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Dire Straits

Dire Straits has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 18 episodes and was first played on 17 March 2015.

Dire Straits was a British rock band from Newcastle, United Kingdom, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), and Pick Withers (drums), and subsequently managed by Ed Bicknell. The band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk. If anything, the band…

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Sultans Of Swing
Dire Straits
Vertigo1978
Sultans Of Swing
Dire StraitsVertigo1978
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Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
Vertigo1985
Brothers In Arms
Dire StraitsVertigo1985
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Once Upon A Time In The West
Dire Straits
Warner Bros. Records1979
Once Upon A Time In The West
Dire StraitsWarner Bros. Records1979
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Follow Me Home
Dire Straits
Vertigo1979
Follow Me Home
Dire StraitsVertigo1979
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Why Worry
Dire Straits
KorAx Multimedia1999
Why Worry
Dire StraitsKorAx Multimedia1999
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Down To The Waterline
Dire Straits
Warner Bros. Records0
Down To The Waterline
Dire StraitsWarner Bros. Records0
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Walk Of Life
Dire Straits
Vertigo1985
Walk Of Life
Dire StraitsVertigo1985
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Six Blade Knife
Dire Straits
Vertigo1978
Six Blade Knife
Dire StraitsVertigo1978
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Ride Across The River
Dire Straits
Vertigo1985
Ride Across The River
Dire StraitsVertigo1985
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So Far Away
Dire Straits
Vertigo1985
So Far Away
Dire StraitsVertigo1985
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