Ah man… What they’ve done to one of the single best guitar solos of all time is a really tragedy. Otherwise it’s pretty good. I hear some influence from Don Henley’s Boys of Summer in the overall sound.

As far as covers go, it’s new it’s creative, and would still sound good if you’d never heard the dire straits. I dig it man.

Fun fact: Mark Knopfler, the lead guitarist from the Dire Straits is also a pretty incredible classic country musician. He’s put out at least a couple albums playing with Chet Atkins, on account of their similar fingerpicking styles.