Episode 23: 2024 Hal Lindes Interview

About this episode

This episode features an interview with Hal Lindes, a former member of Dire Straits, discussing his career and contributions to music.

Hal Lindes became a full-time member of Dire Straits at the end of 1980, shortly after the release of the group's third album, Making Movies . He replaced original co-founding member and rhythm guitarist David Knopfler. Lindes toured with Dire Straits while they were promoting Making Movies and remained with the band while they recorded their fourth album, 1982's Love Over Gold . Lindes was also with the band for the EP titled ExtendedancEPlay released in early 1983, which included the hit single “Twisting by the Pool”. Since his departure from Dire Straits, Lindes has composed music for films, and has won a Royal Television Society Award for the BAFTA award nominated film Reckless and a TRIC award for Best TV Theme Music.Lindes composed the soundtrack to The Boys Are Back , a Miramax film directed by Scott Hicks and starring Clive Owen, in which his guitar score is paired with songs by Sigur Rós, Ray Lamontagne and Carla Bruni. GUITAR TRAX is hosted by mulit-Emmy award winning guitarist Brian Tarquin featuring in- depth interviews with today’s hottest guitar legends and airs every Monday night from 10pm-12pm on NPR's WFIT 89.5FM on the Florida space coast and can be streamed on…

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian Tarquin, Brian, Tarquin

Guest: Hal Lindes

Topics covered

• Dire Straits
• music composition
• film music
• guitar

Keywords

• guitar legends
• interviews
• music industry

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Making Movies, Love Over Gold, ExtendedancEPlay, Reckless, The Boys Are Back

Books & works: Making Movies, Love Over Gold, ExtendedancEPlay, Twisting by the Pool, a Royal Television Society Award, BAFTA, Reckless, TRIC, Best TV Theme Music, The Boys Are Back

Places: Florida

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