Shortly after they arrived, Mark Knopfler ( introducing himself as Dirk)walked in and he and Marshal spent the next 10 hours thrashing out songs on an old bass with two strings. Illsley was aspiring to be a musician and invited Marshal back to a house in Deptford as he had promised him some incredible lyrics. He had ideas, good lyrics, and a wealth of street aptitude, and had been mixing with well known musicians in London for several years, looking for a break. His story has never been told until now.īack then, Dire Straits wasn’t a band, it was the state of both the UK and also of, an Edinburgh lyricist and poet, hopeful for success in the music industry. In 1975, a chance meeting between (penniless poet/lyricist Robert Marshal) and bass player John Illsley in a coffee bar in the West End of London led directly to the creation of a band who became one of the most successful acts of the 1980’s. The secret at the heart of Dire Straits revealed.
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