Alan Clark (born 5 March 1952 in Great Lumley, County Durham, England) is an English musician who was the first and main keyboardist for the British rock band Dire Straits.Clark joined Dire Straits shortly before the release of Making Movies in 1980, becoming their first and main keyboard player. His playing became an important element and transformed the band into the huge band they then became. While this is notable on their fourth album, Love Over Gold in 1982, his style is also readily apparent on Dire Straits' live album Alchemy, but perhaps his greatest contribution was on the hugely successful Brothers in Arms album. Clark continued with Dire Straits, co-producing the following album, On Every Street with Knopfler, until the band's eventual breakup in the mid-1990s
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