Especially on "Lay Lady Lay"...how come "Bob's" voice sounds completely different than the Bob we all have known for the past 40+ years.
Simple.
It's the only album he recorded when he was not smoking heavily.
"Longtime smoker Bob Dylan tried to kick cigarettes for his album Nashville Skyline, and his voice sounds distinctively clearer on songs like "Lay, Lady, Lay." (Not necessarily better, granted, but easier to decipher.) However, Dylan resumed smoking, and tried to deflect the question of whether his voice had become huskier again in a March 1978 Playboy interview. "No, you know, you can do anything with your voice if you put your mind to it," Dylan told Playboy. "I mean, you can become a ventriloquist or you can become an imitator of other people's voices. I'm usually just stuck with my own voice."
"Nashville Skyline (1969): Another huge change for him, straightforward country & western songs with his most direct lyrics ever. Also, his voice is clearer and warmer than any record before or since, thanks to taking a break from cigarettes..."
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