<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in Bob-dylan ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/bob-dylan Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “He asked for my number. I wrote it on a napkin but he didn’t call…” Country guitarist Brittney Spencer on making a fan out of Bob Dylan ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/brittney-spencer-on-bob-dylan-being-a-fan xBu7E7uYgt59qsRQEp7Rkj Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I talked about the very first thing I learned on guitar, and he said, ‘That's exactly what I learned first!’” Roger McGuinn on jamming with George Harrison, teaching Mike Bloomfield and confusing Bob Dylan ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/roger-mcguinn-on-jamming-with-george-harrison-teaching-mike-bloomfield-and-confusing-bob-dylan vQPdZiXzZRW7PRWirgXBn6 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:39:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Dylan loved it. It didn’t get better than that.” Alice Cooper on his teen-rebellion anthem that won Bob Dylan’s stamp of approval ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/generation-landslide-the-alice-cooper-song-bob-dylan-praised H55yCgAiQ82C4NiwMrnLiH Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:46:41 +0000 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:28:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bob had a little saboteur in him." Mark Knopfler on his difficult collaboration with his childhood hero, Bob Dylan ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/mark-knopfler-on-bob-dylan xPixABf9u8AnofSpeMd55m Sat, 24 Jan 2026 17:20:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He said, ‘I’ll come. I was wondering what I’d do tomorrow.’” How George Harrison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne spontaneously created the 1980s’ biggest supergroup ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/george-harrison-on-the-spontaneous-garage-rock-origins-of-the-traveling-wilburys nk8MAMGDnDZWNyXxMumkob Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0000 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:22:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s tragic the way he died. He made the blues accessible to a lot of guys like me.” Bob Dylan and Jorma Kaukonen on the 1960s guitar icon who led an electric blues revolution and died alone and unknown ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/bob-dylan-and-jorma-kaukonen-on-mike-bloomfield 57DRggY2g85kYPSrYn4Ei4 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:30:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was packing up to leave when Dylan asked, ‘Where’s he going?’ and I wound up playing on the whole album.” The guitarist Bob Dylan insisted he had to have for his country music breakthrough ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/the-guitarist-bob-dylan-insisted-on-for-nashville-skyline 6v4fNMUGX75BGECG8yrzvV Sat, 06 Dec 2025 15:37:20 +0000 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:28:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’re going to do this because Bob Dylan asked me to.” John Fogerty says one word from the folk icon convinced him to do something he’d avoided for 15 years ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/albums-singles/how-bob-dylan-got-john-fogerty-to-finally-play-proud-mary 5pZkTZAzSoRVy52MKRPxkV Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:03:30 +0000 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:04:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “So they decide to get a guy to lay behind Bob’s amp.” Bob Dylan couldn’t understand one crucial thing about guitars and film making ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/bob-dylan-s-hearts-of-fire-killed-richard-marquand cpusqpzV7ocMKLZtBCqTpR Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:38:30 +0000 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:59:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ "An unmarked van shows up at my house, and Bob gets out with an acoustic guitar in his hand.” The time Bob Dylan picked a fight with Kiss and ended up writing a song with Gene Simmons ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/bob-dylan-s-feud-with-kiss-and-songwriting-with-gene-simmons 7jKj28b5EsGmShBzJoQrgf Sat, 25 Oct 2025 16:22:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We we’re playing basketball, and he said, ‘I want to do something different — like a circus.’”Roger McGuinn on Bob Dylan’s big breakthrough, meeting the Beatles...and his question after hearing Tom Petty for the first time ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/roger-mcguinn-on-bob-dylan-the-beatles-tom-petty-and-more 4kYbSkTUjWzpiYmsWN8mbi Fri, 10 Oct 2025 20:42:33 +0000 Fri, 10 Oct 2025 23:15:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I used to hate it when it came on the radio." Bob Dylan on the Neil Young song that got under his skin — for the most personal reason of all ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/bob-dylan-on-the-dylan-imitator-who-bothered-him-the-most qsb6MPkymcovrDToviiBxZ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:08:19 +0000 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:28:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We got the guitars out, and then things loosened up.” George Harrison on the 1968 visit with Bob Dylan that changed his future in the Beatles ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-bob-dylan-changed-george-harrison-s-fortunes-in-the-beatles KreFbvphJcmJVnUkKxebSe Mon, 06 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bob's like, ‘No way, that's not how I'm doing it tonight.’” Rita Coolidge says Bob Dylan’s quirky habit confused everyone during the making of his worldwide hit “Knockin’ on Heaven's Door” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/albums-singles/rita-coolidge-bob-dylan-knockin-on-heavens-door FUQbnVjQfgrpjVB8JVc95M Fri, 19 Sep 2025 13:13:56 +0000 Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:12:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That was when his songs started speaking to what the freak on the street was experiencing.” The Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia