Nine great covers of Nobel laureate Bob Dylan by Detroit artists

click to enlarge Nine great covers of Nobel laureate Bob Dylan by Detroit artists
Bob Dylan in 1978. Image from Wikipedia.

You might have heard this morning that Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He's the first American to receive the prize since Toni Morrison in 1993. In honor of his honor, we grabbed a few covers by area artists of the bard's songs, plus a special interview bit at the end that's a real treat if you've never seen it.

Honorable mention goes to Bob Seger and the Heard for their great song written in the Zimmerman vein, "Persecution Smith."















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Mike McGonigal

Metro Times music editor Mike McGonigal has written about music since 1984, when he started the fanzine Chemical Imbalance at age sixteen with money saved from mowing lawns in Florida. He's since written for Spin, Pitchfork, the Village VOICE and Artforum. He's been a museum guard, a financial reporter, a bicycle...
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