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Chicago singer/songwriter
Dick Campbell released one of the most ludicrously imitative
Bob Dylan-inspired albums of all time, Dick Campbell Sings Where It's At. It came out when
Dylan was at the peak of his mid-'60s fame, just after going electric and getting his first hit singles.
Campbell made sure that he sounded a lot like 1965
Bob Dylan by using some of the same musicians that
Dylan worked with that year; the entire
Paul Butterfield Blues Band contributes, with the exception of
Elvin Bishop. Other musicians also support
Campbell on the record, including
Peter Cetera, who would later play with
Chicago. Although this LP approximated the instrumental sound of
Dylan's early rock records, complete with picked guitar runs and organ, it was far inferior. The blame lay squarely with
Campbell, whose songs -- and voice -- sounded like an amateurish
Dylan copy, to the point where it's difficult to determine whether this was a sincere attempt to duplicate
Dylan or a
Dylan parody. As a curio of the early folk-rock era, though, this rare record definitely has its interest. ~ Richie Unterberger