I think it is interesting that Dylan is reworking these older forms that were, in a large sense, "read out" of the music scene for many years, but I for one don't find his reworkings that compelling. The energy (if there is any) is in the originals. It is a strange kind of parasitism: the first time around (when Dylan did this trick with folk music) Dylan took the originals and made something absolutely new and energetic with them. Here Dylan seems to be coasting on the energy of the originals. The originals are just so much more interesting.

yours,

Peter T.