Credit: Getty Images Mark Knopfler doesn’t give many interviews and when he does ... But on the occasion of its 40th anniversary this summer, the 75 year old has given a new interview to Guitarist.

"Tina [Turner] said she wanted to be remembered as the Queen of Rock and Roll," said Mark Knopfler. "and that is precisely what she became." ...

One of those figures, as Knopfler recalls in the new issue of Guitar World, was fellow fingerstyle hero Chet Akins. However, when the pair linked up to trade licks, it didn’t quite go as ...

So I put a new fingerboard on it, and I’m never without that on a recording session.” In fact, Knopfler says that if he were recording right now, the now-trusty 330 would be by his side.

As Dire Straits’ seminal album Brothers in Arms celebrates its 40th anniversary, legendary six-stringer Mark Knopfler looks back on the songwriting process of the record's key tracks in an exclusive ...