Never paid much attention to Dylan so I won't enter the discussion beyond saying I saw him 3 times. In 1966 I was on a northbound Clark St bus (Chicago) with him and Albert Grossman. I thought he was withdrawn and pretentious. I was leading them to some club and dropped them there. Next I saw him in concert with the Band circa 1974 in Boston and remember it as a terrific public performance. About 5 years (?) later I was at a day long taping of a PBS tribute to John Hammond. Most musicians (Basie, Goodman, Sonny Terry, George Benson, etc) watched the development of the show. Dylan spend about 12 hours in the dressing room. This did not impress me but his set was fine.