“Calling Elvis” sets the album rolling and it is a rollicking start. Despite Changes, This Was Still Dire Straits Guest musicians Vince Gill, Chris White, Jeff Porcaro, and Manu Katche supported them. On Every Street was released in September 1991 and Dire Straits personnel now included Knopfler, Guy Fletcher, John Illsey, and Alan Clark.

Over the years I have heard folks say that On Every Street was the work of a band beyond its prime and that the album was a let-down. The guitar, the saxophone, the poetry, just wow. I loved the entire album… Even today after 30 years, listening to the songs “Calling Elvis,” “Planet of New Orleans” – it seems like meeting old friends. I still remember seeing the On Every Street music cassette at a music shop in 1991 and rushing to buy it. While I waited for a new Dire Straits album for over 6 years, I had explored their back catalogue. Knopfler also formed another band called The Notting Hillbillies and released an album in 1990. Mark Knopfler was now focused on solo work and film soundtracks, and so were his other band mates like John Illsey. In the late 1980’s fans like me in India, didn’t have any idea that by end of the world tour, Dire Straits had broken up. The first time I heard “So Far Away from Me,” I was in love with Knopfler’s distinctive voice and sweetest guitar sound ever.īrothers in Arms was a humongous success and it spawned a multi-year world tour. At the outset, I will declare that I am a Mark Knopfler fan.

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