{"id":23782,"date":"2025-08-07T20:14:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/?p=23782"},"modified":"2025-08-07T20:14:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:14:50","slug":"being-called-a-guitar-hero-was-just-awkward-whether-ive-written-a-good-song-or-not-thats-what-counts-to-me-mark-knopfler-on-40-years-of-dire-straits-bro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/es\/2025\/08\/07\/being-called-a-guitar-hero-was-just-awkward-whether-ive-written-a-good-song-or-not-thats-what-counts-to-me-mark-knopfler-on-40-years-of-dire-straits-bro\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBeing called a guitar hero was just awkward. Whether I\u2019ve written a good song or not, that\u2019s what counts to me\u201d: Mark Knopfler on 40 years of Dire Straits\u2019 Brothers In Arms \u2013 the guitars, the riffs\u2026 the pressure of learning to play in time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Behind an unmarked door in a nondescript West London street, you\u2019ll find the recording studio of the world\u2019s most reluctant rock god.<\/p>\n

Do this job long enough and you\u2019ll learn to spot the artists who project a carefully cultivated aura of false modesty, often blended with a phoney man-of-the-people vibe. With Mark Knopfler<\/a>, you can tell, it\u2019s absolutely genuine.<\/p>\n