Author Archives: TonyAttwood

By Tony Attwood I’ve had a little pause in the Dylan cover a day series (there’s a full list of the 47 songs covered below) but have now gathered enough strength to carry on… and what better cover song to … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe The city-dwelling Romantic Transcendentalist poet in the lines below finds comfort from the memory of a sunlit breeze in the countryside: When all at once I saw a crowd A host of golden daffodils Beside the lake, … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: Bob appeared on Letterman in 1992 and performed Like A Rolling Stone. Just check out some of the musicians on stage with him here! Chrissie Hynde (guitar) Steve Vai (guitar) Carole King (piano) Jim … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst IX         And there will be nothing new in it Gonna walk down that dirt road ’til everything becomes the same Gonna walk down that dirt road ’til everything becomes the same I keep on walking ’til … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Hecate, in ancient mythology, watches the crossroads at night; she represents the dark side of Diana, the latter being the bright moon-goddess, sister of Apollo, the sun-god. The following song lyrics warn everyone of the Gothic witch … Continue reading →

by Aaron Galbraith in the USA and Tony Attwood in the UK A list of earlier articles from this series is given at the end. Aaron: I thought it would be fun to have Tony take a listen to some … Continue reading →

Previously in this series… Dirt Road Blues part 1: They going down 61 Highway Dirt Road Blues part 2: The troublingest woman I ever seen Dirt Road Blues part 3: But your brains are staying south Dirt Road Blues part … Continue reading →

by Patrick Roefflaer This is the 25th album of Bob Dylan’s for which the art work has been reviewed.  Details of the previous articles can be found here. 41 – Triplicate Released             March 31, 2017 Photographer    John Shearer Liner Notes         … Continue reading →

By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) An index to the Never Ending Tour series of articles can be found here. The previous episode (Things come alive or they fall flat) was published here. In 2003 we find some of the most exciting … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This is one of those moments where there is a cover version I have raved over so much on this site that I suspect most of the series’ dozen or so readers will know exactly where I … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe In his lyrics, singer/songwriter/musician oft expresses the trials and tribulations that a performer faces. Once a work is waxed in the black plastic of a vinyl record (though more likely burned on a CD in these modern … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst VII        The pale and the leader I been lookin’ at my shadow, I been watching the colors up above Lookin’ at my shadow, watching the colors up above Rolling through the rain and hail, looking for … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood One of the few Dylan songs that I re-arranged myself for the band I was in at the time was “I am a lonesome hobo” and I recall adding a descending bass which across the first line … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: Let’s take a look at some more lost Dylan performances from the 60s all the way to the 90s.  First “Only A Pawn In Their Game”  from Newport 1963. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l3kjsbmZ-g0 Tony: I am … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Dramatic, powerful, message dominated… what can you do with Hurricane? The opening of Ani DiFranco’s version really is challenging and menacing, which is of course a big contrast with Bob’s original which always seems to me to … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe The reality of mournful death marches into the flowery pastures of the American NeoTranscendentalist Romantic poem quoted beneath: When lilacs last in the dooryard bloomed And the great star early drooped in the western sky in the … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Highway 61 is such an original concept, and we have all now heard Dylan’s version so often, that it is stuck.  Most people who play it, stick pretty close to what Bob did.  The beat, the melody, … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Recently in the “A Dylan Cover a Day” series I mentioned the work of Francesco Garolfi.  To my delight and surprise, Francesco Garolfi saw the piece and got in touch with me – which says a lot … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Links to all the previous articles in this series are given below. — There is a particular challenge to be found in a song with very limited melody or indeed a song with virtually no chord changes … Continue reading →

Dirt Road Blues (1997) part 6 by Jochen Markhorst Dirt Road Blues part 1: They going down 61 Highway Dirt Road Blues part 2: The troublingest woman I ever seen Dirt Road Blues part 3: But your brains are staying … Continue reading →