Author Archives: TonyAttwood

  by Jochen Markhorst XVIII    Thou art at last—just what thou art Get lost Madam – get up off my knee Keep your mouth away from me I’ll keep the path open – the path in my mind I’ll see … Continue reading →

    By Tony Attwood, delving a little further and comparing some of the recordings from the Never Ending Tour, based on the comprehensive NET series by Mike Johnson (for which there is an index here). In the first piece in … Continue reading →

—— Details of our current series and a link to the latest article in each series can be found on the home page.   A list of all the articles in this “Other people’s songs” series is at the foot of … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood In this series I attempt to show that analyses of Dylan’s songs that focus just on the lyrics can miss the point.  It is the combination of this music with these lyrics that makes the songs as … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe The Sandman Ancient mythology’s Morpheus (Sandman) sends forth recipes containing human shapes for artistic cooks to shake up into dreams. For example, to the American civil rights leader Martin Luthor King: (I) had a dream – that … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood Jochen provided us with the original Memphis Blues, from which everything else emerged… Indeed Jochen’s piece also contains the phrase, “The bloodthirsty railway staff ” – and ever since he provided the article in 2020 I’ve been … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst XVII     An inarticulate proposition Get lost Madam – get up off my knee Keep your mouth away from me I’ll keep the path open – the path in my mind I’ll see to it that there’s … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood, delving a little further and comparing some of the recordings from the Never Ending Tour, based on the comprehensive NET series by Mike Johnson (for which there is an index here). In what might be the … Continue reading →

  Other people’s songs looks at performances by Bob Dylan both of traditional songs, and those written by others, with explorations of their origins.  The song and subsequent recordings are selected by Aaron Galbraith in the USA and then comments are … Continue reading →

From his soulful melodies to his ventures into whiskey, Bob Dylan remains a multifaceted enigma in the realm of rock music and beyond. This article delves deep into the intertwined relationship between Dylan’s passion for music, gambling, whiskey, and baseball, … Continue reading →

  By Larry Fyffe Previously: The Rastas and The Stabber Of Polyphemus The Stabber Of Polyphemus and The Rococo Angel Glides Take Your Pick With the benefit of a hindsight twist, and already noted, the alligator/allegory works just as well … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood Dylan’s interest in gambling songs has been noted several times before ranging from “Huck’s Tune” through to “Lily, Rosemary & Jack of Hearts.”   And I wanted to come back to that subject because the YouTube video … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood A Dylan Cover A Day – the title made sense during lockdown when we were looking for ways to fill the time.  Now it is more like a Dylan cover every two weeks, but we’re still working through … Continue reading →

  “Foot of Pride” is quite a problematic piece to tackle in terms of this series of articles on the music AND the lyrics.   After all, the music that we have consists of a non-changing beat, guitar parts that only … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst XVI      Have at it, ladies Get lost Madam – get up off my knee Keep your mouth away from me I’ll keep the path open – the path in my mind I’ll see to it that … Continue reading →

Other people’s songs looks at performances by Bob Dylan both of traditional songs, and those written by others, with explorations of their origins.  The song and subsequent recordings are selected by Aaron Galbraith in the USA and then comments are … Continue reading →

  Previously: The Mythologies that Inspire Bob Dylan: The Rastas and The Stabber Of Polyphemus By Larry Fyffe The Stabber Of Polyphemus In vain do some analysts of his song lyrics downplay the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature … Continue reading →

To say that Bob Dylan is a legend minimizes the influence he has had on multiple genres of music, including rock, folk, and pop.   Throughout the years, dozens of music publications have continued to dissect Dylan word by word, pulling … Continue reading →

    NET 2015 Part 1 Singing to you, not at you NET 2015 Part 2 NET 2015 Part 3: It doesn’t get any better than this NET 2015: Part 4 The best year ever? Full index to the series. … Continue reading →

  By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood This series looks at performances of songs that were not written by Dylan but which clearly have a Dylan influence within them.  As ever, Aaron selects the theme and the works, and Tony … Continue reading →