“I don’t like my albums”: The only Dire Straits record Mark Knopfler can stand listening to

For all of the great music Mark Knopfler has made over the years, this is the only one that he would be happy to revisit.
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Mark Knopfler on the guitar solo he calls even better than Dire Straits' "Sultans of Swing"

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Mark Knopfler’s now-famous guitar sound on one of Dire Straits’ biggest hits was all down to dumb luck

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Dire Straits Hits One Chart For The First Time, Decades After Splitting Up

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. “Sultans of Swing” gives Dire Straits its first streaming hit in ...
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"I did everything wrong, but I think they’re perfect notes”: Mark Knopfler's favourite guitar solo

As part of Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler recorded a number of songs that are now considered electric guitar classics (Sultans Of Swing and Money For Nothing to name just a couple), but it turns out that ...
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Dire Straits Manage A Surprising Comeback With Several Big Albums

Dire Straits earns chart success in the U.K. as two greatest hits albums reenter the Official Albums chart, while “Sultans of Swing” surges once again. AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 01: Photo of DIRE STRAITS ...

The guitarist Mark Knopfler called “otherworldly”

When a young Knopfler started to copycat the sound he heard on Everly Brothers records, he didn't even realise which legend ...