Best Covers: Widowspeak “Romeo and Juliet”

After the release of their album Plum, Widowspeak released a new EP entitled Honeychurch. The duo made a version of Dire Straits’ “Romeo and Juliet,”

4Ever Songs: Dire Straits “Sultans of Swing”

Great song and there is a story behind it. Headman for the band Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler was in a small pub in southern London and was present for a jazz band playing to the near empty room.

When the show was done the band introduced themselves to their meagre audience as the “ Sultans of Swing” . Apparently to Knopfler their appearance did not quite fit the name the band had chosen for themselves and being that they were playing in a lower end establishment.

The song came into being in 1978 and after some time folk singer Bill Wilson claimed to have co-written the song at some point and was duly compensated. It failed to make the charts after it’s release in 78, but following a re-release in 1979 it began to catch on with fans and gained popularity long since becoming a radio staple.