38 years ago Dire Straits on 23 February 1979 – they made first tour of the United States and Canada, opens at the Paradise Club in Boston. The ...
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In 1980 Dire Straits were nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for “Sultans of Swing”. ...
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1977 is the year when brothers Mark and David Knopfler and friends John Illsley and Pick Withers formed one of the greatest bands in the world – Dire ...
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Mark Knopfler has released a promotional video of the song “Cleaning My Gun”. The song is extracted from the album “Get Lucky”, released in September 2009. Although he ...
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Van Morrison for his 35th studio album, provides new takes on some of his lesser-known tracks, going back to 1970’s “Lord, If I Ever Needed Someone.” “Irish Heartbeat”, ...
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As we know Dire Straits from 1978 to its end in 1995 as a band was a one of the greatest in the world. All members were legends ...
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The Notting Hillbillies was a country rock project formed by Mark Knopfler in May 1986. The group consisted of Knopfler, Steve Phillips, Brendan Croker, Guy Fletcher, Paul Franklin, ...
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Today we have a short audio interview for you where Mark Knopfler talking about Beryl, the lead song from his album “Tracker”. In the Soundcloud clip below, you ...
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Simply put, this professionally shot video—which was posted to YouTube about 4 years ago—shows three guitar masters at work. It’s an incredible and purely instrumental performance of Dire ...
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Dire Straits had no easy ride en route to the multi-million-selling domination of their later years. The group had to endure plenty of low-profile gigs that paid next ...
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