November 11, 2008 1:00 PM ET
Earlier this month Winnipeg Residents John Kiernan and Patti Regan came home from buying groceries to find Bob Dylan waiting in front of their home. Like many before him, Dylan (in town for a concert) had come to see the childhood home of Neil Young. The couple — accustomed to rock fans making a pilgrimage — didn't recognize Dylan at first. "I'm looking around, and I realize, this guy having a tuque on has really great cowboy boots on," Kiernan said. "He was wearing really nice leather pants. And I realize I'm staring face-to-face with Bob Dylan."
Dylan talked to the couple for about 25 minutes. They took him to Young's old bedroom — where their 16-year-old daughter currently resides. "[Dylan said] 'OK, so this was his view, and this was where he listened to his music,' " said Kiernan. Last year Dylan talked to Rolling Stone about Young. "Neil is very sincere," said Dylan. "He's sincere, and he's got a God-given talent, with that voice of his, and the melodic strain that runs through absolutely everything he does. He could be at his most thrashy, but it's still going to be elevated by some melody. Neil's the only one who does that. There's nobody in his category."
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