Dire Straits

He also reveals the rock legend who helped him feel comfortable with his voice.

Bassist John Illsley also details how "emotionally exhausted" the band was in the days before their breakup.

Sonni was best known as "the other guitarist" on the band's Brothers in Arms tour.

Mark Knopfler stepped into a London pub one evening and discovered the subject of a hit song.

Three years later, the multiplatinum 'Brothers in Arms' would turn them into superstars.

Determined to get his band heavy exposure, Mark Knopfler borrowed ideas from one of the network's biggest acts.

Dire Straits will perform at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction next week – but without frontman Mark Knopfler.

If it were up to us, Dire Straits would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next April.

Dire Straits are one of the few major bands who've stayed broken up after splitting — and according to former bassist John Illsley, it seems likely to stay that way.

Dire Straits' "The Bug" was Wednesday's featured Power 96 Cool One. I plucked it from their sixth and final studio album, On Every Street, which was released in September 1991. This album came out six years after their popular Brothers in Arms...