on the classic Bob Dylan song that made him a convert ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jerry-garcia-the-bob-dylan-song-that-won-him-over twoDTqkWHsctyYu9nj2QcL Sun, 14 Sep 2025 11:52:43 +0000 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:53:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bob turned around like, ‘What the eff are you doing back there? I'm trying to talk up here!’” Mike Campbell on the time he broke his guitar in two onstage with Bob Dylan with just one wrong move ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/mike-campbellp-broke-his-guitar-in-two-in-front-of-bob-dylan GDDbEyTSRRJgZdcihKq3LL Sat, 06 Sep 2025 13:40:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Dylan wrote down some notes on a paper napkin and said, ‘Give this to McGuinn. He’ll know what to do with it.’” Roger McGuinn says Bob Dylan wanted nothing to do with the 1969 anthem they wrote for a major film ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/albums-singles/roger-mcguinn-bob-dylan-and-the-ballad-of-easy-rider dg8sbr5EKetKCxBeGNssBD Sat, 23 Aug 2025 16:12:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When Bob sensed I might refuse to appear, he took the gloves off." For Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page and Bob Dylan, Live Aid was a case of bad vibes for a good cause ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/when-bob-sensed-i-might-refuse-to-appear-he-took-the-gloves-off-for-pete-townshend-jimmy-page-and-bob-dylan-live-aid-was-a-case-of-bad-vibes-for-a-good-cause Dbf85r3HsyrqynsfXgrKDn Sat, 12 Jul 2025 15:53:56 +0000 Sat, 12 Jul 2025 17:57:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bob said, ‘What’s that?’ I told him, ‘That’s one of your songs, man.’” Roger McGuinn says Bob Dylan didn't recognize his own song when the Byrds performed it for him ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/roger-mcguinn-on-bob-dylan-hearing-the-byrds-mr-tambourine-man J3xC2b9XXHLngpPcsxs4t4 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:53:34 +0000 Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:47:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He says, ‘You mean it won’t follow me? Well, what good is it?’” Mike Campbell says his collaboration with Bob Dylan ended when his hit-making studio technology left the folk-rocker mystified ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/he-responds-you-mean-it-wont-follow-me-well-what-good-is-it-mike-campbells-says-his-collaboration-with-bob-dylan-ended-when-his-hit-making-studio-technology-left-the-folk-rocker-mystified uacK96ipH6xfFuSFxxBdVo Wed, 28 May 2025 15:01:44 +0000 Thu, 29 May 2025 00:34:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Those aren’t the words. It’s ‘I can’t hide.’ ” How a misheard John Lennon lyric led Bob Dylan to meet the Beatles and change both their destinies ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-bob-dylan-misheard-a-beatles-lyric fEmEo3WGDLqPLUEwqGsM6K Sun, 11 May 2025 12:55:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Excuse me, Mr. Dylan? I'm Reb, and that's a Floyd Rose." Reb Beach says he helped Bob Dylan understand how to work the locking trem and earned a nickname in return ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/reb-beach-bob-dylan-floyd-rose-lesson d4uwT4k4rix83JFMuSeRNT Thu, 27 Mar 2025 15:35:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People always say I’m the Beatle who changed the most.” How playing sitar helped George Harrison become a guitar legend ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/george-harrison-guitar-legend iBXroncySosahr9uFGDA3 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 10:02:37 +0000 Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:12:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “An exhibition that highlights the history of modern guitar”: Jim Irsay’s historic guitar collection to go on display at Indiana University Bloomington ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jim-irsay-guitar-collection-indiana-university-exhibit sCr8rxNwW8p57zZrCAVNG7 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 20:51:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When Bob Dylan went electric, this Telecaster was one of his most crucial weapons”: Robbie Robertson’s heavily modified Telecaster, played by Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton, sells for $650,000 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/bob-dylan-robbie-robertson-telecaster-auction Qhn7TfgVWFa9y3JMLMzRs4 Thu, 30 May 2024 19:29:41 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bob Dylan and the Band Guitarist Robbie Robertson Passes Away Aged 80 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/robbie-robertson-dead-at-80 kKgLU2Z4QxgvKEhCY5oZtf Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:24:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch George Harrison and Bob Dylan's “If Not for You” Acoustic Rehearsal at the Legendary Concert for Bangladesh ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/George-Harrison-Bob-Dylan-If-Not-for-You MWDGPKGLoZxwHrNQcZnNqb Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:15:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m Always Searching for Something That Reminds Me of the Early Days in Rock and Roll”: Robbie Robertson Raises the Ghosts of His Youth on His Latest Solo Album, ‘Sinematic’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/robbie-robertson-sinematic 9P3AckGCd3edtTiaqE4ose Wed, 26 Apr 2023 15:26:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Johnny Winter’s Fiery “Highway 61 Revisited” Performance With Derek Trucks ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/johnny-winters-highway-61-revisited WKZtgtxTwJxZLpvGnkLoQZ Tue, 04 Apr 2023 17:42:12 +0000 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 17:44:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Here’s Why Bob Dylan Was Essential to the Birth of Psychedelic Rock ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/heres-why-bob-dylan-was-essential-to-the-birth-of-psychedelic-rock d89eve3BrRcBGg9v8vWz3 Tue, 25 Oct 2022 17:07:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Reflects on His Friendship with Woody