Genres: Rock & Roll, Pop/Rock, Album Rock Active: 70's, 80's, 90's Formed: 1977 in London, England
Chris Rea, The Traveling Wilburys, Peter Gabriel, Rod Stewart, Steely Dan, Tom Petty, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Aztec Camera, John Hiatt, George Harrison, J. Geils Band, Fleetwood Mac, Phil Collins, Sheryl Crow, The Police, Supertramp, ZZ Top |  |
Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk. If anything, the band was a direct outgrowth of the roots revivalism of pub rock, but where pub rock celebrated good times, Dire Straits were melancholy. Led by guitarist/vocalist Mark Knopfler, the group built their sound upon the laid-back blues-rock of J.J. Cale, but they also had jazz and country inflections, occasionally dipping into the epic song structures of progressive rock. The band's music was offset by Knopfler's lyrics, which approximated the winding, stream-of-conscious narratives of Bob Dylan.
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Release: September 17, 2007
Label: Universal
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Release: November 4, 2005
Label: Mercury, Universal, Universal Italia, Warner Bros., Universal/Mercury
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