Rumors are circulating in the Bob Dylan fan comunity that His Bobness will induct Bruce into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. If the rumors are true that we'll see Bob Dylan holding the speech at Bruce's inauguration into the Hall of Fame, it will be a return-favor to Bruce who, in 1988, did the same for Bob Dylan. The rumors say that Dylan have been asked by the Hall of Fame committee to prepare a speech if Bruce should be elected. However, the normal pattern is that the task of inducting someone into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame is carried out by someone younger than the inductee, so a more likely bet would be that the speech will be held by Bob's son Jakob Dylan of the Wallflowers. Jakob Dylan is known to have been influenced more by Springsteen than by his own father, and Bruce and Jakob have performed together on several occasions. But any speculations at this point are rather premature. It's not even official that Bruce will be elected, although it would be a minor sensation if he wasn't. After all, Jon Landau is in the committee.

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