Dire Straits

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.

Dire Straits released only a handful of albums during their brief time together. Which holds up best?

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

Tempting phone call came decades before he'd join the Eagles.

"It became sort of a political football. I didn’t really want to kick it around too much."

All six of the band's albums have been combined into an eight-LP collection.

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

Dire Straits frontman says only “three or four” people saw London pub show despite “fictitious” claims.