Tracing Dire Straits' lineage takes you on a trip through some of rock's most storied back pages. Early on, Mark Knopfler's mellifluous mumble hinted at Dylan's poetic drawl and Springsteen's sprawling romanticism. As the band muscled up and stretched out, they built on the breezy folk-pop of Stealers Wheel, the Nashville cluck and strut of Chet Atkins, and the greased-back groove of UK pub-rock stalwarts Brinsley Schwarz.