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2008-01-01 sultans:

Well I guess only Mark Knopfler could really answer this question but the simple answer is that the song is about a band who isn't playing popular music, thus not having a big audience. Exactly why Mark

2007-07-19 dire straits:

I think only Mark Knopfler himself can answer that question correctly but he has mentioned this in interviews: "My uncle Kingsley in Newcastle was a very happy young guy, he had a harmonica, banjo and

2007-04-12 Music of the 1800's:

1. It varied from each year almost. At the beginning it was two guitars, one bass, one drums. The one member left on guitars. Then piano and organ was added and one more guitar. Then sax was added. The

2006-11-26 Getting back together...:

First of all what is Dire Straits? The lineup has changed over the years (more or less for every album) so that question is not so easy to answer. That is also one of the reasons why the group will probably

2006-05-28 Question about Mark Knopfler:

Hello    He doesn't seem to enjoy talking about religion. But his father was a Hungarian jew escaping the nazis from Hungary during second world war. His mother is english and christian. MK didn't seem

 

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