Professor David Wilson has spent his professional life working with violent men
- especially men who have committed murder.
Books Music Biographies An uplifting journey through the sheer hard work, pitfalls & thrills of navigating a great rock band to the pinnacle of success... Dire Straits filled giant stadiums around the world & sold hundreds of millions of records. Throughout the eighties they were one of the biggest bands on the planet. Their classic songs
- ' Sultans of Swing', ' Romeo & Juliet', ' Money for Nothing', ' Brothers In Arms'
- formed the soundtrack of a generation & live on today: still racking up sales, still being played on the radio on every continent. In My Life in Dire Straits, John Illsley
- founding member, bassist & mainstay
- evokes the spirit of the times & tells the story of one of the great live acts of rock history. Starting with his own unlikely beginnings in Middle Engl&, he recounts the band's rise from humble origins in London's spit-&-sawdust pubs to the best-known venues in the world, the working man's clubs to Madison Square Garden, gigging with wi...