the members of Dire Straits themselves, did not know what they did when they released their new album “Brothers In Arms” in 1985. That ...
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Mark Knopfler Started To Record New Songs for a Possible Future Album

Even now that Mark is not releasing new albums, he is still active and every day he works in the studio. Mark would never be out from the ...
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Very beautiful and positive person – Anabela has an amazing voice!

Anabela Silva is a 21 years old girl, she loves music and enjoys creating and making music. We saw her on Instagram where she posted one video from ...
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Another 5 Electric Guitars that Defined Knopfler’s Career – Part Three

Throughout his career he used many guitars that defined his music. Before some days ago we shared the second part of Mark Knopfler’s Electirc Guitars – and today ...
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