Behind the Band Name: Dire Straits - American Songwriter

The jangle of bright keys and silvery strums with the punch of energetic drum hits and deep, dizzying vocals can only belong to one band: Dire Straits. Videos by American Songwriter Part new wave, part old school, Dire Straits had a trademark sound in which cheery, electric arrangements played against an eclectic backdrop of jazz, […] More

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I said, 'You've got to be joking! You can't put out a record about a trad band playing in a pub and expect it to sell!'” – The story of Dire Straits

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