Exhuming Bob 5: Texas Bob Dylan
This is unquestionably the Bob Bob has always wanted to be. As you can see he has abandoned any Jewish identity if favor of a Western recording star of the forties. Slim Whitman, Elton Britt, Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams or any number of artists before the Nudie Suits of simple-minded came into fashion in the fifties.
Note the excessive mien molding, The scanty thin lips, the steely eyes. A remarkable and successful effort at fitting what he wanted to be.
The photo is taken from the Rolling Stone issue of May 3-17 2007 without permission. If they object I'll have to remove the post.
