Article: IT'S STRAIGHT OUT OF DIRE STRAITS

Article: KNOPFLER'S `GOLDEN HEART' Dire ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 25, 1996 ;     588 words ... ... right from the start with Dire Straits a favorite arena band of ... his first official, post-Dire Straits solo album, "Golden Heart," which comes out Tuesday ... s definitely more of a Dire Straits feel this time. And it ...

Article: Seasoned Knopfler makes fine solo debut Dire ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 3, 1996 ;     694 words ... ... solo artist, "Golden Heart" on Warner Brothers ... customary virtues of Dire Straits have carried over onto "Golden Heart." There's an ... whole, though, "Golden Heart" feels like a ... extrapolation of Dire Straits' better days ...

Article: KNOPFLER TAKES DIVERSITY TO `HEART' : DIRE STRAITS ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  April 6, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... traditional music, ``Golden Heart'' (Warner ... five years after Dire Straits' final studio ... s done with Dire Straits and on various ... Engel said. ``Dire Straits was a band about ... I get from `Golden Heart.' '' Another ...

Article: Arts: Pop: Off the Straits and narrow As well as giving up the ...
The Independent - London;  September 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... defining album? Dire Straits burst out of Deptford ... proved problematic, and Dire Straits fans waited six years ... quietly wound down Dire Straits. "It's been the ... 1996's solo debut, Golden Heart: Knopfler's playing ...

Article: DIRE STRAITS HITS THE STREETS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  February 21, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... Bergen County, NJ) 02-21-1992 DIRE STRAITS HITS THE STREETS By Barbara Jaeger ... Star, 1 Star In the mid-Eighties, Dire Straits appeared to be the biggest band in the ... But as the years passed and no new Dire Straits music flowed, the rumor persisted that ...

Article: Dire Straits
Contemporary Musicians;      700+ words ...Dire Straits Rock band For the Record… ... blues, and R&B influences, Dire Straits made their mark on the late-1970s ... Getting back to the roots of rock, Dire Straits featured a simple sound that filled ...

Article: New Dire Straits offers too much of a good thing
Chicago Sun-Times;  February 19, 1992 ;     644 words ... ... It's been six years since the last Dire Straits tour and seven since the British group ... between playing rhythms and leads. Dire Straits in general and Knopfler in particular ... bands, that would be enough. But by Dire Straits standards, it's a paltry figure ...