The guitarist David Gilmour said restored rock music: “Brought back something that seemed to have gone astray”
“A distinct blues influence.”
Dire Straits
“Always great”: the 1978 song Mark Knopfler crowned as the height of perfect simplicity
It changed his approach to songwriting.
The one guitarist David Crosby could never repay: “He played perfectly”
Melodies that no one could replace.
How Mark Knopfler gets away with being a bad guitarist: “I’ve got a shorthand”
Not exactly the most proficient.
The classic rock band that weighed Mark Knopfler down: “A swimming pool with lead weights”
An exhaustive studio session.
