The American joined the band in 1984, replacing guitarist Hal Lindes.
Jack Sonni played on Dire Straits’ world tour, as well as at the famous Live Aid charity concert in London.
The group, famous for classic hits such as “Sultans of Swing” and “Money for Nothing,” posted the news on social media and its website. Born John Thomas Sonni in the US state of Pennsylvania in 1954, he was working at Rudy’s Music Shop in New York when he met Knopfler and his brother David in the late 70s, just after they founded Dire Straits.
On the hit album – which helped popularise the compact disc as a musical format – was the song “Money for Nothing,” which became the group’s biggest commercial success and was broadcast on loop on the MTV television station.
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