For On Every Street, Dire Straits Mark Knopfler (vocals, guitar), Alan Clark (keyboards), Guy Fletcher (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals), John Illsley (bass) and Chris White (saxophone) is augmented by a variety of session musicians. Clark moves on to Durham Technical College and is offered a place at Guildhall School of Music but declines because, by then, he is already a working musician. We were what we were. It got very edgy. Additionally, David Knopfler pens two books: Bluffers Guide to the Music Business (1996) and Bloodstones and Rhythmic Beasts (2005). 9, US no. He could hardly forget the day he met Mark, though. His wife, Pauline, is an Australian woman. In the U.S.A., Badges, Posters, Stickers And T-Shirts (recorded when Pick Withers was still with the group) is added as a fourth track on this EP. The title track, On Every Street (UK no. 105, AUS no. Two more songs are lifted from On Every Street as singles but only for European markets. Dire Straits bassist John Illsley releases his first solo album, Never Told A Soul (1984). The show is headlined by new wave band Squeeze but, aside from Dire Straits, all the other acts on the bill are punk rock bands. He is the son of Erwin Knopfler and Louisa Mary Knopfler. 20, US no. Next, Terry Williams has a short stint in Neverland Express (1981-1982), the backing group for U.S. singer Meatloaf. I was building a democracy, and Mark was making an autocracy, says David. In the smaller amount of Dire Straits live footage interspersed in the video, Knopfler wears a headband to hold back his thinning thatch of hair. When Mark Knopfler is 7 and younger brother David is 2 the family moves to England. David and Anna have a child but the name, gender and birthdate of their offspring does not appear to be public knowledge. This is the hometown of Mark and Davids mother, Louisa Knopfler. Hal Andrew Lindes is born on 30 June 1983 in Monterey, California, U.S.A. His parents are Russian. and later settled in Hampshire with his four children and his wife, Stephanie. The response was extraordinary. Additionally, he owns a pub, The East End Arms, in East End (between Lymington and Beaulieu). 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. Drummer Bob Walker steps down temporarily and is replaced for a short spell by future Dire Straits member Pick Withers. 17, US no. His companions in this project are: Phil Palmer (guitar), Chris White (saxophone) and Steve Ferrone (drums). 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. 57), is a tone poem soldiers lament. John is also best known as, Though he also recorded several solo albums , this British musician is most famous as the bassist of the Grammy-winning rock band Dire Straits. This is initially sparked by their uncle Kingsley who plays both harmonica and boogie-woogie piano. The band was called the Sultans of Swing and Knopfler was amused by the contrast between the groups dowdy appearance and their grandiose name. The tune was originally composed on a National Steel guitar, but Knopfler was dissatisfied with the result. She is not publicly identified. Although this is not the first time Mark Knopfler has written in the voice of a different persona (e.g. John Illsley is a keen painter as well as being a musician. The music of Dire Straits is difficult to categorise. When he starts college, John Sunni begins being called Jack. 6), is released on 17 October. Screenplaying (1993) is a compilation album of the soundtrack works by Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler. The line-up is: Micky Jones (vocals, guitar) (1971-1977), Deke Leonard (guitar, vocals) (1969-1972, 1974-1977), Tweke Lewis (guitar) (1973), Malcolm Morley (guitar, keyboards, vocals) (1974), John Cipollina (guest guitarist) (1975), Clive John (keyboards, vocals) (1969-1971, 1972-1973), Phil Ryan (keyboards, vocals) (1972-1973, 1976-1977), Ray Williams (bass) (1969), Martin Ace (bass,vocals) (1971-1972, 1975), Will Youatt (bass, vocals) (1972-1973), Ken Whaley (bass) (1974), John McKenzie (bass, vocals) (1976-1977), Jeff Jones (drums) (1969) and Terry Williams (drums) (1970-1977). King, jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt and British instrumental rock band The Shadows (whose guitarist Hank B. Marvin plays a Fender Stratocaster). The first task Ed Bicknell performs for Dire Straits is securing them a booking as the support act for the twenty-three date December 1977 U.K. tour by U.S. new wave band Talking Heads. Sultans Of Swing (UK no. Although this is Mark Knopflers first movie soundtrack, he will provide more such soundtracks over subsequent years. It first breaks through in Holland, then Germany, then Australia. This rollicking tune is written from the viewpoint of a fan who believes Elvis is still alive. 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. Once he left Gosforth Grammar School, David Knopfler went on to Bristol Polytechnic. I thought Id better get some of it down before I forget it all, he jokes over the phone from Provence. The angry boyfriend of a student John had slept with had inflicted the damage. 37, US no. 1) is the title of the Dire Straits album released on 13 May. There are seemingly impossible feats of speedy fingers across the guitar neck as the song climaxes and fades. 1985s Brothers In Arms sold more than 30million copies worldwide. Finally, Brewers Droop dissolves at the end of 1973. Italy wasnt quite so friendly. 