<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Bob-dylan ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/bob-dylan Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:07:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Bob let him play one overdub, then cut him off. George said to me, ‘Don’t let him do that again’”: The time Bob Dylan and a Beatle were at odds over a guitar solo ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-time-don-was-had-to-mediate-between-bob-dylan-and-a-beatle-to-nail-a-guitar-solo nERqDxL5eAkQt9oNK4Maaf Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:07:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One of the great troublemakers in guitar history”: Eastwood bravely recreates Mike Bloomfield’s mangled Bob Dylan Telecaster – the guitar that killed folk ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/eastwood-guitars-mad-cat-mb63-mike-bloomfield LraSHc5wmFWM7HX8Q2fyW7 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:55:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Finally, they both ran out of steam. Silence. Then Keith said, ‘Are you sure you want to be the meat in this sandwich?’” The making of Don Was, the über-producer trusted by the Stones, Bob Dylan and John Mayer (and who’s a pretty good bassist too) ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/don-was-rolling-stones-bob-dylan-black-crowes nJGgEErP7qFPXBxSPWPskV Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:52:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Arguably the greatest year in rock music history”: Warren Haynes to play legendary Jerry Garcia, Dickey Betts and Mike Bloomfield guitars at Gov’t Mule NYE show – honoring the music of 1971 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/warren-haynes-nye-2025 6TXBg5VEBrjTKuUimGc9uM Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:52:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bob Dylan wrote some notes on a napkin and said, ‘Give this to McGuinn. He’ll know what to do withit.’ It was like the Holy Grail”: Roger McGuinn on the making of The Byrds’ countercultural classic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/roger-mcguinn-the-byrds-ballad-of-easy-rider tjocuywYVw9LathbAtBX2A Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:44:32 +0000 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:26:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People say Eurythmics are a synth-pop duo, but a lot of those songs started with me playing electric guitar. Even Sweet Dreams is a blues song, really”: Eurythmics legend Dave Stewart on gigging folk clubs underage and drinking sake with Bob Dylan ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dave-stewart-dave-does-dylan-bob-dylan-eurythmics WShJ8ntMoDtuMVgAo3gPXk Wed, 27 Aug 2025 09:21:09 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:26:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You really rip it, man”: How Bob Dylan championed mgk – forming an unlikely friendship and artistic collaboration ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-bob-dylan-championed-mgk 3bcrK5CeZsjrioYNvsiY5S Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:50:21 +0000 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:48:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The story is nuts. I was sat in the control room when our receptionist rang through and said, ‘Bob Dylan’s on the phone’”: How Eurythmics legend Dave Stewart became friends with his hero – after what he thought was a prank call ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dave-stewart-bob-dylan-phone-call wuykehBz6kXUuiqWJQFKDm Fri, 25 Jul 2025 09:34:42 +0000 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 09:22:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The event organizer said, ‘You know that little fellow who followed you around with his briefcase? He’s Bob Dylan.’ I said, ‘Who’s Bob Dylan?’” Peggy Seeger on the first time she unknowingly met a future folk icon ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/peggy-seeger-on-the-first-time-she-unknowingly-met-a-future-folk-icon MjHdoDc7DXa6cYRPv587si Wed, 21 May 2025 13:42:13 +0000 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:31:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Kurt Cobain's 1989 Takamine expected to fetch up to $500,000 at auction – alongside guitars played by the likes of Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, David Bowie, Joe Perry and Melissa Etheridge ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/kurt-cobains-1989-takamine-acoustic-at-auction kSErk5LWoPqd48NreEcQPQ Fri, 09 May 2025 12:08:02 +0000 Tue, 13 May 2025 14:31:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Dylan asked, ‘What’s the least amount of notes you can play?’ I said, ‘I could play one.’ He goes, ‘Do that’”: Fred Tackett compares his gigs with Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, and Bob Seger, and recalls his friendship with Lowell George ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/fred-tackett-little-feat-strike-up-the-band Qpk939wWuebxqwMB5pJ7rh Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:06:40 +0000 Wed, 07 May 2025 10:39:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Live right up to the last breath and stay positive about the world, your family and the environment you live in”: Mike Peters, frontman of the Welsh band, The Alarm, has died aged 66 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-peters-frontman-of-the-welsh-band-the-alarm-has-died-aged-66 g2M2H3KWeTGNdwYMZSdYkG Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:29:30 +0000 Wed, 07 May 2025 10:13:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The best guitar