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Jack Sonni, former guitarist for British rock band Dire Straits, has died, the group introduced on social media.
“#JackSonni Relaxation In Peace” the band wrote on X, previously often known as Twitter, on Thursday alongside a black and white {photograph} of the guitarist. He was 68.
Sonni, who was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, met founding Dire Straits members and guitarists David and Mark Knopfler whereas working in a guitar store in Manhattan in 1978, based on a put up on the Dire Straits Blog, which was shared by the band on social media.
The Knopflers had based the band the yr earlier than with bassist John Illsley and drummer Decide Withers.
Affectionately often known as “the opposite guitarist” – a label he embraced within the biography on his own website – Sonni started to play with the band, together with for the album “Brothers in Arms,” which shot to worldwide success, and the next tour.
The album spent 14 weeks at number one in the UK following its launch in 1985, and 9 weeks at primary within the Billboard Top 200. The album went on to promote greater than 30 million copies worldwide, based on the band’s official website. “Brothers in Arms” is credited with being the primary album to promote a couple of million copies in CD format, based on Billboard.
“So sorry to listen to the unhappy information that Jack Sonni has died, we beloved having him with us on the Brothers in Arms tour, fond reminiscences,” Illsley wrote in a put up on Facebook Thursday.
Alongside his musical profession, Sonni was additionally a author and hosted a podcast, “The Leisure Class with Jack Sonni.”
