“I don’t know what it means, either. But it sounds good.”

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The current and recent series…

You can see a list of the current series and their latest articles on the site below and via the column on the right side of this page.  The home page is here.

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Dylan on Tour – a history in video recordings:  The Concert Series. 15 January 1980, Seattle

If only there had been a Nobel Prize for music 6: Chimes of Freedom and Tambourine Man

It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue; A History in Performance:  Part 2: 1975. The vagabond who’s rapping at your door

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry Part 9:  “It’s not such a terrible song to do”

How Bob Dylan turned the entire notion of how a song should be written, upside down.

The songs got longer the form started to bend, we needed patience

Dylan in 1966: where did this music come from?

The evolution of Bob Dylan as a songwriter

Other articles and the current series

Dylan the lyrics, the music and some false comparisons: Blowing in the Wind

The Covers We Missed: Boots of Spanish Leather Part 3

Like A Rolling Stone b/w Gates Of Eden:  Bob Dylan kicks open the door

A complete unknown:  A diversion and another perspective

Dylan and us: beyond America. What you really don’t want – part 2

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Updates and recently concluded series

Gates of Eden Part 3: 1991 – 2001. Where Babies Wail: A Spooky Grandeur

The Double Life: Conclusion – there is no double life

Three times and out: It’s all good

Dylan on Tour: The 54 songs that Bob has performed in the last four years…

The originality and creativity of Bob Dylan, and the issue of copyright

Blowing in the Wind 4: The Jazz Versions

False Prophet part 15 (final): No, people never see me as a prophet

Mr Tambourine Man: – A History in Performance. Part 7: 2000 – 2010: the jingle jangle.

Once or twice: Songs that Bob has performed just once or twice on stage.  Series farewell: When the Ship Comes In

The lyrics and the music:   “Things have changed”

Untold Writers: A few words about those who have given up their time to create the articles that make this site what it is.

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Obituary: Farewell Aaron Galbraith: Wonderful Dylan fan, superb contributor to this site, and such a great friend who I never met

The Never Ending Tour: The End.  2019 part 4: Virgil’s farewell: It’s not dark yet

Other people’s songs: Performances by Dylan of traditional songs, and those written by others with explorations of their origins.   Ragged & Dirty

The Never Ending Tour – the absolute highlights – a totally personal view of some of the best moments from across the decades.   Every Grain of Sand

Dylanesque –  songs that are comparable to or inspired by the music of Dylan: Dylanesque: The Alpha Band.  (Beware; the commentator goes totally over the top)

Dylan’s Opening Lines:   A return to a theme we last looked at eight years or so ago.  The final update taking us to over 100 opening lines is now published.   Dylan’s 114 greatest opening lines: completing the list

Dylan’s Favourite songs: Bob has revealed the songs he likes the most, and we are taking a look at them, one at a time.  The series is complete and the final article (including an index to the series) is  Join Me in LA.

Album artwork:  unique series that investigates with illustrations the stories behind Dylan’s album covers.  Plus of course the in-depth investigations into individual Bob Dylan songs, some of which have since been republished as books, available from Amazon.  Most recent: Shadows in the Night

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And about Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is of course one of those people who works in multiple fields of the arts. Here, we primarily know him as a composer and writer of lyrics. And I guess those of who have a tendency to focus on his work in songwriting can easily forget just how masterful he is with visual art.

Yet with a quick look at Dylan’s work in the Halcyon Gallery you cannot but be impressed by both the quality and the beauty of his work. And of course, Bob’s art work as with his lyrics and music can bring forth a feeling of “if only I could do that….”

This is a thought that has occupied me for much of my working life in the creative arts. Obviously not at anything remotely like Bob’s level, but still doing my best and earning some money along the way.

But I have been left with that constant feeling concerning visual art that if only I had the ability with paint that artists have, I might find I had something to say, visually. And so it has been for all my life, until now. Because I’ve just found that there are tools like the ai art generator which are designed to help artists and marketers create stunning visuals with ease. Which is exactly what I need.

For the simple fact is that when you need an image that’s hard to find, such as anything from a watercolour floral background to a vibrant poster there is a way of getting it.

Of course you might well know the answer already, and maybe I’ve been rather slow in finding the solution, but the solution is simple. For now, I can type in a prompt describing the sort of artwork I want, and the Generate image tool does it for me.

The solution is the Adobe Express AI art generator. You just type a prompt describing the artwork you envision and the Generate image tool does it. If you want to see Bob’s work first of course you can – take a look at his art website.

And after that you can type new images into existence with the AI art generator.

Indeed if you do follow this route, and create something Dylan related which you feel you would like to have reach a wider audience, by all means make send me a digital copy, and I’ll try and fit it into Untold Dylan. With an acknowledgement to you, of course.

Tony Attwood

What Rolling Stone had to say about Untold Dylan

“Tell Ol’ Bill” is a favorite among hardcore Dylan fans like Tony Attwood at Untold Dylan, who called it “one of Dylan’s two greatest works of all time” and wrote a fascinating piece tracing its origins through several bootleg versions. As documented there, the singer tried a few approaches, from one version that echoes the groove of “Thunder on the Mountain” to another that’s more reminiscent of “It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry.” “Gradually,” Attwood writes, “Dylan moves towards the masterpiece that we have come to know.”

Would you like to contribute an article to Untold Dylan?

We’re always interested in receiving new ideas and new articles which fit into our remit of providing new insights and thoughts on Dylan.   If you would like to join in, please either send me your idea, or alternatively a whole article as a word file attached to an email.

To join in just email Tony@schools.co.uk