Lockdown Licks no. 95
“Lady Writer” by Dire Straits.
Intro Solo played on. Stratocaster with middle/bridge pup switch used, volume on 9
tone control on 6. NUX amp on clean setting, mid EQ. Original played by Mark Knopfler on a red Stratocaster I believe!
“Lady Writer” is a 1979 song by Dire Straits, which appears on the band’s second album Communiqué.Billboard described the song as a “hypnotic rocker” with “sizzling instrumentation” and “distinctive vocals.” When asked what the song was about, lead singer Mark Knopfler said that he was watching TV one day, and there was a lady writer on the TV, and that’s basically where the idea for the song came from.