Dylan’s Son As Private As His Dad

Thu., Sept. 4, 1997

By Winda Benedetti windab@spokesman.com

When it comes to laying his life out for all to see, Jakob Dylan is quite the opposite of Adam Duritz.

Dylan, singer/songwriter for the Wallflowers and son of folk legend Bob Dylan, has been notoriously tightlipped when it comes to speaking of his private life - especially that part that involves his very private father.

Few could blame a guy whose family has been constantly under the spotlight since his birth and well before.

“People expect me to just come along and give away all the information that he has spent his career defending and protecting,” Dylan recently told the Los Angeles Times. “Plus, that kind of talk just turns articles into personality pieces, and I’m not selling my personality. I just write songs and play them.”

Famous father and media buzz aside, Dylan and The Wallflowers (guitarist Michael Ward, drummer Mario Calire, keyboardist Rami Jaffee and bassist Greg Richling) have made a solid stamp on the music world with sophomore album “Bringing Down the Horse.”

Currently at No. 19 on Billboard magazine’s top albums, “Bringing Down the Horse” finds clean, unforced arrangements of roots rock topped off with intelligent lyrics and vocals almost as visceral as Dylan’s blue eyes.

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