Jerry,

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>I thought about Dylan, but then decided it was McGuire. Enough people wrote to say that McGuire was still alive, so my 'recall' of him committing suicice was a false memory.
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>You are right about Dylan. He never could carry a tune, but that was not why he received so much national attention. He was, as you know, a 'protest' singer. He fell out of favor with the extreme left because he became first a christian and later a Jew (if my 60 year old brain hasn't misfired again :) and apparently is back to being agnostic again. Now, as I read the tea leaves, he is popular with a lot of the old 60s nearly-radical group.
>He was in Lincoln earlier this summer, and filled about half of the Persing Auditorium, which seats about 8K people. He still can't sing.

Actually, I think Dylan is Jewish by bloodline, though I may be mistaken. After he became a Christian he attended The Church on the Way, pastored by Jack Hayford. He authored two Christian albums. Apparently, after viewing the carnality of many Christians he became sort of discouraged and fell away. I think his conversion was real enough but I suspect that he, like all of us, could use a little prayer.