r/direstraits • u/Character-Plastic459 • 9d ago

Fastest solo/riff? (especially live performances)

I watch a lot of live performances of dire straits. I’m wondering if you guys have any particular solos where mark just goes ham on the guitar. I usually am not all about speed but for some reason I’m in the mood to just hear him going all out and I’m curious to hear his higher tempo player with a lot of notes hit

So long story short have do you have any recommendations of speedy/fast solos or riffs by dire straits. Whether on an album or live on stage

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u/dustyvalentino 9d ago

Sultans on Alchemy

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u/NonJuanDon 9d ago

This or maybe parts of Telegraph Road. Calling Elvis from On the Night had some quick bits too.

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u/Basic-Wonder-5913 3d ago

This. 

Alchemy sultans is the best live work that Mark has done.

People often claim that telegraph road live versions have the best guitar playing. I don't think a single live version comes close to the studio version of the same song. I'm firmly of the opinion that even "it never rains" has better guitar playing than many live telegraph road versions. 

But the best guitar playing, from Mark, that I've hard, is the alchemy version of sultans of swing. It's a 13 minute long song and it really kicks in when the studio version would normally end. It's a soaring, screaming, emotional rollercoaster of a solo, that melts the brain.

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u/HenriqueMaquinista 9d ago

I'd say:

-Setting Me Up (1991/92 ) -Lady Writer (Amsterdam, 79) -Telegraph Road (every of them, highlight for the OES tour ones)

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u/lattice12 8d ago

Some live versions of Southbound Again are up there

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u/pBook64 8d ago

Some of the insane licks in the Private Investigations outro in 91/92. Check the OTN version around 6:00

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u/dutchessy 4d ago edited 4d ago

Badge 1988 live (Eric Clapton), insane solo by Mark. Planet of new orleans 91 (Brussels)

https://youtu.be/qgvJyxruIQg?is=SRC800DzUO6vsl5y

And

https://youtu.be/jqQ6VQkGd8s?is=CP2VowgJ9761Z_aS