Various He Took Us By Storm - 25 Lost Classics from the Bob Dylan Folk Rock Revolution Era (CD)

Bob Dylan made his mark on US pop culture in the 1960s, his songs and his charisma influenced and inspired a generation of artists who were his contemporaries, all caught up in the lyrical and musical vortex he had generated around him in '65, and continues to do so sixty years later !      
Grammy® Nominee, founder of Sky Ranch records, French music producer Philippe Le Bras spent moons developing a collection on which Dylan's influence radiates on every track, although not a single cover version of his songs can be found on this album. It's quite remarkable who is here, all unknown in '65 (except for Dion & Darin): Lou Reed, Leon Russell, David Crosby, Donovan, Boz Scaggs, Bob Seger, Bobby Darin, Tom Rush, Len Chandler, Dion, Peter La Farge, Barry McGuire, Casey Anderson, Ferré Grignard, Dick Campbell, P.F. Sloan, Dean DeWolf, Johnny Winter, Billy Joe Royal, David Blue, Sammy Walker and others. Three of the 25 artists on the album debuted in the mid/late fifties, and one checked in after 1975.
<< Throughout, you can hear these artists trying to catch up with their peer and mentor and write songs in the idiom he had pioneered >>

'Dylan blew every one of these artists away just as he had this listener. He took us by storm!' -- John Sinclair, Detroit, April 11, 2023
'This record is living proof of his early dedicated followers. Accurate and skillfully crafted!' --  Barry Goldberg • March 2023
'The album is perfectly researched, thought-out and presented in a wise way.'-- Ben Blackwell, Third Man Records • 2023