15, AUS no. Express. John starts playing guitar on a Rosetti Lucky 7 that he buys for ten pounds. Former Dire Straits keyboardist Alan Clark plays the music of his former band with The Straits in 2011. Although So Far Away is both pleasant and popular, it does little to prepare audiences for the albums second single, a song fated to become the most commercially successful single by Dire Straits. In the late 1970s, Jack Sonni plays some gigs with his own band, The Leisure Class. The marriage of Dire Straits bassist John Illsley and his wife Pauline is described as being on [the] rocks in 1986 due to Johns relationship with Tracey Wallace, a former Penthouse magazine Pet of the Year. Whatever the stresses the couple may be experiencing, John and Pauline apparently reconcile sufficiently to have a second child together, their daughter Jessica (born in 1988). I borrowed a bit of paper and started to write the song down in the store. 95) is the relatively unsuccessful single from Communique. 19, AUS no. Lindes first comes to attention in U.K. new wave band Darling. The 1985-1986 world tour to promote Brothers In Arms kicks off in Split, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) on 25 April 1985 almost a month before the album is released. Cal (1984), released on 24 August, is another Mark Knopfler composed movie soundtrack. In 1977 Pick Withers is briefly a member of folk rock act Magna Carta, a band fronted by Chris Simpson (vocals, guitar). The bassist explained that Knopfler was In 2002 Dire Straits reforms for four charity concerts in London and Beaulieu Abbey. Only one album is actually credited to Rockpile: Seconds Of Pleasure (1980) (UK no. In 1991, as Dire Straits prepare to tour and promote On Every Street, a decision is made to add two more official members to the groups line-up: Chris Whitten (drums) and Paul Franklin (pedal steel guitar). Bassist Derrick Timms leaves and is replaced by Steve Nachi. On the other hand, they had a liberal bias for letting us follow our own path. 20, UK no. Although this is Mark Knopflers first movie soundtrack, he will provide more such soundtracks over subsequent years. Mark later says he is a Marxist agnostic. Mark Knopfler starts his education with two years at Bearsden Primary School in Scotland. The Dire Straits Fender guitar logo on the back cover is designed by Geoff Halpern. 19, AUS no. Finally, Brewers Droop dissolves at the end of 1973. During the tour, Dire Straits take time out to participate in Live Aid, the all-star charity concerts to raise funds to fight famine in Africa. 5, US no. He said Sultans was the best new song hed heard in years. 3, US no. Mark Knopfler first meets Pick Withers when both of them work on an aborted solo recording by Rod Clements, the bassist of British folk rock band Lindisfarne. These are all comments on the work of guitarist Mark Knopfler of the British rock group Dire Straits. Mel Collins makes a guest appearance on saxophone on this EP. He studies literature at the University of Connecticut before abandoning that to attend the Hartford Conservatory of Music. 82); Behind The Lines (1985); Cut The Wire (1986); Jacob Hinter Der Blauen Tur (1987) [soundtrack]; Lips Against The Steel (1989); Laser Mission (1989) [soundtrack]; Lifelines (1991); The Giver (1993); Small Mercies (1995); Bathory (2000) [soundtrack]; Wishbones (2001); Ship Of Dreams (2004); Songs For The Siren (2006); Anthology 1 1983-2008 (2009); Acoustic (2011) with Harry Bogdanovs; Made In Germany (Live In Enfurt) (2013) with Harry Bogdanovs; Grace (2015); and Anthology Vol. Although Mark is left-handed in all other ways, he plays guitar right-handed. The roadies had to weld baseball bats to keep the mob at bay. Like her brother, Nastassia Staz Lindes combines modelling and music. A waiter brought in a tray of rolled joints and during the meal one of the women sat next to each of us and their hands started wandering under the table. As the song nears its climax, it sounds like Knopfler is borrowing from Bruce Springsteen (whose keyboardist Roy Bittan appeared on Making Movies) for lines like these: But believe in me baby and Ill take you away / From out of this darkness and into the day / From these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain / From the anger that lives on these streets with these names / Cos Ive run every red light on memory lane / Ive seen desperation explode into flames / And I dont want to see it again The title track, Love Over Gold, suggests that art is more valuable than commerce. On The Night (1993) (UK no. Erwin Knopflers Hebrew background and anti-fascist politics led to him fleeing Hungary in 1939 to avoid the spread of Nazism across Europe. The Studio Albums 1978-1991 (2013) is a box set of Dire Straits catalogue. The music of Dire Straits is difficult to categorise. Subsequently, John Illsley releases the following solo albums: Streets Of Heaven (2010); Testing The Water (2014); Live In London (2014); and Long Shadows (2016). This disc is issued on 31 October. 