Never heard that story until just now so I have no idea of its veracity.
Glad to hear you are enjoying the Dylan covers, in fact there is a just released new tribute album by country artists called "Dylan Country" which in addition to contributions by the usual suspects (Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash) also has a song by Jennifer Warnes. I don't have it but have heard snippets of it on the Great Amazon in our Computers. I absolutely know what you mean by going thro' phases....
Lightning....I don't think Dylan needs much government threats to garble his words. He is quite capable of doing so himself without any encouragement whatsoever.
