Six-String Lyricist

NOW 24 YEARS INTO A SUCCESSFUL solo career, Mark Knopfler’s material in this era outweighs the music he penned for his former band, Dire Straits, by some margin. Sure, the radio super-hits “Sultans of Swing” and “Money for Nothing” have established the guitarist’s revered place in rock history, and progressive epics like “Telegraph Road,” “Private Investigations” and “Tunnel of Love” prove he has some serious songwriting chops, but his side projects and solo material have