Jakob Luke Dylan is an American singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as the lead singer for the rock band the Wallflowers, with which he has released six albums since 1992. Dylan is also the primary songwriter in the Wallflowers and is credited with penning notable hits such as "One Headlight" and "6th Avenue Heartache". "One Headlight" is listed at number 58 on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Pop Songs" and won two Grammy Awards. Dylan has also released two solo albums: Seeing Things in 2008 and Women + Country in 2010. Women + Country became Dylan's highest-charting album since the Wallflowers' 1996 breakthrough Bringing Down the Horse, peaking at number 12 on the Billboard 200.
“The trouble, doll
Is not moving mountains, but
Digging the ground that you're on”
"Something Good This Way Comes"
Seeing Things (2008)
“There's only one thing that's certain
And that's everybody, everybody's hurting”
"Everybody's Hurting"
Women + Country (2010)
“If God is working I wish He’d say so
Maybe He don’t live here anymore”
"We Don’t Live Here Anymore"
Women + Country (2010)
"Evil Is Alive And Well" - YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMh1zeeSQ9g
Seeing Things (2008)
“We're off the script
We're off the lease
We can't catch any decent sleep
We don't live here anymore”
"We Don’t Live Here Anymore"
Women + Country (2010)
“Got my window open wide
Got a good woman by my side”
"Something Good This Way Comes"
Seeing Things (2008)
Context: Got my window open wide
Got a good woman by my side
I got a good woman by my side 'Cause I know
Something good this way comes.
“It's hard to admit but it's easy to tell
That evil is alive and well.”
"Evil Is Alive And Well"
Seeing Things (2008)
Context: When midnight's done, and the day won't start,
And all I ever gave you was a broken heart,
It's hard to admit but it's easy to tell
That evil is alive and well.
"Something Good This Way Comes" - YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m_SPZh2-wY
Seeing Things (2008)
Interview for Columbia Records (2010) http://www.columbia.co.uk/releases/1687/Jakob
Context: I see myself as a traditionalist … I like traditional things. I like things of substance and value that have been proven. Conceptually, as the songs started to come together, I followed that lead, which is the language I work in.
“I'm here on the blacktop, the sun in my eyes
Women and Country on my mind”
"Nothing But The Whole Wide World"
Women + Country (2010)
