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The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn: “Dylan’s Superhuman”

7/30/08, 12:44 pm EST

Craig Finn, the singer, guitarist and lyricist for Brooklyn band the Hold Steady, heard plenty of legends about Bob Dylan while growing up in Minnesota. “When you deal with Dylan, there’s a lot of legend, very much by his own design. When people meet celebrities they say, ‘Oh, he’s just a normal guy.’ Dylan’s not a normal guy. He’s superhuman.” Click below for more from Finn’s interview from the current issue, including which Replacement he used to dress like, how he embraced Led Zeppelin late and some of the secrets of the lyrics on Stay Positive.

• Q&A: Craig Finn of the Hold Steady

[Photo: Lucy Hamblin]

Rolling Stone