Mark Knopfler

* photo from thetimes.co.uk

I was in high school when Dire Straits came out with Sultans of Swing.  Listening to that was pure heaven.  Front man Mark Knopfler was the key behind it all, but it was only much later on that I learned to appreciate his guitar playing abilities.  It was funny, because when the song came out, I thought the band's name was the "Sultans" because the lyrics talked about the band, "...we are the Sultans of Swing."