A couple of weeks ago, on the "Dylan overrated? You must be kidding" thread, I got into a good online discussion with Whistle Stop - and others - about the merits and demerits of Bob Dylan's guitar playing. I have always admired it, but I had to concede some ground, because as Whistle Stop pointed out, there are plenty of others who have greater claims to fame for their playing.

One of the qualities which I like about Dylan, is that he is able to sustain interest for song after song with the most minimal of arrangements. This is not so dificult on stage, where most of us can keep an audience's attention by using whatever bag of tricks we have. However, I feel it's very rare for performers to make it work on record - even some very good ones. I had a crack at doing it with just guitar and voice a couple of years ago and the results were disastrous. It was soon back to the click track and the digital overdub!

If this thread takes off, it is bound to be very subjective. Who do you think still sounds exciting for song after song on record with the most minimal of arrangements?