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Mark Knopfler

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Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

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Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits Discography

Discography - Album CD

Title		Date	Rem
Dire Straits	*	1978
Communique	*	1979
Making Movies	*	1980
Love Over Gold	*	1982
Local Hero - soundtrack (solo)	*
Twisting by the Pool - ( EP mini-album)	*
Alchemy	*	1984
Brothers In Arms	*	1985
Money for Nothing (compilation)	*
The Princess Bride (soundtrack)
Cal (soundtrack)
Golden Head
Screenplaying		2001
Ragpicker's Dream
Sailing to Philadelphia
Neck and Neck (with Chet Atkins)	**
Wag The Dog (soundtrack)
Why Aye Man
Shangri-La		2004

*=Dire Straits
**=with Chet Atkins

Dire Straits - line-up

Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals)
Hal Lindes (guitar)
John Illsley (bass)
Pick Withers (drums)
Alan Clark (keyboards)

BIO

Mark Knopfler born Glasgow on the 12th August 1949.

Formed Dire Straits in 1977.

Former groups

Dire Straits
Brewer's Droop
Cafe Racers

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FAQ

The first Dire Straits album was produced by Muff Winwood, ex-Spencer Davis Group and brother of Steve Winwood.

The band name "Dire straits" came from their
early financial state.

Mark Knopfler has wriitten the soundtrack for many films.

Suffered a bad motor-cycle accident in March 2003
and unable to perform for many months.