I found out West was British a year or so ago. Before that I thought he did a wonderful job as a British guitar player in Rock Star. I guess its the other way around.
Of course String lived long enough to throw Avon under the bus. The Wire is truly the best show in TV right now. I love ER and CSI but The Wire is on a whole different level.
I thought String was going to wack Avon. He ran B&B's street enterprise alot better than Avon did when he was away. Avon's right, he's a gangster and String is a businessman.