Q - There is a great deal of creative work of lasting value that you will not find in the Mudcat DT! "Like a Rolling Stone" is just one example among uncountable thousands of them...

It didn't fail to get in the aforementioned DT because it wasn't "good enough", it failed to get in because it lies somewhat outside the petrified mental boundaries of whoever composed the Mudcat DT in the first place.

You know what Dylan said about folksingers back in the early 60's? He said, "When I hear the word 'folksinger' I think of a room full of fat old people playing guitars." He NEVER claimed to be a folksinger. The fact is, he HAS played just about every style of music except jazz by now...country, rock n' roll, acoustic blues, electric blues, acoustic folk, trad folk, folk-rock (for lack of a better term), rock, religious/gospel, piano, guitar, harmonica, dust bowl ballads, and other stuff (like "Gates of Eden") that is simply uncategorizable.

Dylan reaches so far beyond the Mudcat DT that it's ridiculous to even refer to it as a judgement on his work.