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Mark Knopfler's Fingerpicking Technique on Dire Straits Classic
The early ’80s hit featured his iconic National Style O resonator guitar
Mark Knopfler's Fingerpicking on Dire Straits Classic
The early ’80s hit featured his iconic National Style O resonator guitar
Mark Knopfler's Fingerpicking Technique in Dire Straits Classic
The early ’80s hit featured his iconic National Style O resonator guitar
Dire Straits' Fingerpicking Style
The early ’80s hit featured his iconic National Style O resonator guitar
Dire Straits' classic song
The early ’80s hit featured his iconic National Style O resonator guitar
Mark Knopfler's Fingerpicking Technique in Dire Straits
The early ’80s hit featured his iconic National Style O resonator guitar
Mark Knopfler's fingerpicking technique in Dire Straits
The early ’80s hit featured his iconic National Style O resonator guitar
Mark Knopfler's Dire Straits Technique
The early ’80s hit featured his iconic National Style O resonator guitar
Mark Knopfler on the sound of Dire Straits' hit
The early ’80s hit featured his iconic National Style O resonator guitar
“Playing with your fingers has something to do with immediacy and soul. You’re absolutely in touch with what’s going on”: How Mark Knopfler combined sublime fingerpicking and Shakespearean tragedy in a Dire Straits classic
The early ’80s hit featured his iconic National Style O resonator guitar
“Believe you me, I think the offers that have been turned down are literally eye-watering”: They might be Gen-Z's new favourite band, but the chances of a Dire Straits reunion are "unfortunately, nil” says keyboard player Guy Fletcher
One of their biggest hits is currently going gangbusters on TikTok
The Story Behind Dire Straits' Classic Song
"It’s not to do with gear, it’s all to do with the way the brain sends signals to his fingers – that’s what makes Mark so special"
“I said, ‘You’ve got to be joking! You can’t put out a record about a trad band playing in a pub and expect it to sell!’": the story of the classic Dire Straits song that's often imitated, but rarely mastered
"It’s not to do with gear, it’s all to do with the way the brain sends signals to his fingers – that’s what makes Mark so special"