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Interview: Hal Lindes – “The Walk of Life before, during and after Dire Straits”

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This interview with Hal Lindes is from 2006 which Norm Dewitt made it for one guitars magazine. This would be interesting post for all guitarists and fans who ...
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32 years after Live Aid – ‘Feed the World’

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After 32 years, we still remember this day by one beautiful concert. Live Aid was a dual-venue concert held on 13 July 1985, organized by Bob Geldof and ...
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‘Sultans of Swing’ – The song that can make your life beautiful

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Can you imagine every day to listened the same song? This is one text from one Spanish fan who started to listened ‘Sultans of Swing’ almost for a ...
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How Dire Straits got that sound for ‘Money for Nothing’? (Video)

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Because the new technology was expensive to buy and there were very few titles available, Dire Straits decided to record their fifth album digitally for the target of ...
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Rare images from Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits

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Below are some rare images from Mark Knopfler – when he was young and at beginning of Dire Straits era. Let start with Mark and finish with Dire ...
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“Brothers in Arms” or “Bird of Paradise”? Two similar songs…

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“Brothers in Arms” is one of the greatest classic hits by Dire Straits and a song that marked one music era. However, the song had its popularity around ...
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Kuba Badach & “Dire Straits Symphonic” project

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Can you imagine how good would be sounds if you put together rock n’ roll with the symphony? Below we write about one amazing project in Poland and ...
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Happy Birthday John Illsley!

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Born in 24 June 1949 – John Edward Illsley is an English musician, bass guitarist best known as ex-member of Dire Straits. As one of the founding band ...
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10 things you never knew about Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms

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Believe it or not it’s over 30 years since Dire Straits released their hit album “Brothers in Arms”. This was fifth studio album for the band which included ...
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“Your Latest Trick” on Saxophone – Sounds great! (Video)

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Sergio Rouver is a professional Brazilian saxophonist. He has 44 years and he lived Espirito Santo state in Brazil. Currently he works in the Military Police band in ...
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