Over the years I've crossed paths a few times with perhaps our greatest living songwriter, Bob Dylan. I've even had the great fortune to play music with Dylan a couple of times. I've always felt that he picked up where Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, and Jack Kerouac left off and moved American music and culture into the future. He's still doing that.
When Uncut Magazine asked me to record "Highway 61" for their Bob Dylan tribute CD insert, I was scared to death...
- Dave Alvin, August 29, 2007
