John Illsley

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Born
24 June 1949 (age 76)
Born In
Leicester, England, United Kingdom
John Illsley was the founding bass player with the legendary 120 million album selling Dire Straits and contributing vocalist to their Communiqué, Making Movies and Brothers in Arms albums until the group dissolved in 1995. John has released four albums of his own: Never Told A Soul (1984) and Glass (1988) while performing with Dire Straits, then Beautiful You (2008) and the best yet, Streets of Heaven (2010). After Dire Straits disbanded, John had retired from music and moved to rural Hampshire with his family to focus on his other passion, painting. He bought a local pub, the East… read more
John Illsley was the founding bass player with the legendary 120 million album selling Dire Straits and contributing vocalist to their Communiqué, Making Movies and Brothers in Arms albums until the group dissolved in 1995. John has released four albums of his own: Never Told A Soul (1984) an… read more
John Illsley was the founding bass player with the legendary 120 million album selling Dire Straits and contributing vocalist to their Communiqué, Making Movies and Brothers in Arms albums until the group dissolved in 1995. John has released four albums of his own: Never Told A Soul (1984) and Glass (1988) while performing with Dire Straits, then Beautiful You (2… read more

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1 Play track VIII It's a Long Way Back
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2 Play track Streets Of Heaven Streets Of Heaven
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3 Play track Streets Of Heaven Toe The Line
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4 Play track Long Shadows In The Darkness
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5 Play track Streets Of Heaven Big Top
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6 Play track VIII I Love You Still
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7 Play track Streets Of Heaven Only Time Will Tell
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8 Play track Coming Up for Air Old Amsterdam
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9 Play track VIII 21st Century
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10 Play track Glass High Stakes
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  1. 4,259 listeners

    16 May 2010 · 11 tracks

    Streets Of Heaven
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  2. 1,809 listeners

    4 Mar 2022 · 9 tracks

    VIII
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  3. 1,536 listeners

    14 Jun 2014 · 8 tracks

    Testing the Water
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  4. 1,311 listeners

    14 Apr 2016 · 8 tracks

    Long Shadows
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