Bob Dylan was on tour in New Jersey this July with, not making this up, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp. During some of his downtime, Bob decided to go for a walk in a poorer neighborhood of Long Branch. Some people reported seeing this old man in a hoodie wandering down the street in a drizzle and called the cops.
Lady cop showed up, asked Dylan who he was, he said, "Bob Dylan," but she allegedly didn't believe him. Second officer showed up - cause you need at least two people to handle old, wizened rock singers - and the two cops escorted Dylan back to his tour bus where his ID was at.
Dylan satisfied the cops that he was indeed Bob Dylan the singer and not Bob Dylan the crazy wandering old man with Alzheimer's who was going to whip out an AK-47 and start shooting up Long Branch, New Jersey. "Dylan was really cool about the whole incident," said one of the officers.
In Long Branch that's just the way things go, if you're an old Jew in a hoodie you might as well not show up on the street, 'less you wanna draw the heat.
