Sultans of Swing

I recently discovered a copy of Total Guitar that I bought years ago with a Sultans backing track and the tab. Thought I'd give it a go. (Need a bit more work on the final solo. Ahem...). Annoyingly, sound/vision seem to have gone slightly out of sync on upload.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• dire
• straits
• mark
• knopfler
• sultans
• swing
• cover

[yakovgolyadkin]

That was fantastic man. Seriously fantastic. I barred down the page and had it playing just as background music, and only when it ended and I had to restart it did I remember that I wasn't listening to a CD.

[scottytrotter]

@yakovgolyadkin Wow, praise indeed! Gotta thank Total Guitar for the backing track though!

[ashens]

Always loved this song.

[scottytrotter]

@pzburviantard He's probably just being polite. He's a friend of mine.

[GuiTuber]

That was pretty darned good, warts and all. The hardest part is singing and switching between chords and doing those fills. You pulled it off extremely well. Bravo to you sir. Nicely done. -Rob

[mateusbmedeiros]

@scottytrotter Ok, but if you do get any negative comments in this video, they're just trolls, believe me. =)

[scottytrotter]

@mateusbmedeiros I'll check 'em out. (BTW, It's ok, I wasn't suggesting that you were being negative, I was just saying that I would naturally expect some negative comments in general from YouTubers.)

[mateusbmedeiros]

@scottytrotter I just watched troubleclef's "Castles made of Sand" and man, it's awesome...do you know "lonlonjp"? He mostly plays video-game stuff, but he is great... and recently I watched a "Bohemian Rhapsody" by ironmonger100 that left me impressed too... =)

[mateusbmedeiros]

@scottytrotter But I just quoted you yourself to point the only thing that is missing to a perfect performance in my opinion..... and also you sang (greatly) and played at the same time, and it's a song full of licks, you're awesome man!

[scottytrotter]

@theshorterstory No, it's so that I can see the fretboard. Breathing's automatic. ;)

[theshorterstory]

@scottytrotter do you move away from the mic so you can breathe?**

[LiamJamesOConnor]

Very impressive. A difficult song both in terms of guitar and voice and you pulled it all off well. A great cover. Had me singing along at one point. ^_^