Straits, The

I don't know why Mark Knopfler refuses to give us Dire Straits back, but if it never happens, generations of music fans are officially off the hook from the grueling hunt for a proper live execution of Dire Straits' music. The Straits are…

To close out the year, we're serving up an interview we recorded back in March, right before a show by The Straits, the kind-of-legit heirs to the legendary Dire Straits. The Straits are definitely not a "tribute" band.