12 Facts About Hal Lindes

In 1979, Hal Lindes played guitar with the new wave group Darling.

At the time of being asked to join Dire Straits, Al Kooper was producing Hal Lindes at Basing Street Studios in London with Herbie Flowers on bass, Brad Bradbury of the Specials on drums, Kooper on keyboards and Hal Lindes on guitar and vocals.

Hal Lindes became a full-time member of Dire Straits in 1980, before the release of the group's third album, Making Movies.

Hal Lindes replaced original co-founding member and rhythm guitarist David Knopfler.

Hal Lindes toured with Dire Straits while they were promoting Making Movies and remained with the band while they recorded their fourth album, 1982's Love Over Gold.

The band's double live album Alchemy: Dire Straits Live was a recording of excerpts from the final two concerts from that tour at London's Hammersmith Odeon in July 1983, featuring Hal Lindes, and was released in March 1984.

In December 1984, while Dire Straits were recording tracks for their Brothers In Arms album, Hal Lindes left the band to pursue his interest in film composing, sparked by the Local Hero soundtrack recording sessions.

In 1984, Hal Lindes played guitar alongside Jeff Beck on Tina Turner's hit "Private Dancer", as well as on the song "Steel Claw" recorded for the same project.

Hal Lindes composed the soundtrack to The Boys Are Back, a Miramax film directed by Scott Hicks and starring Clive Owen, in which his guitar score is paired with songs by Sigur Ros, Ray Lamontagne and Carla Bruni.

In 1989, Hal Lindes teamed up with rock singer Fish to contribute guitar to his debut solo album following his departure from Marillion.

Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors was released in January 1990, and Hal Lindes featured on nearly all of the album's tracks as well as co-writing three songs on the album.

Hal Lindes composed the theme music for the 1990s BBC TV series Between the Lines.