Bob Dylan - new album just out on Tidal - Rough and Rowdy Ways

A lot of his later stuff is overly compressed, I look for cassettes like Time out of Mind, Love and Theft but the one I really want, Modern Times, is only available from Russia, at some insane price. I met Paul Clayton a long time ago in Charlottesville, he was Dylan’s best friend in the early Village years. Clayton was a dulcimer player and singer of sea chanties.

https://youtu.be/oi8_n3kM-Dk

I am not too impressed with Bob's raspy, nasal recitations.  He doesn't sing much anymore.  IMHO, he would be better off finding a singer if he still wants to play in a rock band.  I doubt he will give up that much control, though.  I give his albums a listen nowdays, but I'm not likely to listen to them more than once or twice.

Gee, noone’s ever accused him of that before. 🙄

I doubt Dylan ever ‘wanted to play in a rock band’.