Musician Jakob Dylan's publicist on Tuesday denied that the Wallflowers frontman and son of folk-rock legend Bob Dylan bailed out of a performance at an afterparty on the second night of the Republican National Convention on the advice of his dad.

The publicist said that a St. Paul Pioneer Press story that detailed how the Minnesota Agri-Growth Council had to turn to 1970s rock band Styx to fill in for Jakob because Bob allegedly talked him out of performing there is "completely fabricated."

“The Wallflowers were asked to perform at AgNite and declined.  Any other additional information or conjecture that has been reported has been fabricated into a story where otherwise none exists," Dylan manager Rich Egan added.

The Pioneer Press reported Tuesday that 5,000 guests have been invited to the nonpartisan industry party called AgNite on Sept. 2, and while a contract had not been signed, representatives had agreed on a performance fee for the younger Dylan to appear.

But the deal fell through, according to Daryn McBeth, executive director of the agribusiness trade group, because the legendary protest songwriter convinced his son to bail.

"The lead singer of the band, his dad is Bob Dylan, and I'm told he (Bob) weighed in and encouraged them not to do it because of the political nature of what's going on in town that week," McBeth said, according to the paper. "I don't know how Bob got wind of it, or if his son and the band communicated it to him. But (the gig died after) the concern about politics, and maybe Bob Dylan's feeling about the state of Minnesota and his son's band playing in his home area."

The Dylan representative said she's awaiting a retraction from the newspaper. The author of the article, Tom Webb, told FOXNews.com that a denial by Jakob Dylan's publicists was added to the story but the reporting of the allegation was accurate.

The Pioneer Press later reported that McBeth acknowledged not having details of the deal-making process with Dylan's representatives.

"I didn’t have first-hand knowledge of the various bands or the negotiations or pursuits to confirm various entertainers. .... We had some soft 'asks' out there, before we'd make a formal contractual offer. And for a while, while we were pursuing Wallflowers, I was optimistic that we’d get them booked. And later, I was told they wouldn’t work out. The details of why they didn’t work out are unknown on a first-hand basis to me," McBeth was quoted telling the paper.

The council will still feature music at the historic Milwaukee Road depot in Minneapolis, courtesy of Styx, which has sold some 17.5 million records over its four decades playing rock and roll.

The Pioneer Press noted that the elder Dylan usually avoids taking an active role in partisan politics, but last month spoke admiringly of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

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