John Illsley
John Illsley (born June 24, 1949 in Leicester , England ) is a British musician .
Career
In 1977, the bassist Illsley founded the British band Dire Straits together with Mark Knopfler ( guitar ), his brother David Knopfler (guitar) and Pick Withers on drums , in which he played continuously and alongside Mark Knopfler as the only founding member until it was dissolved in the 1990s .
In the 1980s he released two solo albums, Never Told a Soul (1984) and Glass (1988), with Mark Knopfler helping him out on guitar. In June 2002, Mark Knopfler held four benefit concerts in London, at which Illsley and other ex-Dire Straits members ( Guy Fletcher on keyboards , Chris White on saxophone and Danny Cummings on drums) were on stage together for the first time since 1992 stood.
After years of chronic leukemia, Illsley had to undergo a stem cell transplant in 2011 and is now considered cured. In 2015 he went on a European tour with his live band, which also included guitarist Phil Palmer .
Discography
- 1984: Never Told a Soul
- 1988: Glass
- 2007: Live in Les Baux de Provence - John Illsley with Cunla & Greg Pearle
- 2008: Beautiful You - Greg Pearle & John Illsley
- 2010: Streets Of Heaven
- 2014: Testing The Water
- 2015: Live In London
- 2016: Long Shadows
- 2017: Live At The Brook - John Illsley Band (DVD)
- 2019: Coming Up For Air
Web links
- Works by and about John Illsley in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 from chronic leukaemia Daily Mail, online edition, May 17, 2014
- ^ "Dire Straits" bassist John Illsley in Bonn , accessed on February 20, 2016
- ^ Illsley, John / Coming Up For Air (Blue Barge Records). March 22, 2019, accessed April 13, 2019 .
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SURNAME | Illsley, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leicester , England |