I hope this Ray Charles autograph makes it online again. I have never seen a photo of this legendary thing.

I know this is an old post, but as it's Dylan's 70th birthday today (Happy Birthday Bob!) I thought it would be ok to reply.

I'm not 100% sure...but I think that it is Dylan's handwriting. And it's definitely his sense of humour! Well done!

[quote="velvetgold"]^Lucky, but then again, not so lucky... who really wants a Bob Dylan 'autograph' signed as Ray Charles? :? (No offense to the OP) You want a Dylan autograph signed as Dylan! When someone looks through your collection, they'll never know it's a Dylan.[/quote]

I personally would love something like this (if it is really Dylan), because it's not just a standard response. It funny, and shows humour.

Well done for getting a reply! (When he tours the UK later this year I'm going to try to get something!)

Are you a Ray Charles fan? Maybe he was trying to reach out to you...

just to kind of update everyone who was curious about this. I got a message from the venue. She said she has no idea and that she was handed the envelope by the show promoter and told to just mail it out! So that means it atleast got to bob dylans posse. Ill keep you all updated on my findings

[quote="Jaffer"]It's Dylan's handwriting, nough said. I have seen many Dylan poems at museums exhibits etc. You can google Dylan auctions and see his handwriting. That is Dylan's handwriting. Don't worry about what the nay-sayers say. It's his writing. You are VERY lucky my friend.[/quote]
Did not know I am a nay-sayer, I guess when someone makes a claim of 100 percent certainty we should just keep silent and except the word?
Someone made a claim that it was [b]100 percent Bob Dylans handwriting.[/b] I stated my opinion that I disagree. Based on known examples of Dylans writing that I have come across. IMO he did not write this.
EVEN if I thought that he did, I would never make a claim like you or the other poster have made {down} You lose all credibility making statements like that.
[b]"That is absolutely, 100% Bob Dylan's handwriting"
It's Dylan's handwriting, nough said
Don't worry about what the nay-sayers say. It's his writing.[/b]
Cant you see why someone would call you out on those claims?
Here are just a few known examples that I based my opinion on, in all the examples I have come across, BD handwriting is mainly print but he mixes in a few letters or words that are written in script
Original posters Envelope
[img]http://i52.tinypic.com/xc9ilu.jpg[/img]
BD handwriting
[img]http://i51.tinypic.com/v9us3.jpg[/img]
BD Handwriting 2
[img]http://i51.tinypic.com/2nvqhcn.jpg[/img]
BD handwriting 3
[img]http://i55.tinypic.com/2aexs1x.jpg[/img]

^Lucky, but then again, not so lucky... who really wants a Bob Dylan 'autograph' signed as Ray Charles? :? (No offense to the OP) You want a Dylan autograph signed as Dylan! When someone looks through your collection, they'll never know it's a Dylan.

It's Dylan's handwriting, nough said. I have seen many Dylan poems at museums exhibits etc. You can google Dylan auctions and see his handwriting. That is Dylan's handwriting. Don't worry about what the nay-sayers say. It's his writing. You are VERY lucky my friend.

[quote="osiris"]

I don't think Jaffer was criticising what you were saying, merely the way it which it was written. Your original post made little sense due to the sentence structure ("Its a nice thought but in all the examples of Bob's writing I have come across" is a fragment with no conclusion), so Jaffer can be forgiven for being a little confused. The point you were making is a valid one, based on your own experiences and the evidence we have. We'll never really know for sure.[/quote]

You have a habit of explaining what I am trying to say far better then I ever do! :lol: that is exactly what I meant :) but I did not want to be seen as picking on a members poor sentence structure if English was not their native tongue.

[quote="jrott"][quote="Jaffer"][quote="jrott"]Its a nice thought but in all the examples of Bob's writing I have come across, he did not write that on your envelope[/quote]

Forgive me if English is your second language, I don't wish to be rude, but that does'nt quite make sense. Are you saying the o.p. Is lying? Or that it is without precedent?[/quote]

Forgive me Jaffer, I should have dumbed it down a bit.
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I don't think Jaffer was criticising what you were saying, merely the way it which it was written. Your original post made little sense due to the sentence structure ("Its a nice thought but in all the examples of Bob's writing I have come across" is a fragment with no conclusion), so Jaffer can be forgiven for being a little confused. The point you were making is a valid one, based on your own experiences and the evidence we have. We'll never really know for sure.

the writing on the back matches the return to sender writing on the front. they were deffinetly used by the same pen because u can see that it runs out of ink at some points. Also its funny that wether it be Dylan or someone else they forgot to put the 2nd R in return to sender. They spelled it Retun.