For Dire Straits, one of the highest points in their career came from watching one of the lowest of another band. "Sultans of ...

On June 15, 1985, British rock group Dire Straits began a record-breaking run atop the Billboard 200 with their hugely ...

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The simple facts are these: Knopfler formed Dire Straits in London in 1977 with his younger brother David on rhythm guitar, John Illsley on bass and Pick Withers on drums. Emerging from the city’s ...

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So, there’s yacht rock. And then, there’s boat music. And Dire Straits’ 1985 feel-good rock anthem “Walk of Life” is the ultimate boat music. It’s the kind of uplifting track -- with its catchy ...

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Dire Straits‘ Mark Knopfler always had a deep affinity for country music, citing legends like Willie Nelson and the pedal steel guitar work of Jerry Byrd and Paul Franklin, who worked on the band’s ...

Dire Straits will release a 3-CD expanded edition of their massively successful 1985 album Brothers in Arms on May 16. Two of the three CDs are dedicated to a previously unreleased live recording from ...

Oscar Wilde once claimed, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life,” but when it comes to this classic Dire Straits hit, we (and bassist John Illsley) would argue that life and art can act ...

IT'S hard to believe now, but when they first formed in 1977, Dire Straits struggled to get gigs because their brand of liquid blues-rock was considered old hat by the new punk orthodoxy. Within eight ...