A Nod to Bob: An Artists' Tribute to Bob Dylan on His Sixtieth Birthday
In honor ofBob Dylan's 60th  birthday--May 24, 2001--the singer-songwriters and roots musicians of  Red House Records offer yet another homage to the master. The tracks  here range from the memorable and sometimes profound to forgettable and  pleasant. With the exception ofEliza Gilkyson,  whose gossamer version of "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" opens the  collection, the finest interpreters are the wise, time-worn voices who  let the mysteries of Dylan's songs speak for themselves.Martin Simpsonevokes the most heartbreaking tones of "Boots of Spanish Leather."Norman BlakeandPeter Ostroushko(the only performers on the disc who have recorded with Dylan) see into  the old-timey, almost 19th-century spirit of "Restless Farewell."Rosalie Sorrels,  with her stately, burnished voice, gives perhaps the definitive version  of "Tomorrow Is a Long Time." On the other hand,Lucy Kaplansky,Cliff Eberhardt,  andJohn Gorkaindulge  in an earnestness Dylan mostly eschewed.--Roy Kasten