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The name Dire Straits was coined by a musician flatmate of Withers, allegedly thought up while they were rehearsing in the kitchen of a friend, Simon Cowe, of Lindisfarne. In 1977, the group recorded a five-song demo tape which included their future hit single, " Sultans of Swing ", as well as " Water of Love " and " Down to the Waterline ".
Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler has said it’s unlikely he would ever play as part of the group again.. Knopfler said he wouldn’t play with the band again as he wanted to “expand and work ...
After a break from touring, Dire Straits regrouped for the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert staged on 11 June 1988 at Wembley Stadium, at which they were the headline act. As Sonni was unable to play the show, Eric Clapton took his place. [12] On 15 September 1988, Knopfler announced the disbanding of Dire Straits. [13]
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.
When Dire Straits performed "Money for Nothing" at the 1985 Live Aid Concert at Wembley Stadium, the performance featured a guest appearance by Sting. Knopfler performed "Money for Nothing" during the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute and the Prince's Trust concerts in 1986 with Sting, [ 21 ] as well as the Nordoff-Robbins charity show at ...
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.
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 ...
He also played the Live Aid concert at Wembley, on July 13, 1985, with Dire Straits. [6] Sonni also appears in several of the Brothers In Arms official videos. After his collaboration with Dire Straits, Sonni contributed to other musicians' works, but ended his professional musical career when his twin daughters were born in 1988.