Artist

Born on 24 June 1949, in Leicester, Illsley was the bass player for the British rock band Dire Straits. Introduced to lead singer and guitarist Mark Knopfler by Mark's brother, David Knopfler, Illsley was one of just two original band members remaining when it broke up in 1995.

He also released hist first two albums of his own, Never Told A Soul in 1984 and Glass in 1988. His first album had clear Dire Straits influences, however, his style had notably changed by the second. Mark Knopfler contributed some of the guitar parts on both issues.
Later he released some more solo-albums, incl. a live-album called Live in London. He still tours in smaller club-locations and he plays his own songs and Dire Straits songs, as well.
He is now building a reputation as a talented painter.

Tracks

1 High Stakes

2 I Want To See The Moon

3 Papermen

4 All I Want Is You

5 The World Is Made Of Glass

6 Red Turns To Blue

7 Let's Dance

8 She Wants Everything

9 Star For Now

Releases

Formats

Vinyl, CD, Cassette, CDr

Labels

Warner Bros. Records, PolyGram, Vertigo, Teal Trutone Music, Universal Music Archive Collection, Creek Records

Countries

Australia, Brazil, Canada, Greece, Israel, Netherlands, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe

years

1988, 2004, 2009, 2010

Members