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Incredible Music Video of “Brothers In Arms” by The Portnoy Brothers

Sruli and Mendy Portnoy are two brothers who grew up hugely influenced by the music of Dire Straits. They are a British-Israeli folk ...
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Mark Knopfler and The Notting Hillbillies Story

The Notting Hillbillies was a country rock project formed by Mark Knopfler in May 1986. The group consisted of Knopfler, Steve Phillips, Brendan ...
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Mark Knopfler – Short interview talking about Beryl

Today we have a short audio interview for you where Mark Knopfler talking about Beryl, the lead song from his album “Tracker”. In ...
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Dire Straits – Artistic drawings from our fans

Dire Straits are one of the biggest bands in the world. Many times they played with big stage names and people love their ...
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“Sultans of Swingers” – The band who love to play music of Dire Straits

Sultans of Swingers is a band from Wiltshire, England. This band is formed by five fans of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler music. ...
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Gallery

Dire Straits Album Covers (1978–1991): Every Studio Album Artwork

The Dire Straits album covers tell the visual story of one of the greatest rock bands of all time. From the band’s self-titled ...
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Three incredible guitarists play Dire Straits’ “Sultans of Swing”

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 ...
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Quotes

Phil Collins Top Quotes

Here is some of quotes from Phil Collins, English musician and the best drummer in the world. 1. The world is in your hands, ...
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Dire Straits start their studio adventures

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 ...
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Neil Dorfsman: The “Money For Nothing” Tone

Sometimes great things happen by accident, as in the case of the world-famous guitar tone on the song “Money for Nothing” from Dire ...
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The guitars that built rock: The Fender Stratocaster

In part two of our new series, we examine the proud history of the Fender Stratocaster, the guitar favoured by Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie ...
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Hear Mark Knopfler’s isolated guitar from “Sultans of Swing”

Sorry for yet another isolated guitar track, but we couldn’t let this one go by. You’ll agree when you start listening to it. ...
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John Illsley: I was missing being in the studio and playing music

Former Dire Straits bassist delivers intimate film. When God Made Time is the first single from John Illsley’s album Testing The Water from ...
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