The Gospel According to Bob
–By Mike Jones, the Underground guest writer
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of article on the faith of popular musicians.
For those of you who don‟t know, Bob Dylan used to be (or still is depending on who you ask)...
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The Gospel According to Bob
–By Mike Jones, the Underground guest writer
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of article on the faith of popular musicians.
For those of you who don‟t know, Bob Dylan used to be (or still is depending on who you ask) a
Christian.
Way before RUN D.
M.
C.
was down with the King, Bob Dylan was friends with Jesus.
It seems like most people go gospel after they‟ve fallen off the map (Bushwick Bill, Candy
Stanton, Michael McDonald, Smokey Robinson, all the members of KORN, except for the lead
singer), but Dylan went gospel in his prime.
He released two and a half “gospel” albums after
his conversion in the late 1970s.
Slow Train Coming and Saved were explicitly
gospel, and “Shot of Love” had some gospel
songs and some secular songs.
The music he produced was a strong witness for
Christ, so much so that people thought Dylan had
lost it.
“Years ago they said I was a prophet,” Dylan
said during a performance at the Orpheum in
1980.
“I used to say
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