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 ...

To music fans of a certain age, the chirpy synthesiser riff at the start of Walk of Life by Dire Straits will evoke happy memories of the 1980s: the compact disc revolution, untrammelled consumerism ...

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

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