We were ushered into a private room full of attractive women who were not overly dressed. 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. Drummer Terry Williams officially leaves Dire Straits in 1989 but the bands future seems questionable at the time. The three formed a band with Marks pal, drummer David Pick Withers. Ive always worked since I was 14, says Mark Knopfler. Although he resides in that metropolis from 1976 to 1985, Jack Sonni finds only a limited amount of work as a session guitarist. John Illsley Former Dire Straits keyboardist and guitarist Guy Fletcher tours with former Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry in 1996. Private Investigations (2005) (UK 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. 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). He is one of four children. Illsley now lives in Hampshire, with his second wife Stephanie and his four children. He owns a local pub, the East End Arms, located in the hamlet of East End between Lymington and Beaulieu, and which has been listed by critics as one of the Fifty Best Pubs Around Britain. Instead, an animated version of a large, brutish workman mouths Knopflers lyrics while his skinny offsider lip synchs Stings harmonies. 54), is somewhat underrated. On the other hand, they had a liberal bias for letting us follow our own path. The full line-up is: Pat Moran (vocals), Ray Martinez (guitar), Kips Brown (keyboards), Adrian Maloney (bass) and Pique Withers (drums). Mark Knopfler and company hope that Charlie Gillett may be able to offer some useful tips but, contrary to their expectations, Gillett begins playing on his show a track from their demo, a tune called Sultans Of Swing. The Dire Straits Fender guitar logo on the back cover is designed by Geoff Halpern. Her band is called The Paranoyds (or The Paranoids). Mark later says he is a Marxist agnostic. Mark Knopfler starts his education with two years at Bearsden Primary School in Scotland. Next, Terry Williams has a short stint in Neverland Express (1981-1982), the backing group for U.S. singer Meatloaf. Their brand of tightly played, almost serene rock was like nothing any other band was playing. Mark Knopfler leaves his job as a journalist and returns to school. At the same time, he also begins playing music again, starting a new band called Los Perros de Amor (which roughly translates from Spanish as Love Dogs). Photo: This disc is credited (once again) to Brewers Droop (rather than The Droop) and trumpets on the cover the presence of Mark Knopfler and Dave Edmunds. 62) is rereleased as a single from this album and manages a modest showing on the U.K. singles chart. Illsleys new book is a celebration of the bands achievements and of his enduring friendship with Mark Knopfler. When John Illsley was writing and demoing for his imminent eighth solo album, the last thing on his mind was to chronicle his remarkable past as a co-founder of one of the biggest bands in rock history.