{"id":131836,"date":"2023-08-31T10:06:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T15:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=131836"},"modified":"2023-09-06T11:52:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T16:52:48","slug":"taylor-mississippi-guitarist-jack-sonni-formerly-of-dire-straits-passes-away-at-68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/taylor-mississippi-guitarist-jack-sonni-formerly-of-dire-straits-passes-away-at-68\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor, Mississippi Guitarist Jack Sonni, Formerly of Dire Straits, Passes Away at 68"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20220618_193936-JackSonni-PNewtRayburn-750.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20220618_193936-JackSonni-PNewtRayburn-750.jpg?resize=640%2C303\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20220618_193936-JackSonni-PNewtRayburn-750.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20220618_193936-JackSonni-PNewtRayburn-750.jpg?resize=300%2C142&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Jack Sonni &amp; The Leisure Class live at City Grocery in Oxford, Mississippi, June 18, 2022. Photograph by Newt Rayburn.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Very sad news today. Former <strong>Dire Straits <\/strong>guitarist <strong>Jack Sonni<\/strong> has died at the age of 68. Sonni was an internationally acclaimed musician who relocated to <strong>Taylor, Mississippi<\/strong> in 2018 and became a local fixture in the pandemic-era <strong>Mississippi <\/strong>music scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The musician&#8217;s passing was announced in a moving post by the band posted online, reading: &#8216;#JackSonni Rest In Peace #DireStraits.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JackSonni?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JackSonni<\/a> &#x1f3b8; Rest In Peace &#x1f64f;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DireStraits?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DireStraits<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W3vx65bY5h\">pic.twitter.com\/W3vx65bY5h<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dire Straits &#x1f3b8; (@DireStraits77) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DireStraits77\/status\/1697209575668170867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Sonni was known as &#8220;the other guitarist&#8221; during the group&#8217;s <strong><em>Brothers in Arms<\/em><\/strong> era, named after their fifth album, released in 1985.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His cause of death has not been revealed, but it is believed he was suffering from an sudden illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, <strong>Dire Straits Legacy<\/strong>, an official group of musicians who toured with the band, announced Jack had been suffering from ill health in a social media post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The post read: &#8220;Dear fans, unfortunately, Jack Sonni will not be able to participate in our next gigs because of health problems. Jack get better soon, we are waiting for you! With love, the DSL family.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdirestraitslegacy%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02fcnP53bZGzW4TGRn32Lkx2i52AZYvndGjHUkrNn5vfpVnGdcFQrLXe831huepuYHl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Two days later on August 31, 2023, DSL announced that Sonni had passed away. &#8220;Our beloved Jack has left a void in our heart and soul&#8230; we will miss you so much, you are forever with us &#x1f494;&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdirestraitslegacy%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02PMCzCm3gKmvznRbhdRL78RKnzC7TzytxDmniyCJCFpQeX1hQPQN16HwW9fmRRjNHl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"435\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in <strong>Indiana, Pennsylvania<\/strong> and drawn to music at an early age, Sonni first learned piano, then trumpet, before switching to guitar at 14. His love of the instrument led him to leave the&nbsp;<strong>University of Connecticut<\/strong>, where he was studying literature, to attend the&nbsp;<strong>Hartford Conservatory of Music<\/strong>. Sonni had been working at the famous <strong>New York City<\/strong> guitar shop <strong>Rudy&#8217;s Music Stop<\/strong> in the 1970s when he first met Dire Straits&#8217; co-founders <strong>David<\/strong> and <strong>Mark Knopfler<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sonni visited the Knopflers in&nbsp;<strong>London<\/strong>, and after David left the band, Sonni was asked to join the band for the 1984 recording sessions for&nbsp;<em>Brothers in Arms<\/em>&nbsp;and the subsequent tour. Jack accepted,&nbsp;and