17, AUS no. Illsley found his future bandmate lying comatose on the concrete floor of his flat with a Gibson electric guitar across his chest, surrounded by a detritus of dog ends and empty Newcastle Brown bottles. Mark Knopfler and John Illsley are the only people who are in every Dire Straits line-up. Although this is not the first time Mark Knopfler has written in the voice of a different persona (e.g. Hal Andrew Lindes is born on 30 June 1983 in Monterey, California, U.S.A. His parents are Russian. I enjoy getting emails from 18year old Chinese kids saying that they enjoy my music and asking what bass I used on this song or that. Brewers Droop (1971-1973) has a history before Mark Knopfler comes along. There is another noteworthy aspect to the success of Brothers In Arms. This is how John Illsley remembers their first encounter: [I] walked into the lounge room, and saw this figure lying on the floorasleepwith a guitar over his legs, and hedfallen asleep on the floor while he was playingHis head was sort of cranked back, and there was an ashtray with cigarette butts and coffee on the floor. If that doesnt sound too promising, John Illsley also says of Mark Knopfler, We got along well from the start. We all had day jobs until we got a whacking big advance from Polygram [sic David probably means Phonogram].. Former Dire Straits saxophonist Chris White is involved in both of the latter day groups playing the music of Dire Straits, The Straits (2011) and The Dire Straits Experience (from 2012). Former Dire Straits drummer Terry Williams rejoins his earlier group, Man, in 1996, replacing John Weathers. I wanted to use a lot of the language that the real guy actually used when I heard him, because it was more real. It is this character who derides a pop star, enviously saying, That aint working / Thats the way you do it / Money for nothin / And your chicks for free. Nikki Sixx, bassist for U.S. heavy metal band Motley Crue, has claimed that it was his group on TV at the time the workman made such comments within earshot of Mark Knopfler. He was born on June 24, 1949 and his birthplace is England. I thought it was dull, but as soon as I bought my first Strat (i.e. Illsley takes the roles of lead vocalist, bassist and guitarist for this disc. The featured song is the purposefully silly Twisting By The Pool (UK no. In 2013 he forms a band called SadGirl. The phone started melting on the wall. So, ultimately, Mark Knopfler may not be remembered so much as a guitar hero, but he preserved his own identity and that may be a greater triumph. Steve Phillips worked with Knopfler in the pre-Dire Straits twosome The Duolian Stringpickers; Guy Fletcher is still part of Dire Straits; and Ed Bicknell is the manager of Dire Straits. Like almost all the bands recordings, this disc is issued on the Vertigo label. Dire Straits world tour winds up at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Australia on 26 April 1986. On this occasion, the band consists of: Mark Knopfler (vocals, guitar), Alan Clark (keyboards), Guy Fletcher (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals), John Illsley (bass) and the bands former manager Ed Bicknell (drums). Im still able to get up there and lay it down fairly well so Im happy about that. "A stunning In 2011 Pick Withers is said to be working at a school. Graduating from that institution, the younger Knopfler brother found employment as a social worker in London. Back then you couldnt play Italy without the say-so of the Mafia. This is the hometown of Mark and Davids mother, Louisa Knopfler. 4, US no. He leaves to spend more time with his family. It first breaks through in Holland, then Germany, then Australia. 127), a duet album with famed country music guitarist Chet Atkins. 12);Altamira (2016) with Evelyn Glennie [soundtrack]; and Down The Road To Wherever (2018) (UK no. 41) with country rock singer Emmylou Harris; Real Live Roadrunning (2006) in concert with Emmylou Harris; Kill To Get Crimson (2007) (UK no. John Illsley Personal Life, Relationships and Dating Illsley now lives in Hampshire, with his second wife Stephanie and his four children. To make ends meet, Sonni also works at Rudys Music Shop, an instrument emporium in New York. John and a former girlfriend had opened a record store in Kentish Town three years before. Note: Man was formed in 1969. 65, AUS no. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The album Dire Straits is a slow burn success. 51, US no. Some see the influence of J. J. Cales laid-back blues-rock guitar-picking in Dire Straits music. 17, US no. John Illsley goes on to work as a trainee for a timber firm. This necessitates another membership change for Dire Straits. Dire Straits never reunite as a group in any lasting or significant manner. Around 1990, Hal Lindes marries Mary Lovett, a model who was the first wife of U.K. pop star Peter Frampton from 1972 to 1976. ROCKER John Illsley has revealed how he first met Dire Straits legend Mark Knopfler when the singer was lying in a crumpled heap on the floor of his council flat. At one point, the songs narrator sneers, See the little faggot with the earring and the make-up? 4, US no. The turning point is when John receives a stem cell transplant from his elder sister, Pat. Private Dancer), this is the most famous example. Romeo And Juliet is, of course, named after the star-crossed lovers of William Shakespeares play Romeo and Juliet (1597). The Netherlands receive Ticket To Heaven, a sort of old-fashioned pre-rock song marked by soaring strings and acoustic guitar. Drummer Terry Williams officially leaves Dire Straits in 1989 but the bands future seems questionable at the time. In the 1960s, he plays drums for such Welsh bands as The Commancheros, The Smokeless Zone, Dream and Plum Crazy. 