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Dylan wanted tight security? He got it When the guards can't recognize the legend, times clearly have a-changed By BILL VARBLE Bob Dylan's people told Jackson County Exposition Center manager Chris Borovansky their boss' penchant for security was stronger than ever. So on Tuesday when Dylan returned with his band to the Expo in Central Point to do a show, his security director said that nobody, but nobody, was to get backstage without a bona fide, official pass. There were to be no exceptions whatever. None. The security director, who travels with the show, stressed that to Borovansky and three security guards. "He said no exceptions," Borovansky says. "Absolutely none." So when a slight, wild-haired man tried to breeze through the security line a little later, the guards did what they figured was their duty. "They intercepted a gentleman trying to get backstage without credentials," Borovansky says. The man acted like he couldn't believe it. "He pays them no attention," Borovansky says. No pass, no entry, no way, the three said. A scene ensued that wound up with a guard putting her hands up and gently stopping the man. Seeing a hubbub, the security director came running over, incensed. The stranger was Bob Dylan. Dylan and his security guy demanded that three guards be removed. Borovansky did so, although he would add later, "We prefer the term 'relocated.' " Once Dylan matters were defused, Borovansky congratulated the guards. "I told them they did a great job," he says. "They said nobody gets back. He kept trying to get back." He assigned new guards to the area, then decided it would be a good idea if they had a clear picture of the legendary singer. He went to the Expo office and showed them publicity photos of Dylan. The literal-minded guards are women in their 30s. One is a country music fan. "I told one guy if it was George Strait, they probably would have recognized him," Borovansky says. He told the new guards that nobody was to get back without a pass. "There's no exception," he said, "except for one." Reach reporter Bill Varble at 776-4478 or e-mail [email protected] Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2001 Mail Tribune, Inc.