played guitar synthesizer on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HsvXSKOCUfs?si=A2TZAiuqUx33bYmI\">The Man&#8217;s Too Strong<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He played alongside the band at the iconic 1985 <strong>Live Aid<\/strong> concert at <strong>Wembley Stadium<\/strong> that raised money for the famine that hit <strong>Ethiopia<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HsvXSKOCUfs?si=NiKybWlCMqm2gVgY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>After his collaboration with Dire Straits, Sonni contributed to other musicians&#8217; works but ended his professional musical career when his twin daughters were born in 1988. He began a second career as a marketing executive, first at <strong>Seymour Duncan<\/strong>, then <strong>Rivera Guitar Amplifiers<\/strong> followed by several years as director of marketing communications at&nbsp;<strong>Line 6<\/strong>, a manufacturer of digital technology products for musicians. He was instrumental in the development and launch of <strong>POD <\/strong>&#8211; which he named and gave the product its legendary shape. In 2001, he became vice president of marketing communication for&nbsp;<strong>Guitar Center,<\/strong>&nbsp;a position he left in 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the summer of 2006, Sonni moved to <strong>San Jose del Cabo<\/strong> in 2007, then to <strong>Healdsburg, California<\/strong>, until January 2012, when he relocated to <strong>Brooklyn<\/strong> for a short time. Sonni was writer-in-residence and House Manager at the <strong>Noepe Center for Literary Arts<\/strong> on <strong>Martha&#8217;s Vineyard<\/strong> until its closing in 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack moved to <strong>Water Valley<\/strong>, Mississippi and later to Taylor, in 2018, and returned to playing music on a regular basis with his band, <strong>The Leisure Class<\/strong>, this time featuring some of the top players in the area, including <strong>Jesse Pinion, Bradley Gordon, Eric Carlton<\/strong>, <strong>Mark Yacavone<\/strong>, <strong>Casey Lipe<\/strong>, and others. Sonnie also appeared regularly with other former members of Dire Straits in the DSL, <strong>Dire Straits Legacy<\/strong> project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xviUppE6tJw?si=SB3_siAeVI6ETLyu\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack Sonni was working on a book at the time of his passing. He had secured an agent and was searching for a publisher. On June 2, 2023, Sonni&#8217;s last social media post read, &#8220;Well chilluns, the last social media post for the foreseeable future as I dive into getting my novel in shape for my agent\u2019s publisher hunt. Play nice &amp; be kind to one another! And hug them while you can.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjacksonni%2Fposts%2Fpfbid04W1sEWgvchKXbR252CwyWuzzCP6szkmjhMyYGPuxEWQwUMcejdtUNh7jmLpaHueGl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the news of Jack&#8217;s death, many fans took to social media to pay tribute, including many messages on his Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One posted: &#8216;OMG\u2026 so sorry to hear this terrible news. RIP hero!&#8217; while another added: &#8216;Sending love and condolences to Nadine and family. RIP Jack.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A third shared: &#8216;Sincerest condolences to Jack&#8217;s family and loved ones,&#8217; while one user shared: &#8216;Thank you for your wonderful vibe. Rest In Peace.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oxford Sound Engineer <strong>Jeffrey Reed<\/strong> posted, &#8220;I\u2019d like to offer Godspeed to one of the nicest celebrities I\u2019ve ever met. Jack Sonni has left this mortal coil. Guitarist for Dire Straits through yeah, the big years. He was a friend and a gent. He\u2019s even been a guest band leader on Thacker Mountain Radio! I surely know he enjoyed his time here in Mississippi. I wouldn\u2019t wish what happened to him on my worst enemy. I think the last time I spoke to him was at LAX. Just ran into each other while boarding different flights. He played regular free gigs with his local band The Leisure Class\u2026..I\u2019m just spent. Damn. I don\u2019t know Robin Scott, but hug your friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oxford guitarist Jesse Pinion was Jack&#8217;s go-to guy for Mississippi shows. &#8220;Words can\u2019t express what we\u2019re all feeling. Thank you for coming into our lives and letting us share in the fun. I know I don\u2019t smile much on stage, but I was having the time of my life. 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Former Dire Straits guitarist Jack Sonni has died at the age of 68. 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