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Ed Bicknell is a British music manager and drummer, best known for managing rock band Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, Gerry Rafferty, Bryan Ferry, Scott Walker and The Blue Nile.
17. Apr. 2015 · Stainze reached out to a booking agent contact of his, Ed Bicknell, inviting him along to see his new band playing at the Dingwalls club in Camden. Bicknell had taken his first steps into the music business at Hull University in the 60s, where as social secretary he booked gigs by the likes of Led Zeppelin, The Who and Pink Floyd ...
Die Gruppe erhielt einen Plattenvertrag; das Management übernahm Ed Bicknell, der Mark Knopfler bis 2000 auch auf seinen Solopfaden begleitete. Das Debütalbum Dire Straits wurde in Großbritannien anfangs kaum beachtet und ging auf dem Höhepunkt der Punk -Welle zunächst unter.
27. Apr. 2015 · We look back at Brothers In Arms, the album that turned Dire Straits into the biggest British rock band of the 80s. In November 1984, Mark Knopfler gathered Dire Straits at Air Studios on the Caribbean island of Monserrat to make their fifth studio album.
30. Sept. 2019 · The band's longtime manager earned $338,000 by auctioning his share of the back catalog profits online. Royalty Exchange is an online marketplace that lets investors buy music royalties from artists like Barry White and Coolio.
29. Feb. 2024 · Manager Ed Bicknell recalls that A&R men were “leaping out of their baths” to sign them, and Muff Winwood was one of them. Formerly a member of The Spencer Davis Group with his brother Steve, he had become a talent scout and occasional producer for Island Records.
1977: Ed Bicknell wird Manager der Dire Straits. 1978: Im Januar treten die Dire Straits als Vorgruppe der Talking Heads auf. Im Februar wird das erste Album "Dire Straits" aufgenommen.
