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 and the band was been ...
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John Illsley
John Illsley
If Dire Straits thought the world needed a little break from them after the globe-straddling success of Brothers In Arms, then in 1988 proved that the opposite was ...
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All of the early groundwork that Dire Straits had put into cultivating their audience with tireless live work and a strong first album brought them a new reward ...
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Behind the Strings: Mark Knopfler Reveals the Inspiration Behind “Money for Nothing” In 2012, Mark Knopfler gave fans a rare look into the making of one of rock’s ...
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I really was in Dire Straits… but now I’ve beaten the cancer I hid for 15 years. John Illsley tells for the first time how he was saved ...
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A glut of boldly ambitious records came out in 1980 – Springsteen’s The River, John Lennon’s Double Fantasy, Sandinista! by the Clash and Talking Heads’ Remain In Light ...
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It was a success from the off, going Top 10 all across Europe. When it was released in America six months later it vaulted to No.2 on the ...
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Mark Knopfler was born into a middle-class household in Glasgow in 1949. His brother and future Dire Straits bandmate David followed three years later. Their father was an ...
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Why the biggest-selling British rock band of the 80’s deserve to be rescued from the dustbin of history. At 10.10pm on October 9, 1992, Mark Knopfler bid goodnight ...
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The former Dire Straits bassist issues his latest solo album In The Darkness, Comes Around Again, Ship Of Fools and Long Shadow can be heard below. While Illsley ...
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