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Article: Free from dire straits
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- The Malay Mail
- Article date:
- January 4, 2005
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MARK KNOPFLER: SHANGRI-LA
ANY child of the `80s will be able to identify with the phrase `I
want my MTV!' - immortalised by Dire Straits in the song Money For
Nothing.
What would be equally unthinkable is for people to forget the man
responsible for the vocals and the group itself - Mark Knopfler.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, on Aug 12, 1949, Mark was inspired by
his uncle Kingsley's harmonica and boogie-woogie piano playing. As a
teen, he formed and joined anonymous schoolboy bands and listened to
guitarists such as Scotty Moore, Jimi Hendrix, Django Reinhardt and
James Burton.
He studied journalism and actually became a junior reporter, but
music still drove a large part of his soul. With ...