“I’ve always heard Dylan was a lousy guitarist-that is interesting-how long ago was this-maybe he has improved in recent years?”
Well, he has had over 40 years to master Jimi’s version. Almost anyone could, over half a lifetime.
Dylan began as an acoustic guitar strummer. Mostly he just played block chords as accompaniment to his ‘singing’ and harmonica work. He was really more of a performance poet than anything else.
When he began playing the electric guitar in concert back in the seventies, his fans objected, but he stuck with it anyway. He really was awful, and I was embarrassed for him.
I’ve never kept up with him, so who knows? Maybe he really put in the work to become an excellent electric guitarist.
I realized Dylan had a whiny, off key voice the 1st time I heard How Does It Feel-but I liked his lyrics, so I ignored it...