Author Archives: TonyAttwood

I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 1 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 2 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 3 I’ve … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe 38: Claudette The Travelling Tarantula Show carries biblical allusions and allegories, often dark humorous ones, on its ink-stained back. Claudette, the sandman’s pupil wounded in her fifth year in the business & she’s only fifteen & go … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The songs that we have covered so far in this series are listed at the end of this piece, and if you’ve played through the songs, or indeed already know them, I rather suspect you might have … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood, based on the series The Never Ending Tour by Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet). This version of “Don’t think twice” turned up in 2000 (noted in the review “Back to Bedrock part one”) The song is obviously a song of … Continue reading →

    I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 9 by Jochen Markhorst IX         “Yes” is the answer to your question I traveled from the mountains to the sea I hope that the gods go … Continue reading →

by Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: The song is best known from its 1939 recording by Harry James and his Orchestra, with Frank Sinatra on vocals. Tony: It was very common in the music of the first half of … Continue reading →

Links to the previous articles in this series are provided at the end. By Larry Fyffe Nadine & Nadine who comes running & says ‘Where’s Gus?’ & she’s salty about the bread he’s been making off her worms … (Bob … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The question is always: why is this artist or this band covering this particular Dylan song?  And sadly the answer is too often “because it is a Dylan song and people like Dylan songs”.   What that then … Continue reading →

Previously in this series… I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 1 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 2 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You … Continue reading →

  There is an index of other articles from this series at the end of the article. By Tony Attwood I started this series with the Sam Stone song (“Death of an Unpopular Poet“) and if you want it, there … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: Looking back through previous episodes, it would appear that this is the last track to look at from the debut album. The song is a traditional African American spiritual. The earliest recording is … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Tarantulazarus Time twists stories around: Oh the new sheriff send a letter Go out and get me Lazarus Dead or alive, dead or alive … Oh Lazarus, Lazarus, his little sister She come to the funeral Lord, … Continue reading →

I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 1 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 2 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 3 I’ve … Continue reading →

An index to all the previous articles from this series can be found here. By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) ‘Dylan moved around the stage all night, the ‘retreats’ behind the keyboards now had a part to play in an overall context … Continue reading →

This is episode 111 of the Never Ending Tour series – you can find a complete index of previous episodes here. By Mike Johnson (kiwipoet) Among the innovations of 2011, Dylan’s new performance act and his banner, the Eye of … Continue reading →

Soundtrack composed by Larry Fyffe & Tony Attwood [pearl bailey stomps him against a buick (Bob Dylan: Tarantula)] [& get out there to meet James Cagney (Bob Dylan: Tarantula)] [i will give you my fats domino records (Bob Dylan: Tarantula)] … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: The song was first recorded as “Don’t Tear My Clothes” in January 1935 by the State Street Boys, a group that included Big Bill Broonzy and Jazz Gillum. Tony: My father played piano and … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood, based on the series The Never Ending Tour by Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet). We have presented 15 different versions of “Man with a long black coat” in the Never Ending Tour series of articles ranging from 1988 to … Continue reading →

I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 1 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 2 I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (2020) part 3 I’ve … Continue reading →

  by Tony Attwood https://youtu.be/F0KIQ6HGn0U This choice come from 1995 and is made not for its musical excellence, but for its originality.  I love the fact that Bob will try anything, and seemingly often without bothering too much with all … Continue reading →