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John Jurgeson at the <\/a>Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/em> says \u201cyes.\u201d<\/a> Here\u2019s an excerpt<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Most alarming to listeners devoted to his seminal recordings: the state of Mr. Dylan\u2019s voice, decades on from its first signs of deterioration. Dr.\"\"<\/a><\/a>\"\"<\/a> Lee Akst, director of the Johns Hopkins Voice Center, says it\u2019s impossible to diagnose Mr. Dylan without an examination, but that rock singers are especially prone to scarring or other damage to the vocal cords. Such trauma can be cumulative, he says, compounding the risks for the perennially touring singer. What\u2019s obvious: Though he never had a conventionally pretty voice\u2014that was part of its power\u2014lately he\u2019s been sounding like a scatting Cookie Monster. On stage, he strums an electric guitar and blows on a harmonica but spends more time at an upright organ, vamping.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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