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Telegraph Road is a major north-south 70-mile (110 km) thoroughfare in Michigan, and Mark Knopfler was inspired to write the song while riding in the front of the tour bus, which made the journey down Telegraph Road.
Knopfler used several guitars during the sessions, including four Schecter Stratocasters—two red, one blue, and one sunburst—a black Schecter Telecaster, an Ovation classical guitar on "Private Investigations" and "Love over Gold", a custom Erlewine Automatic on "Industrial Disease" and his 1937 National steel guitar on "Telegraph Road".
Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a British musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995. He pursued a solo career after the band dissolved, and is now an independent artist.
Telegraph Road (Michigan), in the Metro Detroit area, carrying U.S. Highway 24; Telegraph Road (St. Louis County, Missouri), carrying Missouri Route 231; Telegraph Road (Northern Virginia), carrying State Route 241 and State Route 611; Old Wire Road (Missouri and Arkansas), historically known as the Telegraph Road
US Highway 24 (US 24) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs from Minturn, Colorado, to Independence Township, Michigan.In Michigan, it is also known as Telegraph Road and runs for 79.828 miles (128.471 km) as a major north–south state trunkline highway from Bedford Township at the Ohio state line through Metro Detroit.
Although the album consists of only three original pieces written for the film, additional songs from the Dire Straits album Love over Gold were used throughout the film. . According to a review of the film by Philip Gillett, director Forsyth once acknowledged in an interview that he was "trying to mirror the tone" of the album by featuring the tracks "Telegraph Road" and "Private Investigations"
Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler is the third compilation album by Dire Straits and Scottish-born British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released in 2005 by Mercury and Vertigo internationally, and Warner Bros. in the United States.
Jessica Mauboy's Road to Eurovision: Herself — A 60-minute documentary that aired on SBS on 10 May 2014. [75] It followed Mauboy as she prepared for her performance at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Denmark. The documentary also included exclusive access to Mauboy's family and Eurovision mentor Julia Zemiro showing her the sights of ...