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Dire Straits



Having expressed the desire to give up touring on a big scale, Mark Knopfler quietly dissolved Dire Straits in 1995. The band's popularity had peaked with Brothers In Arms - the On Every Street album and the gruelling world tour that accompanied it had not been the success that they thought it should have been. The group's final tour had also taken its toll on the band.[4]

Following Dire Straits' dissolution, Knopfler immediately launched his solo career, of which Guy Fletcher has been associated with almost every single piece of work to date. The percussionist Danny Cummings has also appeared frequently. Knopfler also started writing movie scores once again.

During 1996 the entire Dire Straits catalogue was remastered by Bob Ludwig, and re-released on CD in most of the world outside the United States. The remasters were released in September 2000 in the United States. Three 'Best of' albums have been released: Money for Nothing (1988) was followed ten years later by Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits.

In 1999 the four pieces band actualy united one last time with Ed on drums for five songs (including performance of Chuck Berry's Nadine) on june 19th for John Illsley's wedding [5]

In 2002 former Dire Straits members John Illsley, Chris White, Danny Cummings and Guy Fletcher joined with Mark Knopfler for four charity concerts. Brendan Croker joined Mark during the first half and they playing mainly material from The Notting Hill Billies, then Croker left at half time and John Illsley replaced him, for a Dire Straits Session, towards the end of which, at the Sheperd's Bush concert, at least, Jimmy Nail came on to provide backing vocals for Why Aye Man.

The most recent compilation is The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations, released in November 2005. It's comprised of material from the majority of Dire Straits' studio albums, as well as Mark Knopfler's solo and soundtrack material. It was made available in two editions: a single CD (with a grey cover) and also as double CD (with the cover in blue). The only previously unreleased track on the album is All The Roadrunning, a duet with country music singer Emmylou Harris. The album was, surprisingly, an underground hit and did exceptionally well, considering Dire Straits had broken up over 10 years prior to its release.

2005 also saw the limited edition release of the 20th anniversary edition of the Brothers in Arms album, which was also a success, winning a Grammy award for Best Surround Sound Album.

Notable Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler fans include the late Douglas Adams, the late Princess Diana, Lancaster University politics guru Robert Patterson, eminent historian Sophie Dover, Quentin Tarantino, and the band The Killers, who performed a cover of Romeo and Juliet for the Live from Abbey Road series on Channel 4. Indian cricket great Sachin Tendulkar is another Dire Straits fan. The band System of a Down sometimes plays a part from Sultans Of Swing on their live concerts, as an intro for their song called Aerials, and even Metallica played Brothers In Arms live on a the 21st Annual Bridge School Benefit.

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Band members

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Discography

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Awards

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References

  1. ^ Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler to give benefit concert at Opera House Boothbayregister 17 August 2006
  2. ^ Guy Fletcher official site
  3. ^ GRAMMY Winners Search Retrieved on May 11, 2007.
  4. ^ Dire Straits lyrics, music, biography, records, band, album, videos, CD, and the discography including Dire Straits famous works
  5. ^ John's Wedding

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