Let me cover my head first, OK......Bob Dylan. Never understood the magic, never will.
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As others have mentioned, if you focus on his voice, yea, it can be offputting (to some, not me, though).
Do you like bluegrassy music by any chance? Have iTunes? Check out a guy named Tim OBrien (please don’t vet his politics first) and a record called Red on Blonde - a joke only a Dylan fan would appreciate. Anyway, it’s an entire record of him covering Dylan tunes. Just about entirely acoustic, great singing and fine playing. So much so that if you don’t know Dylan’s catalog, you’d have no earthly idea he wrote the songs.
And yes, I have a similar answer for those who will put the Grateful Dead in the top 5.
“Tim OBrien (please dont vet his politics first) and a record called Red on Blonde”
That is a great album!
Hubby got it for me one Christmas, to go along with the original blonde on Blonde.
O’Brien makes it work!