Rock Classic #24 - Dire Straits (Deutsch / English)

Wieso #24 eigentlich?

Nun ja, Nik Kershaw nehme ich mal intern in die Rock Classics Serie als Beitrag 23 auf - kann leider nicht mehr editieren. Hier nun eine Band aus England, die mich in den 80ern geprägt hat, insbesondere was die fantastischen Gitarren Künste angeht. Dire Straits und Mark Knopfler stehen für entspannten Rock Sound in extrem hoher Qualität.

Wie schon öfters wird @rivalzzz erwähnt, er hat bestimmt irgendwelche Sachen / Erfahrungen zu der Band beizusteuern. @jedigeiss nehme ich mal mit rein um professionelles Feedback zu erhalten was die Fähigkeiten des Mark Knopfler an der Gitarre anbelangt.

Brothers in Arms war DAS Album für mich im Jahr 1985 - eine kleine Auswahl hier oben und unten im Post besuchter :-).

Dire Straits for Rock Classics #24

Hi music lovers on Steemit - here comes edition 24 of my Rock Classics with one of the top bands in the 1980ies from the UK. Their relaxed guitar sounds is what I still listen to when I want to calm down a bit. Their album Brothers in Arms was - not only for me - one of the rock history highlights of all times. It was not only sold over 30 million times it was the first music album recorded entirely digitally. This was because Mark was pushing for improved sound quality. Other top stars like Sting also hat there appearance on this masterpiece of music.

About the band

Dire Straits was formed in 1977 my Mark Knopfler, his brother David as well as John Illsley and Pick Withers. Together they became one of the top acts commercially - their first chart breaker was Sultans of Swing in 1978:

They sold over 100 million records during their existence. They split in 1987 - reunited and repeated the scenario as many Rock bands do these days. Mark Knopfler and his guitar skills are outstanding, even maybe Steemians like @steevc are more qualified to judge that. His guitar skills probably more convincing compared to his voice.

Sources: My memories, YouTube and Wikipedia