bob dylan the socially conscious Rage Against the Machine guitarist who performs solo as the Nightwatchman, is partial to Dylan's first several albums, when our newest septuagenarian set the standard for topical songwriting. An admitted latecomer to the cult of Dylan -- he says he discovered the singer's work moving backwards from Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska' album -- Morello was deeply moved by the way Dylan "humanized the political issues of the day -- issues of race, class and war -- but in a way that was profoundly poetic, and felt like it was world-changing."
Later moments in Dylan's sprawling career made believers of other aspiring musicians. Nicole Atkins fell hard for 'One More Cup of Coffee' off Dylan's 'Desire' album, from the fertile mid-'70s run that also produced the potent 'Blood on the Tracks' and 'The Basement Tapes,' the long-buried woodshedding he recorded with the band that would soon become The Band.For a lot of artists, Dylan built the whole house they live in. Philadelphia's G. Love freely admits that "a lot of my songs are straight Dylan. Even in my hip-hop and blues writing, the stamp that Bob has made on me runs deep."
"It seems as if he has always been purely creative on his own terms," says the singer. "Almost all of the great artists from the '60s have made some questionable records, but Dylan never made a record that was overproduced or trying to be something he was not... To see Dylan on the road year after year lets me know that I might get old, but I'm never gonna retire."
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