{"name":"Dire Straits","title":"Dire Straits","id":2200,"slug":"dire-straits","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/2200/?format=json","bio_short":"Dire Straits was a <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/british\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">british</a> <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/rock\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">rock</a> band, formed in 1977 by <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Mark+Knopfler\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Mark Knopfler</a> (guitar and vocals), his brother <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/David+Knopfler\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">David Knopfler</a> (guitar), <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/John+Illsley\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">John Illsley</a> (bass), and Pick Withers (drums), and subsequently managed by Ed Bicknell. Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk. If anything, the band was a direct outgrowth of the roots revivalism of pub rock, but where pub rock celebrated good times, Dire Straits were melancholy.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/DireStraitsexpre.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":23352,"title":"Brothers in arms","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/brothers-in-arms/"},{"id":27079,"title":"Money for Nothing","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/money-for-nothing/"},{"id":22898,"title":"Once Upon A Time In The West","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west/"},{"id":26201,"title":"Romeo and Juliet","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/romeo-and-juliet/"},{"id":23618,"title":"So Far Away","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/so-far-away/"},{"id":3665,"title":"Sultans of Swing","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/sultans-of-swing/"},{"id":2563,"title":"Walk of life","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/walk-of-life/"},{"id":3215,"title":"Where Do You Think You're Going?","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/where-do-you-think-youre-goingh/"},{"id":22595,"title":"Your Latest Trick","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/your-latest-trick/"}]}