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Priscilla Presley on Elvis’ Legacy: ‘He Never Lost Who He Was’

Elvis Presley’s former wife – Priscilla Presley got candid about her life with the music legend and his enduring legacy in a recent ...
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‘Brothers in Band’ – A tribute band that fills all theaters in Europe

Óscar Rosende had 14 years old when a guitar fell into his hands. Rosende currently leads ‘Brothers In Band’, a tribute band to ...
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Fan Club

Cover of the day: ‘Piper to the End’ by Giulio Cattarini

Giulio Cattarini is a guy from Italy, who is a big fan of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler. He shows his passion of ...
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Blog Guitar Stories

Elvis Presley died 40 years ago: Instead of a bicycle he got a guitar and that’s how it all began

The king of the Rock N’ Roll – Elvis Presley died 40 years ago on 16 August 1977 and this week will be ...
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Movie story of Mark Knopfler – Soundtracks, hits, movies and awards

Till we are talking about cinema, the soundtracks that Mark Knopfler composed are kind of science, in which the musician also achieved a ...
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Chatting with Rock Legend – John Illsley

This 35-minutes interview is from May 3, 2016 by Jose Oliveira ‘Rock at Night’ columnist. Jose and John discussed about the meaning behind ...
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Guitar Stories

Riffs from the secret of Mark Knopfler: 3 Guitar Lessons

On occasion for Mark Knopfler birthday one website about musicians, published one post with a couple lessons of songs by Mark Knopfler, including ...
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Documentary about Eric Clapton ‘Life in 12 Bars’ coming up in 2018

Eric Clapton is maybe the greatest guitarist in the world, of course in the team of Jimi Hendrix and Mark Knopfler. Before two ...
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Fan Club Movies

Sunday movie ‘Finding Altamira’ – Proposal from team of DSB

Dire Straits Blog is another weekend with you and this time we would like to propose the movie in which Mark Knopfler had ...
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Quotes

Top 10 Quotes of the Day

Sunday is a day for relax, day to forget about the things that happened in past week. Something like refresh to our soul ...
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Happy 68th Birthday Mark Knopfler!

Hello everyone, how do you feel today?! Today is a big day for celebrating. On this day in 1949 Mark Knopfler was born, ...
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New Knopfler video “Kill To Get Crimson: A Documentary”

Today we have interesting brand new video from Mark Knopfler’s official YouTube channel about “Kill To Get Crimson” album. This short 18-minutes documentary ...
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Playing Knopfler’s solos on different guitars

If you are from Italy, you must to love the music. Today we have interesting short post for all readers of DSB. Edoardo ...
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