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Clapton Joins Dire Straits To Play “Sultans of Swing”

Written by Mark Knopfler, released on May 1978 it was song for Dire Straits first debut album. “Sultans of Swing” is song which marked one past time when ...
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Dire Straits & Sting at Live Aid – “Money For Nothing” 1985

With a two song set running at 18 minutes between rock giants U2 and Queen – British rockers from Dire Straits had their work cut out for them ...
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Inspiration Behind “Money for Nothing” (Documentary Video)

Five years ago in 2012, Mark Knopfler with his original guitar – Gibson 1958 Les Paul made one documentary video and discussed for his inspiration behind the rock ...
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Dire Straits Songs Hold The Key To Greek Crisis

Life imitates art, it seems that classic album from Dire Straits “Brothers In Arms” hold the key to understanding Greece’s economic and debt crises. If you listen the ...
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The Dire Straits Experience in India – 17th and 19th March

After Moscow and Ufa – Dire Straits Experience are coming now in India. Gurgaon and Bengalore are ready for one of the biggest rock concerts of the year ...
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Popularity of Dire Straits in North African Tuareg Communities

This post is about the partnership between “Africa is a Country“, and “Afropop Worldwide“. They recently made a documentary movie called “Accounting for Taste” that explores musical influences ...
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Mark Knopfler – Exclusive Masterclass for Royal College of Music

One year before, on 16 april 2016 Mark Knopfler best known as the frontman of popular band Dire Straits was in the Royal College of Music for an ...
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Mark Knopfler – Shows Fingerpicking Technique

In 2015 Mark Knopfler was guest at one Norwegian-Swedish television talk show where he explained the fingerpicking technique of playing guitar. Skavlan is a television talk show which ...
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The Perfect Song For Movies – “Walk of Life Project”

The Walk of Life Project is created by video editor and writer Peter Salomone. This project is a vast collection of the final moments of some of cinema’s ...
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TOP 10 – Dire Straits Songs

When their debut album was released in 1978, Dire Straits came out of nowhere. They had formed only the year before and had gigs much before they recorded ...
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