Cover art double take: Melinda Doolittle & Bob Dylan

 The last really cool homage to the iconic album cover photograph from Bob Dylan’s 1963 The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan was in the film Vanilla Sky.  Now we have another in the cover art of American Idol finalist Melinda Doolittle’s new CD.  It’s very tastefully done, but what is it that links the two, other than a fetishistic interest on the part of the record label’s graphic designer?  Is there something in the music?…  Regardless, it’s always nice to see a contemporary work of art (and music) get the respect that it is due.

  

A frame from the aforementioned scene in Vanilla Sky.