“Unlike many Sixties rockers,[Bob] Dylan sang about getting old, about broken dreams. His return to roots music pointed the way for many of his contemporaries to forsake trying to sound 'current' and to instead make music that would stand the test of time.” WayTryingDreamSoundBrokenReturnRootsTestsCurrentsBobSixtyGetting OldDylanForsakeRockersBroken DreamsTest Of Time Author:Jay Michaelson
“The most recent incarnation of [Bob] Dylan has been the traveling journeyman/ charlatan who sings roots music, snarls dark lyrics that make "All Along the Watchtower" sound like a Disney tune, hosts an old-school radio show, and turns up in some unusual places, like ads for Chrysler and Victoria's Secret.” Has BeensShowsSchoolTurnsSoundDarkSecretRootsRadioTunesUnusualHostAdsBobDylanIncarnationOld SchoolVictoriaCharlatansVictoria's SecretChrysler Author:Jay Michaelson
“[Bob] Dylan's many quotations from classic American roots music (that song is from an album aptly titled Love and Theft) join the aging poet to a tradition that preceded him and hopefully will outlive him as well.” WellsSongPoetTraditionRootsAgingAlbumsHopefullyClassicBobQuotationsDylanTheft Author:Jay Michaelson
