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THINKING ABOUT BOB DYLAN is a mostly acoustic album of songs featuring six singer/songwriters with each performing one Bob Dylan Song and one song of their own. If you like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Forbert and similar artists or if you collect Bob Dylan songs sung by other artists, this CD is for you. The first and last songs on the disc are original songs that mention Bob Dylan in the lyrics. Track number 1, the title track, was originally recorded and released in 1992 by Rex Foster on his release, ARTIST. An interesting true story tells how this song was playing on radio station KFAN in the San Antonio area one day when a fellow called up and said he was Bob Dylan and wanted to know where he could buy Rex's CD. To make a long story short -- later that morning the owner of the record store that carried the disc called the radio station to say, "Guess who was just in my store?" That's right! Bob Dylan bought Rex Foster's CD with the song called THINKIN' ABOUT BOB DYLAN. The final track on the disc, BALLAD OF BOB DYLAN, (sometimes simply called BOB DYLAN) is written and performed by Norman Lamont of Edinburgh, Scotland. Norman describes the song as "a story-song in the style of the Zim. An affectionate tribute - not a parody". Norman's songs stand out as the most different from the rest of the tracks on the disc and everytime I listen to this track, I just can't help but laugh. A good alternate title for this track could be, "Norman Lamont's 115th Dream". So off the wall, there is no doubt but that this is sheer fantasy unlike Rex Foster's story of Bob Dylan actually purchasing his CD.