22 Sultans Of Swing (Mark Knopfler) (21 October 2008) via 5 (above) [Sultans Of Swing song], Communique Sleeve notes by Mark Cooper (Vertigo/Mercury Records Ltd, 1996 reissue) p. 2, amarkintime.org posting by jbaent (3 August 2015) [how Mark Knopfler met Holly Vincent and Lourdes Salomone], Written in my Soul by Bill Flanagan (1986) Mark Knopfler interview via 5 (above) [Money For Nothing song] and members.tripod.com (The Interview of Interviews), Love Over Gold Sleeve notes by John Tobler (Vertigo/Mercury Records Ltd, 1996 reissue) p. 2, Sunday Mail (U.K. newspaper) Loud Rock Music Wrecked my Hearing, says Dire Straits StarNow iPod Generation is at Risk John Illsley interview conducted by Bonnie Estridge (26 July 2009) (reproduced on dailymail.co.uk), Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, Australia, newspaper) No Money for Nothing in Move from Bass to Brush John Illsley interview conducted by Samantha Selinger-Morris (27 July 2005) (reproduced on smh.com.au), oneverybootleg.nl as at 9 August 2017 [format of Mark Knopflers Comfort And Joy soundtrack], reneejohnsonwrites.com Jack Sonni Rocker, Writer, Gentleman Chef interview conducted by Renee Johnson (15 April 2015), The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time Rolling Stone magazine (February 2004) p. 66, propertyobserver.com.au Dire Straits Guitarist John Illsley Lists Australian Bolthole as Point Piper Loses Some of its Pop by Jonathan Chancellor (31 January 2013), St Cloud Times (Saint Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.A., newspaper) no author credited (27 October 1986) [Mark Knopfler race car crash], upi.com Rock Singer Hurt in Race Crash no author credited (25 October 1986) [Mark Knopfler race car crash], Rolling Stone (U.S. rock magazine) Mark Knopfler interview conducted by Rob Tannenbaum (September 1988) via 5 (above) [Dire Straits], direstraitsexperience.com as at 30 September 2014, revolvy.com David Knopfler References Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York, U.S.A., newspaper) David Knopfler Performs Sunday at Sportsmens Tavern by Dan Herbeck (1 May 2013), The Daily Telegraph (U.K. newspaper) John Illsley: Four Kids, Two Dogs, a Pub and a Guitar interview conducted by Anna Tyzack (30 June 2015) (reproduced on telegraph.co.uk), The Liverpool Echo (U.K. newspaper) Preview: Jade Wright on an Evening with Pick Withers at the Green Room Liverpool (5 January 2011) (reproduced on liverpoolecho.co.uk), i-d.vice.com Staz Lindes, the Tumblr-Superstar who Stole our Hearts in Moschino Staz Lindes interview conducted by Stuart Brumfitt (8 April 2014), cataloguemagazine.com.au Staz Lindes Discusses Music, Modelling and Body Image no author credited (2014) [confirms mother is Mary Lindes], instantcheckmate.com as at 15 August 2017 [Misha Lindes is 26], dazeddigital.com Introducing Saint Laurents New Indie Kid Muses re: Staz Lindes and Misha Lindes by Ted Stansfield (2016), hero-magazine.com Meet SadGirl, the L.A. At 18, Will invited him to join his covers band, The Knott and built him a bass guitar. 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). 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 only way he can get a workable sound out of this instrument is to adopt a finger-picking style. The rest of the album consists of moody, atmospheric instrumentals. A lot of press reports were saying we were the biggest band in the world, says Knopfler. Paul V. Franklin is born on 31 May 1954 in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. Franklins speciality is pedal steel guitar, the instrument that provides the weeping sound long, keening notes most often associated with country music. 65, AUS no. The latter title, published by Blackwing Books, is a book of poetry. A (non-charting) EP, Live At Knebworth, is released in 1990 to mark the occasion. John starts playing guitar on a Rosetti Lucky 7 that he buys for ten pounds. 51, US no. He excels at third person narratives but his writing is less often personal. Essays on rock stars complete with hand drawn portraits, Check out Guitar George / He knows all the chords Sultans Of Swing (Mark Knopfler). At one point, the songs narrator sneers, See the little faggot with the earring and the make-up? 62) is prefaced by an excerpt from The Carousel Waltz from the musical Carousel (1945) by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. That was the heaviest. There have been many sensible Mercedes estates over the years, but he did allow himself one moment of proper rock star abandon: a 1978 Aston Martin Vantage. Perhaps the most interesting of the remaining songs on the debut album is In The Gallery. Subsequently, he works with such country music singers as Vince Gill, Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed. 28); Wag The Dog (1998) [soundtrack]; Metroland (1999) [soundtrack]; Sailing To Philadelphia (2000) (UK no. I feel really blessed. When Hal Lindes joins Dire Straits in 1980, his more chord-based guitar washes contrast nicely with Mark Knopflers note-based precise finger-picking approach to the guitar. Bassist John Illsley says, Sting used to come to Montserrat to go windsurfing, and he came up for supper at the studio. David Knopfler begins singing and playing in folk clubs when he is 14. The water metaphor is also present in the moody opening track Down To The Waterline. Emerging from a sonic fog like the light atop an incoming ship, Mark Knopflers guitar illuminates a couple on the wharf with No money in our jackets and our jeans are torn / Your hands are cold but your lips are warm. Supposedly, Down To The Waterline is inspired by Mark Knopflers younger days in the port city of Newcastle. That flat, in Farrer House on Deptfords run-down Crossfields estate, now sports a plaque saying, Dire Straits first gigged here, 1977. They record only one album, Spring (1971), before breaking up the following year. Steve Ferrone was never in Dire Straits either; most recently he has been playing with U.S. rock band Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers.). 