# Six Blade Knife guitar solo

> Mark Knopfler's guitar solo on Six Blade Knife by Dire Straits (1978) starts at about 2:30. From the album Dire Straits. A blues rock classic from the 1970s.

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Dire Straits, 1978, from *Dire Straits*. Solo by *Mark Knopfler*.

A slinky, minimal blues groove with stinging, economical lead lines. It demonstrates how much Knopfler could say with very few notes.

Six Blade Knife by Dire Straits is #16 in our ranking of the best Dire Straits guitar solos. The solo is played by Mark Knopfler and the song was released in 1978.

## In our lists

- [The Best Dire Straits Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/dire-straits-guitar-solos/) — #16

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Six Blade Knife?

Mark Knopfler played the solo on Dire Straits's Six Blade Knife (1978).

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