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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Some Mark Knopfler songs begin with a guitar riff. Others begin with a person, a book, or a story that refuses to leave his mind. “Beryl”, one of ...
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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 debut in 1978 to On ...
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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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Former Dire Straits bassist delivers intimate film. When God Made Time is the first single from John Illsley’s album Testing The Water from 2014. Testing The Water is ...
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We look back on the album that turned Dire Straits into the biggest British rock band of the 80’s. In November 1984, Mark Knopfler gathered Dire Straits at ...
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From Dire Straits’ big hits to deep cuts, these are the 10 greatest tracks from the biggest British band of the 80’s. For too long, Dire Straits have ...
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It’s so much a part of the fabric of rock history now that it’s strange to think that “Sultans Of Swing” missed the charts altogether when it was ...
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If Dire Straits thought the world needed a little break from them after the globe-straddling success of Brothers In Arms, then in 1988 proved that the opposite was ...
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All of the early groundwork that Dire Straits had put into cultivating their audience with tireless live work and a strong first album brought them a new reward ...
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