While I have been researching Freewheelin' Bob Dylan and Dylan himself, it keeps popping up that these albums exploded him onto the scene as a songwriter. The emphasis on songwriter not on singer or talent. It's also mentioned that his songs were used by hundreds of other groups, big acts of the time like Peter, Paul and Mary. So I wonder if he is more of a songwriter than a stand-up singer. It just so happens that for that kind of folk music you don't need the most beautiful voice in the world since you are telling stories, and aren't driving the song along with melodies. Also, the audience he is singing to probably isn't looking for a refined voice, the grit, the every-man could sing this song idea reinforces the lyrics of the song in my opinion.
I wouldn't say that it is unacceptable to call him a bad singer, because that probably isn't his intention.
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