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- Bob Dylan, The Concert Series: Lisbon 1999
- No Nobel Prize for music: Dylan’s early experiments. “I’ll keep it with mine”
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- Bob Dylan: The Concert Series. 26 March 1995 Brighton
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Author Archives: TonyAttwood
A Dylan Cover A Day: The Wicked Messenger
By Tony Attwood Having spent a rather beumisng hour or so meandering around cover versions of Wicked Messenger, I found more than anything that I wanted to remind myself of what Dylan offered us in the original recording. I’ll … Continue reading
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed (2020) part 10: Anything that sounds promising
“So much beauty, so little time,” my grandmother used to sigh, standing in front of her record cabinet. And mind you, she only had one single Dylan record (Greatest Hits) – Rough And Rowdy Ways she did not live to … Continue reading
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The Never Ending Tour Extended: Like a Rolling Stone 1988 to 2002
By Tony Attwood, with recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour Series. In this series we look at the way Bob has transformed certain songs over time in his live performances, in particular looking for the progression in … Continue reading
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A Dylan Cover a Day: Times they are a-changin’
By Tony Attwood I suppose when I started this series of reviews of covers, two years ago tomorrow (15 November 2021 to put it in exact context) I guess I realised that one day I would get to Times they … Continue reading
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Other people’s songs: My Blue Eyed Jane
By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: A lesser-known Jimmie Rodgers song, My Blue-Eyed Jane is more of a swing tune than anything else. Jimmie’s recording of My Blue Eyed Jane is as atypical of a country song as … Continue reading
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed part 9: She’s going to play you for a fool
“So much beauty, so little time,” my grandmother used to sigh, standing in front of her record cabinet. And mind you, she only had one single Dylan record (Greatest Hits) – Rough And Rowdy Ways she did not live … Continue reading
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The Never Ending Tour Extended: The Drifters’ Escape. 1996-2005.
By Tony Attwood, with recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour Series. In this series we look at the way Bob has transformed certain songs over time in his live performances, in particular looking for the progression in … Continue reading
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The Never Ending Tour: 2018 part 1 Shuffle to the beat
By Mike Johnson An index to the series can be found here. In 2018 Dylan continued to radically re-configure his songs, altering lyrics and experimenting with different tempos and moods. The result was a series of stunning performances that must … Continue reading
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Other people’s songs: Pretty Boy Floyd
By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: Pretty Boy Floyd tells the story of the famous outlaw Pretty Boy Floyd, an American bank robber who was pursued and killed by a group led by FBI Agent, Melvin Purvis. Tony: … Continue reading
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A Dylan Cover a Day: The Man in Me
By Tony Attwood “The Man in Me” seems to be one of those songs where there is Bob’s original version, and there are many reggae versions – and most people who have recorded the song go with following one of … Continue reading
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed: VIII. What’s in my own head and what’s in my own heart
“So much beauty, so little time,” my grandmother used to sigh, standing in front of her record cabinet. And mind you, she only had one single Dylan record (Greatest Hits) – Rough And Rowdy Ways she did not live to … Continue reading
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The lyrics and the music: High Water, a rise, a fall, a bounce, a flood
By Tony Attwood The first question I guess most of us asked on hearing “High Water” for the first time is “why is it ‘for Charley Patton’?” After all Dylan’s “High Water” has no musical resemblance to Charley Patton’s song … Continue reading
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The Never Ending Tour Extended. Love sick from the very start to 2000
By Tony Attwood, with recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour Series. In this series we look at the way Bob has transformed certain songs over time in his live performances, in particular looking for the progression in … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan’s Hymns Part 5: I’ve Made up my Mind to Give Myself to You; Ain’t Talkin
Previously in this series Part 1: Lay down your weary tune Part 2: What is really sacred? Part 3: Every Grain, Released and Chimes of Freedom Part 4: What is Really Sacred? Ring them bells, Sad Eyed, Nobody ‘cept you by Taigen … Continue reading
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed part 7: You can see the light
“So much beauty, so little time,” my grandmother used to sigh, standing in front of her record cabinet. And mind you, she only had one single Dylan record (Greatest Hits) – Rough And Rowdy Ways she did not live … Continue reading
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Dylan Cover a Day: Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
By Tony Attwood The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll is not a Dylan song I would ever feel moved to pick out from the collection and play; it makes an incredibly important point, but it is a point I know, … Continue reading
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The Never Ending Tour Extended: Things have changed
By Tony Attwood, with recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour Series. In this series we look at the way Bob has transformed certain songs over time in his live performances, in particular looking for the progression in … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan’s Hymns: What is Really Sacred? Part 4: Ring them bells, Sad Eyed, Nobody ‘cept you
Previously in this series Part 1: Lay down your weary tune Part 2: What is really sacred? Part 3: Every Grain, Released and Chimes of Freedom by Taigen Dan Leighton Ring Them Bells “Ring Them Bells” appeared on Dylan’s … Continue reading
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed (2020) part 6: O ye of little faith
Goodbye Jimmy Reed (2020) part 1 Goodbye Jimmy Reed (2020) part 2: All songs lead back t’ the sea Goodbye Jimmy Reed (2020) part 3: An amazing ability Goodbye Jimmy Reed (2020) part 4: The truth was not known Goodbye … Continue reading
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NET 2017 Part 3 You went through my pockets while I was sleeping
By Mike Johnson An index to the entire series can be found here. In 2017 Dylan was still drawing heavily from Tempest (2012), with five songs regularly played. Before turning to those, however, let’s catch up with a few other … Continue reading
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