Dire Straits, while on their On Location Tour 1980-1981, live-debuted two of their most loved songs from Making Movies in Portland, Oregon 33-years ago today.
In 1980, Dire Straits had released their third album that showcased the clean, sparkling tone of Mark Knopfler’s smooth guitar and nimble picking.
Their self-titled debut gave us “Sultans of Swing;” the follow up, Communiqué, yielded “Lady Writer;” and Making Movies, co-produced by Jimmy Iovine, showed there was plenty in the well with a trio of romantic singles: “Tunnel of Love,” “Romeo & Juliet,” and “Skateaway.”
Little did Knopfler and his band know that in just four years they would create one of the best-selling rock records of all, Brothers In Arms, which aside from “Money For Nothing,” isn’t all that different, sonically, from Making Movies.
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