The ZZ Top song Mark Knopfler said was what music was “all about”

During the peak of the commercial powers, Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler looked to ZZ Top's boogie rock numbers for ...
Yahoo

Mark Knopfler’s now-famous guitar sound on one of Dire Straits’ biggest hits was all down to dumb luck

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Phil Dent/Redferns Mark Knopfler has been celebrated for his guitar tone since Dire ...

Mark Knopfler looks back on Brothers in Arms – Dire Straits’ “sheer fluke” that made him a reluctant superstar

Brothers In Arms reinvented Knopfler and gave him more fame than he could handle. 40 years on, in a rare interview, the band ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Knopfler's fans show love for Dire Straits songs

At the Fox Theatre on Thursday night, Mark Knopfler basked in the glow of a standing ovation after playing his Dire Straits hit "Sultans of Swing," for which he'd stripped his large band back to a ...
American Songwriter

Mark Knopfler Wrote This Seductive Song for Dire Straits Before it Became a Tina Turner Classic, Featuring Jeff Beck

While working on Dire Straits‘ fourth album, Love Over Gold, released in 1982, Mark Knopfler had written a more seductive song that didn’t quite fit the band’s mold. He realized that the song would be ...