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. 17, AUS no. There are five songs on the demo tape; four of them are written by group leader Mark Knopfler and will later end up on the groups first album. His zodiac sign is Cancer. Mark Knopfler more fully renounced his rock star status after Dire Straits folded. The featured song is the purposefully silly Twisting By The Pool (UK no. Guy Fletcher appears on many of the solo albums by former Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler. It seems that, at first, they land in Blyth, Northumberland, in the north east of the country. 66, AUS no. 2, AUS no. In addition to those musicians already mentioned, other guest musicians on Brothers In Arms include Chris White (saxophone) [who will soon come to join the group], Randy Brecker (trumpet), Neil Jason (bass) and Tony Levin (bass). John and a former girlfriend had opened a record store in Kentish Town three years before. WebJohn Illsley of Dire Straits. After a while, though, the group just wasnt a good vehicle for the songs Id written, claims Mark Knopfler. He owns a local pub, the It may be just the shock of the new, that Sultans Of Swing is so unexpected, but it still stands as the highpoint of the groups output. The performances on this disc were recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, London, on 22-23 July 1983. I put the thing [of being a rock star] to bed because I wanted to get back to some kind of reality. Although Guy Fletcher is added to Dire Straits in 1984 as a second keyboardist, his talents as a guitarist and backing vocalist are also put to use by the band. 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. The album Dire Straits is a slow burn success. 15, AUS no. 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. Both Mark Knopfler and David Knopfler develop an interest in music. Mark Knopfler receives his first guitar when he is 15. 1, US no. Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler produces Bob Dylans album Infidels (1983) (US no. Misha Lindes does some modelling work. Like her brother, Nastassia Staz Lindes combines modelling and music. This tale of a sculptor who finds fame after his death raises some eyebrows: And now all the vultures are coming down from the trees / Hes gonna be / In the galla, galla, gallery. Reportedly, the song is inspired by Leeds sculptor Harry Phillips, the father of Steve Phillips the guitarist who was Mark Knopflers partner in the Duolian Stringpickers. Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler produces the album Knife (1984) (UK no. My Life in Dire Straitsby John Illsley (Bantam Press) is out now. Dire Straits appear at the Live Aid show on 13 July 1985 at Wembley Stadium in London. 67) is a rockabilly toe-tapper. Mark Knopflers vocals are more hushed and the guitar-picking is quietly reflective. Former Dire Straits guitarist Hal Lindes composes the soundtrack for the movie The Boys are Back (2009). Former Dire Straits keyboardist and guitarist Guy Fletcher tours with former Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry in 1996. The full line-up of Rockpile is: Dave Edmunds (vocals, guitar), Nick Lowe (vocals, bass), Billy Bremner (guitar) and Terry Williams (drums). 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. 19, AUS no. 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. Love Over Gold (1982) (UK no. 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. When Alan Clark joins Dire Straits in 1980 he becomes the groups first official keyboards player. Mark was our standard bearer and ticket to being exceptional rather than merely good, claims younger brother guitarist David Knopfler. Her band is called The Paranoyds (or The Paranoids). He has three children and at least one of them is female. 116, AUS no. Half an inch deeper and Id have never played a guitar again. Beautiful You (2008) is credited to John Illsley and Greg Pearle. The lighter nature of the ExtendedancEPlay disc tries to correct the balance from the generally rather sober Love Over Gold. Mark Knopfler surfaces in the company of The Notting Hillbillies in 1990. 8), an invocation of Elvis Presley, the 1950s King of Rock n Roll. Your Latest Trick (UK no. Mark Knopfler plays on only three tracks on The Booze Brothers. The next stop for Terry Williams is the Welsh group Man (1970-1976). 4, US no. 1, US no. Williams contributions to Brothers In Arms are minimal but he and Omar Hakim are both credited as drummers on this album. 16); A Shot At Glory (2002) [soundtrack]; The Ragpickers Dream (2002) (UK no. It is there in 1978 that Jack Sonni first meets Mark Knopfler when the visiting British guitarist looks over the shops wares. Industrial Disease (US no. Group leader Mark Knopflers voice owes something to the nasal inflections of folk rock icon Bob Dylan and Knopflers lyrics are also redolent of Dylans narratives.
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