Taking Root.(Jakob Dylan's solo album called Seeing Things)

Byline: LAUREN WATERMAN editor: Valerie Steiker

In a nod to his legendary father, Jakob Dylan branches out on his own.

Most musicians have a moment when they feel like they've arrived," says the second-generation rock star Jakob Dylan. "They see a story in a magazine or hear their song on the radio. But I felt largely the same way after the band got famous as I did when I was growing up," he adds. "I guess I never felt that anonymous anyhow."

It's an unlikely response to worldwide success--the Wallflowers' 1996 album Bringing Down the Horse went platinum several times over--but then Dylan's unusual upbringing as the son of Bob Dylan (with ex-wife Sara) seems to have predisposed him to a different kind of pop stardom. At the height of his career as an MTV heartthrob, he was already a happily married father (his wife, Paige, is a former actress); now 38, the longtime L.A. resident has managed to avoid a life of rock-'n'-roll cliche, choosing instead a very low-key existence in which most of the excitement is derived from being Dad to their four boys, ages six months to thirteen years (all of whom, he says, are "musically inclined"). "As you acquire more responsibilities ...