He was a partner-in-arms of Mark Knopfler in Dire Straits in the mid-1980s. Guitarist Jack Sonni died on August 30 at the age of 68. He had joined the group in 1985, at the time of the recording of brothers arm in arm, an album that has become cult. She was on stage with the group in July 1985 for the legendary Live Aid concert at Wembley.
Jack Sonni, who had previously worked in a guitar shop, had replaced Hal Lindes on Dire Straits in December 1985. Known for his role as “the other guitarist” opposite Mark Knopfler, Jack Sonni had learned to play the piano. and the trumpet, before taking up the guitar.
“I had been working for a few years in a small but authentic guitar shop in Manhattan and Mark [Knopfler] One day came. She was in town to start shooting ‘Making Movies’ and was looking for a new guitar. We became fast friends and spent a lot of time together over the next four years. There was never any talk of me playing with his band. It was not until December 1985 that he asked me to come to Monserrat, finish the album and go on tour with him”, he delivered in an interview with Direstraitsblog in 2020.
The musician also confided his pride in having participated in the album. brothers in armsthe best-selling album of the group and containing the hits money for nothing, brothers in arms, So far EITHER life path. An album that was for him “as well as a commercial success, a fantastic artistic success”. He simply regretted not benefiting from the financial consequences.
After leaving Dire Straits in 1988, Jack Sonni ended his music career to work as a marketing manager for a brand of guitar amplifiers.
Source: BFM TV