2). He is the son of Erwin Knopfler and Louisa Mary Knopfler. In addition to being lead vocalist, his guitar playing is the groups most distinctive characteristic. One of those who hear the merit in Dire Straits is Johnny Stainze, a recent appointee to Phonogram Records. It was a riot. 10) which Sting wrote. 105, AUS no. Mark likened fame to the fumes that come out of a car exhaust., His book, he says, is a celebration of what we did and all the people we worked with.. Dire Straits briefly reconvene to play the 1990 Knebworth Festival in England alongside U.K. rock stars Elton John and Eric Clapton. Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler produces Bob Dylans album Infidels (1983) (US no. I thought Id better get some of it down before I forget it all, he jokes over the phone from Provence. Local Hero (1983), released in March, is the soundtrack to the movie of the same name. We were who invited to a Greek restaurant in Paddington; it was hilarious, John recalls. 5), released on 10 May, is a live album by Dire Straits. Guitarist David Knopfler had almost completed all his parts on this album before he quit, but big brother Mark Knopfler rerecords all those parts himself. Sensitive to the comments, the offending lines are sometimes edited out of later editions of the song. Although he resides in that metropolis from 1976 to 1985, Jack Sonni finds only a limited amount of work as a session guitarist. The follow-up single, Water Of Love (AUS no. This is where DJ Charlie Gillett enters the story. The acts amusing name is a slang term for erectile dysfunction due to excessive alcohol consumption. Knopfler produces the album Miracle (1987) by Willy DeVille. 24), Slow Motion (1974), Maximum Darkness (1975) (UK no. 1, US no. The focus of Dire Straits is on Mark Knopfler. First single Sultans Of Swing went Top Ten in the USA, England, Canada and Australia, and their self-titled debut album went multi-platinum. Lady Writer, the brooding News and the title track, Communique, all reflect Mark Knopflers past career as a journalist. Chuck Berry made a huge impression, adds Mark, referring to the 1950s rock performer who combined singing, twangy guitar parts and songwriting. Dire Straits Mark Knopfler becomes the darling of a new generation [of] relatively well-to-do compact disc buyers.. This outfit reunites Williams with Dave Edmunds. Competition to sign them was fierce and Richard Branson was determined to win. John Edward Illsley is born on 24 June 1949 in Leicester, England. This rollicking tune is written from the viewpoint of a fan who believes Elvis is still alive. Any pieces that are not written by Mark Knopfler alone will have their authors credited here; otherwise all Dire Straits songs mentioned here are Mark Knopfler compositions. During the world tour to promote Brothers In Arms, Dire Straits adds a seventh member: saxophonist Chris White. Around this time, Dire Straits bassist John Illsley marries. He excels at third person narratives but his writing is less often personal. Mark Knopfler more fully renounced his rock star status after Dire Straits folded. Although The Notting Hillbillies look like an ongoing project, they release only one album, MissingPresumed Having A Good Time (1990) (UK no. I was building a democracy, and Mark was making an autocracy, says David. Knopfler and Phillips get along well and they perform together as The Duolian Stringpickers for the next few years. In April 1970 Mark Knopfler makes a demo recording of a song called Summers Coming My Way. A (non-charting) EP, Live At Knebworth, is released in 1990 to mark the occasion. This fuzz sound is said to be a happy accident that results from Mark Knopfler using a closely-miked Gibson Les Paul electric guitar rather than his more familiar instruments in an attempt to replicate the sound of U.S. boogie rock act ZZ Top. Bassist and founding member John Illsley - along with guitarist and frontman Mark Knopfler, the band's sole constant His first guitar was a Rosetti Lucky Seven - the same choice as Beatle George Harrison and Rolling Stone Keith Richards. That flat, in Farrer House on Deptfords run-down Crossfields estate, now sports a plaque saying, Dire Straits first gigged here, 1977. Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler participates in the celebrity challenge car race at the Australian Grand Prix. Upcoming Birthday. Skateaway (UK no. Love Over Gold furthers the formula from Making Movies, scaling down from seven tracks to a mere five (lengthy) pieces. Their U.K. success has been fairly consistent but, after their debut album, the groups fortunes in the U.S. had been less impressive until Brothers In Arms. 8) is perhaps the closest thing to a ballad yet assayed by Dire Straits. John Illsley With John Illsley are: Steve Smith - keyboard/vocals The On Every Street tour is said to be a disappointment, with many tickets going unsold in both the U.S. and Europe. The final show takes place in Zaragoza, Spain, on 9 October 1992. Mark Knopfler goes on to record Neck And Neck (1990) (UK no. 69); All The Roadrunning (2006) (UK no. Pick Withers is born David Withers on 4 April 1948 in Leicester, England. 