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the as “the other guitarist” Jack Sonni, well-known musician from the British rock band Dire Straits, has died at the age of 68. As the band announced on online networks and on their website on Friday, Sonni died on Wednesday. He leave “a legacy of musical excellence”explained the members of, among other things, guitar-heavy hits like “Sultans of Swing”, “Brothers in Arms” and “Money for nothing” world famous band.
cause of death “a mystery”
sun be “died unexpectedly” and leave “a deep sense of sadness”, explained the band around frontman Mark Knopfler. The band initially did not provide any information about the circumstances of his death, but only announced that the cause of death remained current “a mystery”.
“The other guitarist”
Born John Thomas Sonni in Pennsylvania in 1954, the musician was working in a music store in New York when he met Dire Straits founders Mark and David Knopfler in the 1970s.
Sonni then joined the band in 1984 while recording their famous album “Brothers in Arms”. At that time he replaced the guitarist Hal Lindes and put down the nickname “the other guitarist of Dire Straits” which he also used on his website from then on.
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