To stray further off topic (because I like this tangent), both of my parents were fans of Dire Straits and I was too young to really get it, but I've been remin

To stray further off topic (because I like this tangent), both of my parents were fans of Dire Straits and I was too young to really get it, but I've been reminded of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler three or four times in the last couple of weeks, and the more of his body of work I come across the more obvious the consistency of the quality in both music and poetry. With a strong risk of hyperbole: The sound of a guitar string plucked by Mark Knopfler can't be mistaken for any other guitarist.