67) is a rockabilly toe-tapper. Between the release of the first single by Dire Straits and the launch of their debut album, the group begins their first full-scale tour as a headline act though the tour does not end until after the album comes out. Mark and Kitty have two daughters, Isabella (born in 1998) and Katya Ruby Rose (born in 2003). 26) features a smoky saxophone part by Michael Brecker. Chris White begins playing gigs a couple of years later and tours with a national youth jazz orchestra. He was a champion of up-and-coming bands, in a different way to John Peel, says John. Terry Williams is born Terrence Williams on 11 January 1948 in Swansea, Wales. WebThe 70-year-old grew up in Leicestershire but now lives in Hampshire with his second wife, Stephanie. One account suggests that David left because he felt the band was becoming too big.. The song is inspired by Mark Knopflers brother-in-law who has difficulty contacting Mark on the telephone. We were what we were. The computer animation was used in large part because Mark Knopfler wasnt enthusiastic about appearing in a video. I dont regret playing there but I was happy on the plane flying out.. Mercifully the surgeon reattached it. 62) is rereleased as a single from this album and manages a modest showing on the U.K. singles chart. In September 1988 Mark Knopfler announces the dissolution of Dire Straits. Theres not an accent on the music, theres an accent on popularity. She was working for Warner Bros. Records when Mark met her. Once he left Gosforth Grammar School, David Knopfler went on to Bristol Polytechnic. 42), is downbeat and lovelorn though the pace picks up a bit in the final stretch after the vocals conclude on this piano-based tune. WebAccording to our records, John Illsley is possibly single. John passed away in 1683. Grammys and Brits followed, but the Dutch awarded them first. Dire Straits bassist John Illsley covers a lot of ground in his just-published memoir "My Life in Dire Straits." Illsley fronted a Sky series called Guitar Heroes and appeared on Rick Steins Secret France, but like the rest of Dire Straits, he never courted celebrity. The name is suggested by a musician flatmate of Pick Withers. However, there are some close calls, so lets chronicle those. John Illsley is educated at Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire and a further education college near Kettering, Northamptonshire. While at that school, the 13 year old takes up playing saxophone. The lighter nature of the ExtendedancEPlay disc tries to correct the balance from the generally rather sober Love Over Gold. Firstly, Hendrix and Clapton are products of the 1960s while Knopfler came to light in the more cynical 1970s when worshipping any guitarist was a less acceptable practice. Hes singing the song. From their first album, Dire Straits had international success, sometimes more readily than they experienced success in more traditional markets. The Dire Straits bassman reflects on the glory days of huge world tours and his latest solo album, Long Shadows, as well as giving us a look at a few choice pieces from his guitar collection. This band is also managed by Ed Bicknell, Dire Straits manager. He gets a flat in Buckhurst Hill and works as a lecturer at Loughton College in Essex. Paul Franklin serves alongside Mark Knopfler in the 1990 Notting Hillbillies project before joining Dire Straits in 1991. WebIllsley is a keen painter and the first exhibition of his work was shown at the Nevill Keating McIlroy Gallery, Pickering Place, London in 2007. 11, US no. 8, US no. I did a couple of gigs with Marks band because the bass players girlfriend was having a baby. 9, UK no. Badges, Posters, Stickers And T-Shirts becomes the B side of the U.K. single Private Investigations. The title of the song and the album is inspired by a piece of graffiti Mark Knopfler could see from the window of his old council flat in London. An exceptionally gifted guitarist, virtuoso guitar playing, plays a Stratocaster with the understated emotion of a young Eric Clapton and one of the new guitar heroes. The latter continues to play guitar in the group but the addition of Knopfler gives Mackay some space to exercise his vocal aspirations as well. The recording sessions took place at Basing Street Studios in London from 13 February 1978 to 5 March 1978. (LogOut/ Love Sculpture (1966-1970) is a group fronted by noted Welsh guitarist Dave Edmunds. Although it makes him look a bit like hes just wandered in from a tennis court, the sweatband becomes one of the visual trademarks most associated with the guitarist. On Every Street receives mixed reviews and is not as popular or as successful as its predecessor. However, when that predecessor is the blockbusting Brothers In Arms, such an outcome is hardly surprising. There are seemingly impossible feats of speedy fingers across the guitar neck as the song climaxes and fades. What about the lives of the individual former members of Dire Straits? In 1973 Mark Knopfler moves to London.
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