Jakob Dylan released 'Seeing Things' earlier this year, his first solo album away from The Wallflowers. The album was produced by super-producer Rick Rubin and is a pretty laid back affair, a long way from the full band sound of The Wallflowers.
Jakob is the youngest of four of four children born to Bob Dylan and ex-wife Sara Dylan. His Dad has cast quite a big shadow on his career, which is one of the reasons I think he's kind of hidden behind The Wallflowers all these years.
The solo effort is a breath of fresh air for both listeners and Dylan alike. He was said to be "weary of the band" and had "creatively bottomed out with what to do with the band". He was asked to open a tour for T Bone Burnett in Sping 2006 where he played alone and acoustic, which is where the idea of a solo album was born. "I liked the isolation of it, the simplicity of what I was doing," says Dylan. "And out of that I started getting songs together".
I absolutely love the mainly acousitc album, in fact it's probably one of my favourite releases of the year. It's a quiet album that demands attenton, certainly not something you can have on as background music. Check out the video for 'Something Good This Way Comes', a song from the album that has such a lovely, warm opening:
Jakob is the youngest of four of four children born to Bob Dylan and ex-wife Sara Dylan. His Dad has cast quite a big shadow on his career, which is one of the reasons I think he's kind of hidden behind The Wallflowers all these years.
The solo effort is a breath of fresh air for both listeners and Dylan alike. He was said to be "weary of the band" and had "creatively bottomed out with what to do with the band". He was asked to open a tour for T Bone Burnett in Sping 2006 where he played alone and acoustic, which is where the idea of a solo album was born. "I liked the isolation of it, the simplicity of what I was doing," says Dylan. "And out of that I started getting songs together".
I absolutely love the mainly acousitc album, in fact it's probably one of my favourite releases of the year. It's a quiet album that demands attenton, certainly not something you can have on as background music. Check out the video for 'Something Good This Way Comes', a song from the album that has such a lovely, warm opening:
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