Born To Rock...

Dec. 27th, 1952 - David Knopfler, younger brother of Mark, and rythym guitarist with Dire Straits for their first 2 albums, before relationships with his brother broke down and he went solo.

Since I'm limited by the fact David left Dire Straits in 1980/81, I can only really go with the classic "Sultans Of Swing" from the period that he was with the band... not that that's a bad thing, like...

Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
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Born To Rock... The Catch-Up (Part 2)...

August 11th, 12th & today...

Aug. 11th, 1981 - Alexandria (Sandy) Thom, singer / songwriter, is born...

"Saturday Night"...

Aug. 12th, 1949 - Another Scot, Mark Knopfler, is born...

Dire Straits and "Money For Nothing"...

Aug. 13th, 1958 - Sean Feargal Sharkey (although professionally he doesn't use the Sean) was born... Not Scottish this time, but Irish is close enough...

One of his solo hits... "You Little Thief"...

Born To Rock...

June 24th, 1949 - John Illsley, bassist with Dire Straits (and only one of 2 original members (along with Mark Knopfler) left in the band when they split) is born...

"Brothers In Arms"... God, I love this song...