Guthrie and Why Bob Dylan's Act Made Him Stop Playing Harmonica Onstage ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/ramblin-jack-elliott-reflects-on-his-friendship-with-woody-guthrie-and-why-bob-dylans-act-made-him-stop-playing-harmonica-onstage yU9hAyydVUHazavdGyM5xA Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:56:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Rare Performance Footage of Folk Legend Woody Guthrie ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/watch-rare-performance-footage-of-folk-legend-woody-guthrie ixe6Rd8d326gHMFgj44sVE Thu, 14 Jul 2022 12:46:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Energy and Ideas Override Technology”: Bob Dylan, Neil Young and U2 Producer Daniel Lanois Says You Don't Need Big Money to Make Big Music ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/energy-and-ideas-override-technology-bob-dylan-neil-young-and-u2-producer-daniel-lanois-says-you-dont-need-big-money-to-make-big-music oFEnXe8FYFTNiTRCbFe9X Thu, 23 Jun 2022 17:29:39 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mick Ronson: the Rise and Fall of Glam-Rock’s Greatest Guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/mick-ronson-the-rise-and-fall-of-glam-rocks-greatest-guitarist nsfjYzt8Q7njiWatxTRUjP Tue, 17 May 2022 21:13:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “His Storytelling Was as Brilliant as His Guitar Playing”: How the Spirit of Skip James is Felt Stronger than Ever Today in Bentonia Blues ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/his-storytelling-was-as-brilliant-as-his-guitar-playing-how-the-spirit-of-skip-james-is-felt-stronger-than-ever-today-in-bentonia-blues 5je9nUrVsHWmxodVsintMh Wed, 13 Apr 2022 18:05:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ The History of the Fender Telecaster ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/the-history-of-the-fender-telecaster YMqqrNAwmqnDAgR35rhEZN Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:42:27 +0000 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 11:40:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ Three Chords, the Truth and Some Marker Pens: Watch Bob Dylan’s Groundbreaking “Subterranean Homesick Blues” Music Video ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/three-chords-the-truth-and-some-marker-pens-watch-bob-dylans-groundbreaking-subterranean-homesick-blues-music-video VuMW68FANskDCe2rtGEjXT Tue, 08 Mar 2022 16:01:22 +0000 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 19:33:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Carole King’s Iconic "It's Too Late" BBC Performance with Session Legend Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/watch-carole-kings-iconic-its-too-late-bbc-performance-with-session-legend-danny-kootch-kortchmar 8sxBASBu4Qdg2DmgDf2bwZ Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:52:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Five Storied Guitars from George Harrison’s 'Concert for Bangladesh' ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/five-storied-guitars-from-george-harrisons-concert-for-bangladesh hNKdt2NzfRRKg6WrmrJZxS Tue, 07 Dec 2021 12:28:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ How George Harrison Made the Epic Concert for Bangladesh Happen with a Little Help From His Friends ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/george-harrison-concert-for-bangladesh bw8DHHDmxbdTe3knDAmgYg Fri, 19 Nov 2021 15:39:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Jimmy Page Spin Link Wray’s Groundbreaking “Rumble” Single ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-jimmy-page-spin-link-wrays-groundbreaking-rumble-single LujgP2mPrPRmLq6fKGfUMB Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:46:36 +0000 Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:58:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ Cindy Cashdollar Explains the Evolution of the Steel Guitar ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/cindy-cashdollar-explains-the-evolution-of-the-steel-guitar 6CTgg8xg4U2yC8Ca7Jb356 Fri, 01 Oct 2021 17:07:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Here’s Why Blind Lemon Jefferson Was a Guitar Genius ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/heres-why-blind-lemon-jefferson-was-a-guitar-genius Equt7LzgtQUSE77yQXay6n Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:45:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joni Mitchell’s 1969 Major Concert Debut at Carnegie Hall Released for First Time ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/joni-mitchells-1969-major-concert-debut-at-carnegie-hall-released-for-first-time isoLsnfmfPboHQXBruQC6f Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:29:31 +0000 Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:37:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Zemaitis: King of Custom-Made Guitars ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/zemaitis-king-of-custom-made-guitars jRSwVi2srydRhX4hjXEfdE Fri, 20 Aug 2021 13:29:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Denny Freeman, Blues Guitar Great Who Played with Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bob Dylan, Dead at 76 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/denny-freeman-blues-guitar-great-who-played-with-stevie-ray-vaughan-bob-dylan-dead-at-76 QKXCzkYQpvfhiw8yiqdG28 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 16:42:07 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bob Dylan's 1965 Fender XII is Headed to Auction ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/bob-dylans-1965-fender-xii-is-headed-to-auction uUzawYwp8nH6RcHuKwK5xh Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:52:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ George Harrison's Four Key Late-’60s Guitars ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/george-harrisons-four-key-late-60s-guitars Yd7L3BZKiEsnh4sgcQiQxM Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:37:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bucky Baxter, Guitarist for Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Dead at 65 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/bucky-baxter-guitarist-for-bob-dylan-steve-earle-dead-at-65 zSV85PUdBTvdv9fpxRV29Q Wed, 27 May 2020 15:50:03 +0000