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Originally Posted by bob_32_116
I like that. Hadn't heard it before.
I'd say either or both of the guys had been listening to Jimmy Webb's song The Highwayman, which is very similar in style.
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They probably both knew Jimmy Webb, though I do find Mark Knopfler's style to be confident enough not to think of him as a mimic.. of course there are usually similarities in style to predecessors in any genre.