Mark Knopfler doesn’t give many interviews and when he does he tends to skirt around the subject of his greatest commercial triumph. We're talking, of course, about Brothers In Arms - the album that sold over 30 million copies, convinced a generation to invest in CD players and briefly transformed Dire Straits into the biggest band in the world.
But on the occasion of its 40th anniversary this summer, the 75 year old has given a new interview to Guitarist. Being the modest fellow that he's always been, he pooh-poohs the idea that the album turned him into a ‘guitar hero’: “That was just awkward,” he remembers. “The world is bursting with fabulous players. Whether I’ve written a good song or not, that’s what counts to me. I gave up trying to be a great guitar player. I have enough to get by in the studio – that’s how I see myself as a guitar player. Not much more than that.”
