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Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals, lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums, percussion). The band was active from 1977 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 1995.
Sonni, who was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, met founding Dire Straits members and guitarists David and Mark Knopfler while working in a guitar shop in Manhattan in 1978, according to a post on ...
Following another hiatus, Dire Straits' final album Live at the BBC (released in 1995) was a contractual release featuring live recordings from 1978 to 1981, with the original line-up of Mark and David Knopfler, Illsley and Pick Withers (Clark and Lindes also featured on one track). In 1995, Mark Knopfler disbanded Dire Straits for the second ...
Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a Scottish 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.
A 1983 Les Paul that Knopfler played on Dire Straits’ chart-topping 1985 album “Brothers in Arms” and onstage that year at Live Aid has an estimated price of 10,000 to 15,00 pounds.
Prince Louis has a noisy new hobby. While appearing at the Tusk Conservation Awards in London on Wednesday, November 27, Prince William told Rolling Stones bassist Ronnie Wood and ex-Dire Straits ...
Clark joined Dire Straits in 1980 [3] and remained a major influence on the band's music until the band's eventual dissolution in 1995. He co-produced the band's final album, On Every Street. [1] Alan Clark w Jack Sonni on stage w Dire Straits Legacy . In 1983 he played on Bob Dylan's album Infidels and also on Dylan's following Empire ...
Illsley and Mark Knopfler were the only founding members to remain in Dire Straits until the group's dissolution in 1995. Illsley unsuccessfully tried to persuade Mark Knopfler to reform the group. [10] In his November 2021 autobiography My Life in Dire Straits, Illsley confirms that Knopfler had no interest in reforming Dire Straits.