player I ever heard”: Nashville guitar extraordinaire Mac Gayden – who worked with Bob Dylan, Elvis, Linda Ronstadt and Simon & Garfunkel – dies at 83 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mac-gayden-who-worked-with-elvis-bob-dylan-linda-ronstadt-and-simon-and-garfunkel-dies-at-83 wzAzcr7SdwTbFBk2mVCEsc Thu, 24 Apr 2025 13:10:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “David Crosby said, ‘I don't like it, man. That folky 2/4 time never gonna play on the radio’”: The Byrds needed a hit or they’d be dropped. Releasing a cover of Bob Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man as their first single was a gamble that paid off ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/roger-mcguinn-the-byrds-bob-dylan-mr-tambourine-man-first-single jRVwYBY7N4hQPY3KfL6Vbe Mon, 14 Apr 2025 12:16:41 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:23:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “What’s going through our mind is ‘What the…?’ And if you see Bob’s face, you could see he’s thinking the same thing”: When Bob Dylan played with an LA punk band to promote the album he made with Mark Knopfler ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bob-dylan-the-plugz-letterman 2GxfeimRvsYa9ddvPbwJiY Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:52:54 +0000 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:01:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Excuse me, Mr. Dylan”: How Reb Beach introduced Bob Dylan to the Floyd Rose – and taught him how to tune his guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-reb-beach-introduced-bob-dylan-to-the-floyd-rose-and-taught-him-how-to-tune-his-guitar LeAQPtbVM9DDbBsL7bdNZ3 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:44:59 +0000 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:06:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I carry my finger pick around all the time now, because it reminds me that I want to keep playing guitar”: After playing Joan Baez in A Complete Unknown, Monica Barbaro claims she is a guitar player for life ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/after-playing-joan-baez-in-a-complete-unknown-monica-barbaro-is-a-guitar-player-for-life 6z6EeycYj7uGLYYkaNKdbS Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:59:40 +0000 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:20:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He went to Guitar Center and did the most humble thing. He bought a $200 Yamaha acoustic. He didn’t show up with a $2,000 guitar and he could have”: Bob Dylan may have played Gibson, but Timothée Chalamet started his transformation with a budget acoustic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/timothee-chalamet-started-his-bob-dylan-transformation-with-a-budget-acoustic tnkJJLPS7r9nkk7cEtCn5k Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:24:03 +0000 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:38:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s a tradition in country music where an older musician – in order to give respect to a younger musician – would give them his guitar. Dad gave Bob Dylan one of his guitars”: Rosanne Cash on her father’s six-string salute to Dylan ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/rosanne-cash-why-johnny-cash-gave-bob-dylan-a-guitar cmVFbYoKnYw755xQTCt33T Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:30:17 +0000 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:45:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Do I still enjoy touring? The emphatic answer is ‘mostly, no’. I enjoy travelling and I enjoy playing. It’s a question of having done it intensely for decades”: Eric Bibb never planned to be a roots troubadour, but the blues took hold of his career ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/eric-bibb-in-the-real-world i9z5vx8j7Rn4V6wwnwsNtG Wed, 05 Feb 2025 10:20:26 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was intimidated by teaching it to him. I was intimidated from playing it myself. He wasn’t intimidated. He just did it”: Timothée Chalamet’s guitar tutor was surprised when the Complete Unknown star tackled one of Bob Dylan’s trickiest songs with ease ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/timothee-chalamet-guitar-tutor-on-tackling-bob-dylan-guitar-style 9oxysvKMh2gAjnsqr2SRTV Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:24:48 +0000 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:03:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The guitar that killed folk”: Mike Bloomfield’s butchered Fender Telecaster – which was used during Bob Dylan’s infamous 1965 Newport Folk Festival performance – is up for sale ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/mike-bloomfields-newport-folk-festival-fender-telecaster-for-sale 35q4jeFbysMqEbpHHc6CEh Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:11:15 +0000 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:18:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Hidden in a closet for decades”: Mike Bloomfield’s missing custom-painted ’66 Fender Telecaster – which was lost in 1974 – is going up for sale ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/mike-bloomfields-1966-fender-telecaster-custom-for-sale tUdKN2QXw9S2wjFj63NstA Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:07:18 +0000 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:23:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You've been an inspiration for so many, and will continue to be for centuries to come”: Peter Yarrow, guitarist, singer for Peter, Paul & Mary, and co-writer of Puff the Magic Dragon, dies at 86 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/peter-yarrow-obituary