Behind the Band Name: Dire Straits - American Songwriter
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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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David Knopfler Archives - DireStraits
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Dire Straits - Wikipedia
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Sultans Of Swing': Dire Straits Make The SceneEventually
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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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The Untold Truth Of Dire Straits
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Behind the Band Name Archives - American Songwriter
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A Conversation With David Knopfler
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Dire Straits: straight on up from Deptford to Dylan - archive, 1979, Dire Straits
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Guitar Legends: Mark Knopfler – the guitarist with inimitable touch