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New Episode of “The Collection” by Gibson Featuring Brian Ray

Yesterday, Gibson TV has premiered the second episode of the series titled “The Collection” which takes viewers on a deep dive into the ...
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Solo of the day – ‘Sultans of Swings’ by Coque Moreno

Coque Moreno is from Barcelona, Spain and on his YouTube channel, he is publishing a video covers from some of the greatest songs ...
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Mark Knopfler: “I Try to Write Good Songs and Make Good Records – And Get Better”

This interesting interview is from March 2015, and today was posted on the official Fan Page of Mark Knopfler on Facebook. You can ...
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A Rare Live Performance of ‘Lady Writer’ in 1979 at The Bayou Club by Dire Straits

This is very rare video footage from the live performances of the Dire Straits from the late 70s. The video is actually from ...
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New Guitar Cover of the Song ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by Yoni Schlesinger

This is the newest guitar cover version by Yoni Schlesinger of the song ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by Dire Straits. This song definitely is ...
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Guitar Cover of ‘Once Upon a Time in The West’ in Performance of a 13-years-old Scotty

We already have been introduced Scotty to our audience in one of the past blog-posts on Dire Straits Blog, where we wrote about ...
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A Few Tips and Tricks How to Sing and Play Guitar at the Same Time

This is a step-by-step guide for beginner musicians and singer-songwriters. This post can help you and give you a couple a few interesting ...
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The Story Behind the Song “Change The World” by Eric Clapton

“Change the World” is a song is written by Gordon Kennedy, Tommy Sims, and Wayne Kirkpatrick, and it’s been recorded by Eric Clapton ...
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Solo of The Day: “Brothers in Arms” by Abid Hayat Khan

Today, in this blog post we have to share with you an amazing performance by Abid Hayat Khan. Namely, he is from Bangladesh ...
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What are Cassette Tapes?

The audio cassette also called the Compact Cassette or simply the tape is a recording format that was first introduced in 1963 to ...
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Solo of the day – “Sultans of Swing” by Enrico Masala

Enrico Masala is from Italy, and he made this amazing solo version from the song “Sultans of Swing” on his Spectrum guitar. The ...
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New Eric Clapton Interview in “Once Were Brothers” Documentary

A new interview with Eric Clapton is featured in the documentary, “Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band” from Director Daniel Roher. ...
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Acoustic & Electric Version of “Sultans of Swing”

This version of “Sultans of Swing” by Dire Straits has been performed by the duo which is probably from Vietnam, Quang Đài and ...
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