Willie Nile POSITIVELY BOB: WILLIE NILE SINGS BOB DYLAN

Tributee: Bob Dylan.If ever an artist didn't need a covers record, it's Bob Dylan. It's been done to death -- or so it would seem. Though Willie Nile comes by Dylan's influence honestly, the other side of his lineage comes from the punk and rock clubs of the Lower East Side during the late 1970s -- Max's Kansas City, CBGB's, et al.Nile decided to cut this record after he performed "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" and ''A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" at a 75th birthday celebration for Dylan. He won the crowd, but the inspiration he originally got from those songs was renewed. There are few curve balls here; half this material appeared on the initial Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits volume. That's part of this album's beauty: Nile takes on tunes whose impact has been blunted by their ubiquitous presence, and pours gasoline on them. His takes are spirited and often swaggering, with a garage band aesthetic full of rock & roll heart.The reading of "The Times They Are A-Changin'" is classic Nile. Though