Why Less Was More for Dire Straits
When Dire Straits entered the studio to make their first album in early 1978, almost nobody could have predicted that the quiet, economical four-piece would produce one of the most distinctive guitar records of the decade. There was no elaborate studio concept, no huge production budget and no attempt to manufacture a fashionable rock sound. Instead, Dire Straits was built around a remarkably simple combination: Mark Knopfler’s fingerstyle electric guitar, David Knopfler’s rh
