Dire Straits Was A British Rock Band From Newcastle United Kingdom Formed In 1977 By Mark Knopfler guitar And Vocals His Brother David Knopfler guitar John Illsley bass And Pick Withers drums And Subsequently Managed By Ed Bicknell. The Band Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2018. 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. Read More On Last.Fm
"Lady Writer" Is A 1979 Rock Song And Single By Dire Straits. It Appears On The Band's Second Album Communiqué. When Asked What The Song Was About Knopfler Said That He Was Watching TV One Day And There Was A Lady Writer On The TV And That's Basically Where The Idea For The Song Came From. Because The Song Says The Writer Is "talking About The Virgin Mary" Some Have Speculated That The Writer In Question Is Marina Warner A View Shared By Warner Herself.