Jakob Dylan: Seeing Things

Copy at Case Memorial Library
David Wild wrote in the Huffington Post: "Let it be said here that for my money, this kid would have been well worth hearing even if his name was Smith or, say, Zimmerman. Through the good, the bad and the ugly, Jakob Dylan has pushed forward, writing and singing his songs with a gifted band of great players. He has done so during a particularly brutal time in the music business — or what the hell's left of it now. Now Jakob's recorded his very first solo album called Seeing Things, a stripped down, largely acoustic affair produced by Rick Rubin that comes out this summer. … 'Everybody Pays As They Go' … is really just that familiar voice, an acoustic guitar, a subtle, female backing vocal, and a powerfully simple and plainspoken statement about shattered dreams and innocence lost. It's an uplifting and heartbreaking reminder that whoever you are, we all stand on common ground that can give way at any moment. For better or worse, everybody does pay some price as they go. Any way you add it up, Jakob Dylan has more than paid for the right to be heard and valued on his own terms" ("First Listen," 4/15/08).