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Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (Original Post)
marble falls
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3Hotdogs
(15,438 posts)1. I was at the Capital in Passaic for their Sultans album tour.
marble falls
(72,146 posts)2. Never had the chance to see them. Loved 'em to death.
cachukis
(4,018 posts)3. One of the great songs that will always challenge
guitar talk.
Smooth as a baby's ass.
rickford66
(6,078 posts)4. Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (Alchemy Live) is the best
Deuxcents
(27,284 posts)5. I think they didn't want the song to end! Wish I had been there..
ProfessorGAC
(76,977 posts)7. Saw Them
Second album tour (Communique).
Just by sheer luck, my wife & I got 6th or 7th row dead center seats for a sold out show. Counting the orchestra put, we were 20' from Knopfler all night.
I loved those first 2 albums.
Nearly every guitar player I knew (I'm including myself) learned the solos on this tune.
I kind of lost interest after Mark bought a distortion pedal. That early tone was part of their magic.
marble falls
(72,146 posts)8. Usually I want the guitar to wail, and that band did not wail. It was clean in a Steely Dan sort of way, but ...
... without the borderline preciousness. SD was a studio group, DS was a live performance group.
Dixiegrrrl
(216 posts)9. Thank you!
Swede
(39,743 posts)10. That dude can play.