Bibliograph

My life in Dire Straits, the inside story of one of the biggest bands in rock history, John Illsley ; with a foreword by Mark Knopfler

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My life in Dire Straits, the inside story of one of the biggest bands in rock history, John Illsley ; with a foreword by Mark Knopfler

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

My life in Dire Straits

Oclc number

1275441578

Responsibility statement

John Illsley ; with a foreword by Mark Knopfler

Sub title

the inside story of one of the biggest bands in rock history

Summary

Starting with his own unlikely beginnings in Middle England, John Illsley recounts the rise of Dire Straits from humble origins in London's spit-and-sawdust pubs to the best-known venues in the world, the working men's clubs to Madison Square Garden, sharing gigs with wild punk bands to the Live Aid stage at Wembley until, ultimately, the shattering demands of touring on a global scale and living life in the spotlight took their inevitable toll

Table Of Contents

Foreword by Mark Knopfler -- The heart of it -- Night flight to Luxembourg -- Banjos, beatings, and bass -- Girls and gigs -- Timber and tenements -- Mr. Knopfler, I presume? -- Punks on the lawn -- Five hundred pounds -- Panic in the shower -- Off with the heads -- Wolverhampton woe to marquee magic -- Sessions in the sun -- Into the blizzard -- The night at the Roxy -- Into the arena -- Grim fairy tale of New York -- The big wheel keeps on turning -- Electric power -- Brothers and souls -- Jerusalem syndrome -- Live aid union -- New worlds -- What now? -- Here we go again -- When the music stops

Target audience

adult

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