Lockdown Licks no.192. “Fade to Black” by Dire Straits. Intro solo played on an HB35+ using neck humbucker setting. Played through a NUX M8 amp on clean setting with a touch of reverb.
Original played by Mark Knopfler.
The song is a smooth, brooding, jazz/blues from the album “On Every Street.”
A number of years after their huge success with “Brothers in Arms.”
It would prove to be their final album before Knopfler began his solo career. It’s certainly last but not least as I see it. With hits “The Bug” and “Calling Elvis” as well as superb tracks such as this one and the album title track it is essential for any lovers of Knopfler and Dire Straits.