Sometimes great things happen by accident, as in the case of the world-famous guitar tone on the song “Money for Nothing” from Dire ...
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In part two of our new series, we examine the proud history of the Fender Stratocaster, the guitar favoured by Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie ...
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Sorry for yet another isolated guitar track, but we couldn’t let this one go by. You’ll agree when you start listening to it. ...
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Former Dire Straits bassist delivers intimate film. When God Made Time is the first single from John Illsley’s album Testing The Water from ...
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Insane mashup video features 384 rock stars in 15 minutes Ithaca Audio, a company based in Brighton, England, who specialise in audio visual ...
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Dire Straits lynchpin performs a career-spanning set a short swim from his old stomping ground “I’ve been thinking about this place all day,” ...
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Celebrating the Gibson Les Paul, the classic rock guitar beloved by Jimmy Page and Slash, and an instrument that’s had to be rescued ...
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John Illsley composed songs for his album in hospital while undergoing treatment for leukaemia. The Dire Straits bassist released his solo album Testing ...
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We look back on the album that turned Dire Straits into the biggest British rock band of the 80’s. In November 1984, Mark ...
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From Dire Straits’ big hits to deep cuts, these are the 10 greatest tracks from the biggest British band of the 80’s. For ...
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John Illsley with his band was made a concerts around the UK, including former Dire Straits colleague and guitarist Phil Palmer. Bassist-songwriter-artist Illsley ...
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It’s so much a part of the fabric of rock history now that it’s strange to think that “Sultans Of Swing” missed the ...
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If Dire Straits thought the world needed a little break from them after the globe-straddling success of Brothers In Arms, then in 1988 ...
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