We Have Just One World! So Many Different Sun's! The Dire Straits Experience!

" There's so many different worlds, so many different suns and we have just one world." Lyrics written by Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits

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PEACE NOT WAR!

The unforgettable Dire Straits Experience concert in Vienna on Feb 20, 2018 at Wiener Stadthalle

I was totally blown away! "You get a shiver in the Dark", indeed!

Chris White (The only original member) Saxophones, Flute, Percussion & Vocals

Chris White’s first real break in the music industry came in 1981 when he was asked to play on Nick Heyward’s album “North Of A Miracle’’. Following this success, his reputation continued to build, playing and recording with artists such as Paul McCartney, Aztec Camera, Chris DeBurgh, The The, and Mark Knopfler, the latter leading to what he is best known for – the saxophone sound of Dire Straits. Source Website

It's nearly impossible NOT to remember this band, if you are born my generation?

I couldn't believe when my dear friend, who works as a booker for the agency I started my music career with, called me and invited me to see ' The Dire Straits Experience" at Wiener Stadthalle.

I didn't expect much because there was only one original member playing but I was amazed how good this band was , especially their vocalist/ guitarist Terence Reis replacing Mark Knopfler.

He was smashing!

Terence Reis, Lead Vocals & Guitars

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“The unbelievable Knopfler channelling of guitarist/singer Terence Reis… not only replicates Knopfler’s guitar and singing style in an eerily accurate manner, he performs with such gusto and passion it was easy to forget we weren’t watching the original Dire Straits in its early 1980s prime. From intense, elongated versions of epics like “Telegraph Road” and “Tunnel of Love” to fan favourites like “Walk Of Life” and “Brothers In Arms,” the music hit every target, without a false note of mimicry or nostalgia...” - Source Website

It sounded like in the old days.

I had a tiny little, silver Autobianchi back in the early 80's and their first Album called " Dire Straits was on repeat day for day, mostly on the highway, cruising from Vienna to Innsbruck, every second weekend, to hang out with my Motor cycle "Gang", smoking our first joints and playing Jazz!

I was never big on Rock but this album was different.

Mark Knopfler's guitar solos were simply amazing and this bands sound unique.

[Image Source / Art by Colin Davidson (https://store.markknopfler.com/colin-davidson-lithograph-signed)

Dire Straits' minimalist interpretation of pub rock had already crystallized by the time they released their eponymous debut. Driven by Mark Knopfler's spare, tasteful guitar lines and his husky warbling, the album is a set of bluesy rockers. And while the bar band mentality of pub-rock is at the core of Dire Straits -- even the group's breakthrough single, "Sultans of Swing," offered a lament for a neglected pub rock band their music is already beyond the simple boogies and shuffles of their forefathers, occasionally dipping into jazz and country. While a few of the songs fall flat, the album is remarkably accomplished for a debut, and Dire Straits had difficulty surpassing it throughout their career. - Source

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Brothers in Arms!

This song brought me to tears at the concert the other day because its so so so beautiful! I had goosebumps. I recorded some parts of this performance but YouTube wouldn't allow me to keep it and I am not sure if they will take it down.

The Exquisite Brothers in Arms Album was released in 1985 when I was in my mid 20's.

Dire Straits playing Brothers in Arms with Eric Clapton at Wembley concert celebrating Nelson Mandel 70th Birthday.

Lyrics- Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits

These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Someday you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn to be
Brothers in arms
Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your suffering
As the battle raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms
There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we…

This song is about the Falklands War, a conflict between Argentina and England over islands off the coast of Argentina that each country claims rights to. Great Britain reclaimed their territories but lost 258 soldiers. Source

Mark Knopfler performing one of the best verions ever of "Brothers in Arms" during "Music for Montserrat", live from Royal Albert Hall, London - 15 September 1997.

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On the evening of September 15, 1997, legendary British music producer George Martin (who had risen to prominence with the Beatles) held a benefit concert at London's Royal Albert Hall for the small Caribbean island of Montserrat, which had recently been devastated by a volcanic eruption. All of the invited superstars had recorded some of their biggest hits at Montserrat's Air Studios, which Martin had founded in 1970, and this shared history gives Music for Montserrat an added sense of enjoyment among friends.

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This was a little lesson on music history!

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