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View MoreOne of rock music’s most distinctive guitarists is celebrating a milestone birthday.Mark Knopfler, the singer, songwriter and guitarist who rose to fame as the frontman of Dire Straits, turns 77 on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Nearly five decades after “Sultans of Swing” introduced the band to a worldwide audience, Knopfler remains celebrated for a playing style that has always sounded unmistakably his own.Born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1949, Knopfler formed Dire Straits with his younger brother David Knopfler, John Illsley and Pick Withers in London in 1977. The group’s fortunes changed dramatically with a song inspired by something Knopfler witnessed in…
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