![]() It just came alive as soon as I played it on that ‘61 Strat– which remained my main guitar for many years and was basically the only thing I played on the first album - and the new chord changes just presented themselves and fell into place. “I thought it was dull, but as soon as I bought my first Strat in 1977, the whole thing changed, though the lyrics remained the same. “‘Sultans of Swing’ was originally written on a National Steel guitar in an open tuning, though I never performed it that way” recalls Mark Knopfler. ![]() “Sultans of Swing” - Dire Straits (Dire Straits, Warner Bros, 1978) Knopfler up from a deep slumber to do this interview.Ģ2. I start, rather randomly, with Mark Knopfler and “Sultans of Swing.” As I recall, I messed up the time change and woke Mr. I wrote a whole bunch of the entries and will be posting some of them here. Guitar World did a cover story on the 100 greatest guitar solos of all time in approx.
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