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How Mark Knopfler grew up wanting to be Jimi Hendrix until he ditched the pick and went fingerstyle
Or how one lesson with a folk singer from the northeast of England (and a bunch of lost picks) changed the history of ...
Mark Knopfler grew up wanting to be like Jimi Hendrix. He's revealed the guitarist who changed his mind
Growing up, Mark Knopfler was just like any other young guitarist. He chose the biggest players to identify with and emulate.
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On This Day in 1978, Dire Straits Release Their First Big Hit, Debut Single “Sultans of Swing”
"There was something really funny about it to me because Sultans, they absolutely weren’t," said Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler.
Dire Straits celebrate the release of iconic album 40 years ago with special new release
A special 40th anniversary edition of Brothers in Arms will be released tomorrow on CD, vinyl and Blu-Ray. It features a ...
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Dire Straits' seminal album Brothers In Arms is 'a cultural phenomenon' 40 years on
Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms 'summed up the 1980s' and was the ultimate 'everyman' record that just about everyone had a ...
Dire Straits’ Knopfler, Illsley tell story of recording Brothers In Arms as album reissued
From Sting barking on Money for Nothing to replacing the drummer halfway through, recording the band’s bestselling album was ...
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Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms Reviewed: New edition reveals the soul beneath the sheen
One of the first albums album recorded, mixed and mastered digitally gets the 40th anniversary treatment. Read MOJO's review ...
The Ralph McLean Show - Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms at 40, Blues On The Bay Festival - BBC Sounds
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