Brian and Murdock get a listener letter asking what happened to Mark Knopfler's world-conquering, MTV video pioneering band Dire Straits.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Knopfler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_Withers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Dancer_(Tina_Turner_song)

https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Mark-Knopfler-entrust-Private-Dancer-to-Tina-Turner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Dancer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Explosion

https://direstraitsblog.com/blog/history-dire-straits-1977-1979-first-two-albums/

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/mark_knopfler_explains_how_he_unintentionally_became_a_songwriter_opens_up_on_his_relationship_with_electric_guitar.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_over_Gold

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Davies_(talent_manager)

https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/tina-turner-queen-of-rock-roll-190581/

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/blogs/blog-on-the-tracks/3294741/The-worst-guitar-solo-in-the-world

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_for_Nothing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Every_Street

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Independent_Recording#AIR_Montserrat_(1979%E2%80%931989)

https://virginradio.co.uk/music/140768/mark-knopfler-potential-dire-straits-reunion

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