cQ2KUHoQvdvRVUVbGQnUPK Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:31:46 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Ed Norton was telling me stories about how to keep props. I was like, ‘I’m not stealing this guitar!’” Monica Barbaro played Joan Baez alongside Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan – and her co-star encouraged her to take the 1929 Martin she used onscreen ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/monica-barbaro-joan-baez-edward-norton-a-complete-unknown-martin-guitar cBsb3AzQjkhEuyfgi4JN5m Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:26:32 +0000 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:46:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was lucky to play with my heroes at 9 years old. I remember doing shows with Buddy Guy and Bob Dylan”: Derek Trucks recalls playing with the greats from an early age – and the lesson he learned from Buddy Guy that influenced his entire sound ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/derek-trucks-on-playing-with-his-heroes-early jdyEGxr4kckrWUez2a5RGE Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:43:26 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:51:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A lot of the time it was about how we get the guitar to sound almost worse”: The Timothée Chalamet-starring Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, uses an array of top-of-the-line Gibsons. Its producers had to find a way to make them truer to Dylan's tone ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/acoustic-guitars/gibson-timothee-chalamet-complete-unknown-collection d5whGtEkdbxNmRRbVTEAYZ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:54:41 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:24:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When Clarence White entered the band, it elevated their guitar work. White and Roger McGuinn were electrifying”: Christian Parker on the Byrds’ legacy as folk-rock trailblazers, gear innovators and righteous players in their own right ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/christian-parker-on-the-guitar-legacy-of-the-byrds U7HtDJBa9bxNBZLUuDtRgP Mon, 25 Nov 2024 12:58:52 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “AC/DC signed my Strat. I had everybody sign it: Neil Young, Jeff Beck… When Angus saw Beck’s signature he said, ‘Oh, the bouffant!’” Jim Suhler on being married by Billy Gibbons, the advice SRV gave him and why he didn’t pay Joe Bonamassa for a sick solo ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jim-suhler-george-thorogood-and-the-destroyers mzxffDScraVWFGa6sCgLWW Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:37:23 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m making mistakes in the guitar a little bit but I went home and wept that night. It’s a song I’ve been living with for years and could relate to deeply”: Timothée Chalamet on playing guitar in the Bob Dylan biopic – and the song that made it all click ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/timothee-chalamet-on-playing-guitar-in-the-bob-dylan-biopic 8EJNKyJvXHgb8h8uRZXB8C Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:00:29 +0000 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:41:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Over time, her arrangements became more creative and composed and could stand on their own as melodic instrumentals”: A pioneering protest singer, American folk legend Joan Baez draws on jazz and flamenco for her intricate picking patterns ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/joan-baez-picking yiynkLp97BNHh94xVkSHAP Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:56:35 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bob Dylan asked me almost every day: ‘Hey, when are you going to sell me that ’64 Jazzmaster?’” Jason & the Scorchers’ Warner E. Hodges toured with Dylan, borrowed the Ramones’ gear – and played a Tele that survived a tractor ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/warner-e-hodges-jason-and-the-scorchers-bob-dylan 32uCGy6idUrthCWd2ZGgrP Thu, 24 Oct 2024 14:12:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If you’re a country music fan, who doesn’t put these guys on their Mount Rushmore to record with?”: Vince Gill, John Osborne and Brent Mason tapped for a new single – and it's an all-star tribute to the Telecaster ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/ira-dean-tele-man-all-star-band owUbtcDUKfM4jZnrdKMpyA Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:24:10 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The strap came loose, the amp was up, the guitar was up, and the neck broke off. Bob turned around like, ‘What are you doing back there?’” Mike Campbell recalls breaking his guitar in front of a live audience – in the middle of a Bob Dylan show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-guitarist-mike-campbell-on-breaking-his-guitar-during-bob-dylan-concert iEahLKe38m56NLDVTcUrta Mon, 02 Sep 2024 12:53:51 +0000 Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:55:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Some of the most important and iconic instruments of the last 70 years”: Jim Irsay's world-famous collection is set to go on public display – showcasing iconic guitars played by Kurt Cobain, Jerry Garcia and David Gilmour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jim-irsay-collection-display-indiana-university xKosGA5jCo5dMP3d46zEA9 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:53:25 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He said, ‘This is the only lap steel I would go out and play rock and roll with... so this one's