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Dire Straits are one of the classic British Classic Rock bands to grace the 20th Century. Intially formed by Mark Knopfler together with brother David Knopfler and developed a sound that was refreshingly cool against a backdrop of the current Punk phenomenon and the over produced Stadium Rock of the 70’s.

Their unassuming style was lapped up be the audience of the day and their self titled first album went multi-platinum. They went on to produce another five albums, all of which went platinum or multi platinum.

In 1996 Dire Straits disbanded and Knopfler went on to do some solo work, releasing his first solo album Golden Heart. Since this time he has released a string of solo albums and remains musically active.

Knopfler is noted for being left handed, but playing guitar right handed. He generally plays a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, but makes extensive use of finger picking, normally associated with acoustic guitar. Knopfler is a huge guitar enthusiast and collecter and has around 170 electric guitars in his collection!