Bob Dylan - my 1 musical hero and influence.

Trying to decide if I like Love and Theft better than Modern Times.  So far, I'm leaning towards Love and Theft. 
They're similar -- both with some 30's/40's style music.

Speaking of which, how does he always get away with taking an old blues song and taking credit for writing it?

Of course, Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters both claimed credit for Rollin' and Tumblin' (which Johnson rewrote as "If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day").  They both probably got it from some even older Delta blues player.
and Muddy Waters wrote Trouble No More, which Bob turned into Someday Baby.
it's the same thing he did with It Takes a Lot to Laugh... many years ago.
guess we won't include Nettie Moore, since he only used 2 lines of the chorus.

Don't get me wrong.  I like the idea of taking something old and making it new - like The Levee's Gonna Break.  But sometimes I have a slight problem with taking a song, changing some of the lyrics, and not giving credit to the original writer.