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Although he was not given co-writers credits on the song, Columbia recording artist Bill Wilson is said to have written many of the lyrics to the song while he and Knopfler were both studio musicians working a session in Nashville. During a live performance of the song in Indianapolis, circa 1991, Wilson had this to say before the song: • • I do this thing I co-wrote about, I guess, its been about 12 years ago I wrote the lyrics and a friend of mine used to work a lot of sessions for my old producer, Bob Johnston, and worked a session with this fellow from England by the name of Mark Knopfler. Has his own group over there called Dire Straits. He had this little melody. It sounded like Walk, Dont Run. And he had this little story concerning a band that nobody wanted to listen to. Only a few people show up to hear. So we got together one night after the session and tossed these lyrics around on a napkin and I guess I wound up writing most of the lyrics to the tune. made enough money to buy a new Blazer that year I remember, so didnt do too bad. It goes like this . • • Bill Wilson died of a heart attack at the age of 46, in 1993. • • http://www.billwilsonmusic.net/index.cfm • http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?i... • http://www.fretbase.com/songs/182-sul... • http://www.billwilsonmusic.net/Articl... • • Just uploaded it because I found this really curious, and although Sultans of Swing is my favorite song, I never knew about this.. If you have any more information about it, please comment =)
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