for you’”: Cage the Elephant's Nick Bockrath got his lap steel – and some of the best buying advice of his life – from Bob Dylan guitarist Bucky Baxter ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/cage-the-elephant-nick-bockrath-on-bob-dylan-guitarist-bucky-baxter A86qsxPcB7qR22QVYavJYS Mon, 08 Jul 2024 16:40:12 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Merle Travis, Lester Flatt and Hank Williams pioneered the Americana guitar style – and laid the groundwork for today’s folk, country and bluegrass guitar stars ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/americana-guitar 3JwyfeM49ZVCr6prDFcqA9 Mon, 17 Jun 2024 10:22:46 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When Bob Dylan really did go electric, nearly 60 years ago, this Fender Telecaster was one of his most crucial weapons”: Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson's 1965 Fender Telecaster fetches a whopping $650,000 at auction ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/bob-dylan-robbie-robertson-1965-fender-telecaster-sold-at-auction xNdQzGFcQqmuW8mjgsqWvL Thu, 30 May 2024 14:49:02 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:38:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ Americana is where country, blues, folk and bluegrass collide – and players like Steve Earle, Jason Isbell and Lucinda Williams are masters of the craft ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/americana-fingerpicking-styles 77Xxc2tLoAmso4PdpJKNLb Fri, 24 May 2024 08:43:12 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bob Dylan is one of the greatest songwriters of all time – and his acoustic guitar approach defined the folk sound of the 1960s and beyond ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/bob-dylan-acoustic-folk-style HBJXPMqLAvo3XKxEU95JDg Mon, 20 May 2024 11:36:23 +0000 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:57:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When Bob Dylan went electric, this guitar was there”: Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson's much-customized 1965 Telecaster is up for auction and could fetch up to $700,000 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/bob-dylan-robbie-robertson-1965-telecaster-auction mwoaJQT4YhdqvWfW7nVcgc Wed, 08 May 2024 11:51:21 +0000 Wed, 22 May 2024 14:55:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 22 most expensive guitars of all time ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/most-expensive-guitars-sold-at-auction 4j84FBZ2yK5EbWbVkUyKHJ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:12:25 +0000 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:29:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bob Dylan turns in a rare electric guitar performance as he surprises Farm Aid 2023 with the Heartbreakers backing him ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/bob-dylan-farm-aid-2023-the-heartbreakers rrXjSyejYYeW5dXr5nVp23 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 16:38:17 +0000 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:48:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People were saying, ‘Oh, Led Zeppelin’s gone acoustic.’ Well, what happened to your ears on the first and second album?” How Jimmy Page redefined the role of acoustic guitar in rock ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/how-jimmy-page-redefined-the-role-of-acoustic-guitar-in-rock 44oFxeutN4vdUSeKnzkYok Thu, 07 Sep 2023 09:39:57 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We had no idea we were going to do it": That time Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge saluted the Band with a surprise campfire cover of The Weight ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jimmy-page-the-edge-jack-white-the-weight 4HSkQh9hgH6wjqUtjc28cF Thu, 10 Aug 2023 19:48:24 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Playing with Bob Dylan was like entering The Twilight Zone of music. You thought, ‘They’re going to wake me up tomorrow because all of this is impossible’”: Robbie Robertson reflects on his remarkable career and the end of the Band ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/robbie-robertson-final-guitar-world-interview Hnm5qWbkzZmYVTHpKjTMR9 Thu, 10 Aug 2023 09:24:24 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s one of the most important instruments in rock ‘n’ roll history”: Jim Irsay names his favorite guitar from his billion dollar collection ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jim-irsay-favorite-guitar-from-his-collection XF853a5bViR2LryGJmuME7 Tue, 01 Aug 2023 10:53:25 +0000 Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:10:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Veteran record producer Don Was names his 5 all-time favorite bassists ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/veteran-record-producer-don-was-names-his-5-all-time-favorite-bassists CUUK7jEVbJHooAvxxi64YW Fri, 02 Jun 2023 12:59:49 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ The greatest Strat army in history? Watch Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson lead Eric Clapton, Ronnie Wood and more in a historic rendition of I Shall Be Released ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/i-shall-be-released-the-last-waltz 9YPJ6TiR3DWKafS74ufCrh Wed, 07 Dec 2022 16:55:53 +0000 Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:03:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bob Dylan knows my name?” Joe Satriani responds to alleged slight in the rock icon’s new book ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/joe-satriani-bob-dylan-book DAyj4mCKRfgxK76sVvbGtd Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:06:22 +0000 Wed, 23 Nov 2022 16:49:54 +0000