Town's Bob Dylan link lures tourists

Bob Dylan waits for the Severn ferry at Aust in 1966

Jan 19 2006, Paul Rowland, Western Mail

Town's Bob Dylan link lures tourists: "IT WAS as he stood waiting for a ferry to take him to Wales that Bob Dylan was captured in one of the most iconic rock photographs of all time."
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The famous picture of Dylan was taken by Barry Feinstein after the singer's concert in Bristol in 1966, and was immortalised when it was used as the cover shot for Martin Scorsese's 2005 documentary No Direction Home.
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Armand Watts, the town's mayor, said he hoped the ferry's restoration would help promote Wales across the world, not least to fans of the American singer.

"If you are an American tourist and a big Bob Dylan fan, it's likely you'll want to come here and experience what he did," he said.

"It's all about getting people into Wales and the local area to spend money."
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He said, "The night before he went on the ferry, he played at the Colston Hall in Bristol and was booed off, and the night after he crossed on the ferry, he played at Sophia Gardens and was given a similar reaction.

"That was the period when he was making the change from acoustic to electric, which was obviously an important time to him, and that ferry crossing has obviously stuck in his mind.