There are many Bob Dylans – and they’re all present on his new record, Rough and Rowdy Ways

Almost every Dylan fan has their own version of Bob, and his new record is a reflection of his long career to date.

USA. Woodstock, New York. 1968. Bob Dylan outside his Byrdcliffe home. Saturday Evening Post session.

I’ll bring someone to life, is what I wanna do,” Bob Dylan sings on the quirkily macabre folk song “My Own Version of You”, the third track of his new album Rough and Rowdy Ways. “I’m gonna create my own version of you.”

Almost every Dylan fan has their own version of Bob, and across his extensive career (Rough and Rowdy Ways is his 39th studio album), Dylan has provided plenty of raw material – the “necessary body parts” as he puts it on “My Own Version of You”.