Absolutely right, Spaw, and that's because Ramblin' Jack was the friggin' best male performer (or performer, period) around in folk music at the time. Dylan was blown away when he heard his first Ramblin' Jack record in Minneapolis. He said it made him feel sick, it was so good. Like Guthrie, but a whole dimension better. He figured he had to match that somehow. Not easy! Where he did eventually exceed Ramblin' Jack was in songwriting ability, and that turned out to be Bob's ace in the hole.