Il rock storico di John Illsley, fondatore dei Dire Straits: il nuovo cd Testing The Water ed un po' di concerti live...

di: Giancarlo Passarella

A Giugno si esibira' sul palco acustico del presigioso Glastonbury Festival: prima di lui Susanne Vega, Nick Lowe, Alison Moyet, Clannad. La bellezza di When god made time che apre il suo nuovo disco solista!

A Giugno si esibira' sul palco acustico del presigioso Glastonbury Festival: prima di lui Susanne Vega, Nick Lowe, Alison Moyet, Clannad. La bellezza di When god made time che apre il suo nuovo disco solista!

Never Told A Soul, Glass, Streets Of Heaven.

Ha annunciato un tour di 12 tappe in autunno e prima una apparizione a Glastonbury Festival. Noi l'abbiamo visto alcune volte live: sono state sino ad ora rare le sue esibizioni, ma ci ha sempre ammaliato. Certo non è Mark Knopfler, ma è pur sempre uno che i Dire Straits li ha fondati.

Queste le tappe del suo tour per promuovere Testing The Water, quarto disco solista dopo Never Told A Soul, Glass, Streets Of Heaven. ...

September
- 24 Milton Keynes, The Stables
- 26 Skegness, Embassy
- 27 Derby, Flower Pot
October
- 2 Wolverhampton, Robin 2
- 3 Fletching, Trading Boundaries
- 4 Southampton, The Brook
- 5 Watford, Colosseum
- 7 Cardiff, St David’s Hall
- 9 Isle Of Wight, Shanklin Theatre
- 10 Exeter, Corn Exchange
- 11 Ipswich, Cameo Hotel
- 12 Horsham, Capitol Theatre

John Illsley is an English musician who rose to fame as the bass guitarist of the critically acclaimed band Dire Straits. With Dire Straits, John has been the recipient of multiple BRIT and Grammy Awards and a Heritage Award.
As one of the founding band members, with Mark Knopfler, his brother David and drummer Pick Withers, John played a major role in the development of the Dire Straits’ sound. Throughout it all, John and Mark were the only founding members to remain in the line up of Dire Straits right through from 1977 until they decided to call it a day in 1995. They still remain close friends and recently produced a programme “Guitar Stories” for Sky Arts. During their time together as Dire Straits they sold over 120 million albums and toured extensively across the world. When Dire Straits took a couple of well earned breaks John released two albums; Never Told a Soul (1984) and Glass (1988). Both featured Mark Knopfler as a guest musician.
John happened upon the Irish band Cunla in a Leicestershire pub in March 2005. He appeared with them on several occasions, most notably on 23 September 2006 at Cathedrale d’Image in Les Baux de Provence, France. The performance was recorded and subsequently released as an album, Live in Les Baux, in 2007.
In October 2008 John released Beautiful You, an album with Greg Pearle from Cunla and followed the release with a a short tour of Ireland. May 2010 saw the release of John’s most recent album, Streets of Heaven, with appearances from Mark Knopfler and a host of other world-class musicians. The album was recorded at British Grove studios and produced by John and Guy Fletcher. John signed Native Roses to his label, Creek Publishing, in February 2011. He produced their debut album alongside Guy Fletcher between December 2011 and July 2012. The album is available to pre-order from their website. When Dire Straits finished touring in 1993 John became heavily involved in the art world. Having carved a reputation for himself as a painter, John had solo exhibitions in London, New York, Sydney and across Europe. He also co-founded the children’s charity Life Education in 1987 which recently was integrated into Coram, one of the oldest UK charities....

In questi giorni è in tour in Italia con una tribute band che omaggia i Dire Straits.

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