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He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from to He pursued a solo career after the band dissolved, and is now an independent artist. Knopfler was born in Glasgow , and raised in Blyth , near Newcastle. After graduating from the University of Leeds and working for three years as a college lecturer, Knopfler co-founded Dire Straits with his younger brother, David Knopfler.

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The band recorded six albums, including Brothers in Arms , one of the best-selling albums in history. After Dire Straits disbanded in , Knopfler began a solo career, and has produced ten solo albums to date. Described by Classic Rock as a virtuoso , [ 3 ] Knopfler is a fingerstyle guitarist and was ranked 27th on Rolling Stone ' s list of the " Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

The Knopflers originally lived in the Glasgow area where Mark's younger brother David was born on 27 December Mark's older sister Ruth was born in Newcastle, where Mark's parents were married, in Originally inspired by his uncle Kingsley's harmonica and boogie-woogie piano playing, Mark soon became familiar with many different styles of music.

In , when he was 13, he took a Saturday job at the Newcastle Evening Chronicle newspaper earning six shillings and sixpence. Here he met the poet Basil Bunting , who was a copy editor.

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At this time, Knopfler got around the country largely by hitchhiking , and also hitched through Europe a number of times. During the s, he formed and joined several bands and listened to singers like Elvis Presley and guitarists Chet Atkins , Scotty Moore , B. At the age of 16, he made a local television appearance as part of a harmony duo, with his classmate Sue Hercombe.

In , after studying journalism for a year at Harlow College , [ 18 ] [ 21 ] Knopfler was hired as a junior reporter in Leeds for the Yorkshire Evening Post. The two formed a duo called "The Duolian String Pickers", which performed in local folk and acoustic blues venues.