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The Rock Show with Shaun Keaveny - Celebrating 40 years of Brothers in Arms - a Rock Show special with Mark Knopfler - BBC Sounds
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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 ...
The 5 classic Dire Straits songs that aren't on their No. 1 album 'Brothers in Arms'
The overwhelming success of 'Brothers in Arms' tends to overshadow the catalog of Dire Straits. So here are five great Dire Straits tunes from the records that came before it.
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 ...
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40 Years Later: Dire Straits Enter The Mainstream With Hit Packed ‘Brothers In Arms’
With forty years' perspective, the release and subsequent massive success of Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms (released 5/17/85 ...
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Legendary ‘70s Rocker, 75, Celebrates 47th Anniversary of Beloved Hit Song
One of the most distinct bands to come out of the '70s and '80s was Dire Straits. The band had an incredibly unique sound, propelling them into the history books of rock music. Albums like their self ...
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“Playing four notes to the bar with your thumb... That changed everything for me, because that’s what I wanted to be able to do”: How Mark Knopfler grew up wanting to be ...
In this Rock Show interview, Knopfler talks about the success of Brothers In Arms being owed to a number of coincidences. They released it on the back of a string of hit singles in the US. Their label ...