Dire Straits: straight on up from Deptford to Dylan - archive, 20 June 1979

20 June 1979: The band is one of the most successful British rock exports ever. Robin Denselow meets lead singer and songwriter Mark Knopfler Less than two years ago, back in the summer of ‘77, an English teacher called Mark Knopfler started a rock group at home in a council flat in Deptford. This was “what I’d always wanted to do, and there was a bit of ‘now or never’ about it. But I wasn’t hectic or desperate. I just enjoyed playing.” He brought in ...

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