“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

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Latest articles and the current series

Like A Rolling Stone (1965) part 12.  How Does It Feel?

A complete unknown: a review from the English provinces

A history in performance: It’s All Right Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – Part 1

The Covers We Missed: Boots of Spanish Leather (part 1)

The songs Bob wrote and then ignored.  JWH and, Nashville Skyline.

Dylan and us: beyond America.  What you really don’t want – part 1

Bob’s Transformations: All I really want to do, from plaintive to bounce.

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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.

The Double Life of Bob Dylan Part 1: Conclusion – “Man I’m not even 25”

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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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