Bob Dylan - Guitar Hero?

One of the big time songwriters of the universe, carried a guitar around all the time, always played guitar on stage but does he qualify as a guitar hero? Bob Dylan composed his songs on the guitar and anybody who has seen “No Direction Home”, Martin Scorsese’s documentary on Dylan, knows that he lives and breathes music. But he is essentially a rhythm guitarist - a guy who sings and plays the guitar. Can we learn anything about guitar playing from him? Maybe he doesn’t “do” much but it seems hard to believe we cannot benefit from watching a guy who expressed himself on the guitar without even thinking. It’s part of his language.

“Blowin’ in the Wind” was recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary, a folk trio who could mesmerize huge crowds of music lovers at their concerts. Three hundred thousand copies of the song were sold in the first seven days after it was released. Many people have said that Bob Dylan might not have sold records in those numbers relying on his own singing. I still think we lose out if we do not get to know his songs and his guitar playing.

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