The Best Dire Straits Guitar Solos

Dire Straits arrived in the punk era with something unfashionable: clean, articulate fingerpicked lead guitar that sang like a second vocalist. Mark Knopfler's thumb-and-fingers attack and restrained, melodic phrasing made the band's long outro solos some of the most recognisable in rock.

Informed by: Wikipedia: Dire Straits discography, Wikipedia: Mark Knopfler

1. 1
   Sultans of Swing

   Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1978
2. 2
   Brothers in Arms

   Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1985
3. 3
   Telegraph Road

   Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1982
4. 4
   Tunnel of Love

   Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1980
5. 5
   Money for Nothing

   Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1985
6. 6
   On Every Street

   Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1991
7. 7
   Once Upon a Time in the West

   Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1979
8. 8
   Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero

   Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1984
9. 9
   Private Investigations

   Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1982
10. 10
    Lady Writer

    Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1979
11. 11
    Down to the Waterline

    Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1978
12. 12
    Calling Elvis

    Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1991
13. 13
    Where Do You Think You're Going?

    Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1979
14. 14
    Solid Rock

    Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1980
15. 15
    Wild West End

    Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1978
16. 16
    Six Blade Knife

    Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1978
17. 17
    Industrial Disease

    Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1982
18. 18
    Heavy Fuel

    Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1991
19. 19
    Ride Across the River

    Dire Straits · solo by Mark Knopfler · 1985