Author Archives: TonyAttwood

By Tony Attwood It is Christmas Day in the UK – the biggest holiday of the year.  And so I thought I would do something different.  I wasn’t sure what but then Jochen and I were having one of our … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood If you have been following this little series you may have noticed that I have meandered somewhat, moving out of the strict alphabetical order occasionally, to go back to songs I missed, and then mistakenly written a … Continue reading →

Dirt Road Blues (1997) part 1: They going down 61 Highway Dirt Road Blues part 2: The troublingest woman I ever seen by Jochen Markhorst III         But your brains are staying south Gon’ walk down that dirt road, ’til someone … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Now this is a problematic song and a half.  “Dignity” (the song) does something that I can’t for the moment, associate with any other popular song.   It’s core is the pragmatisation of the concept – turning the … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood “Soundstage : The World of John Hammond” was broadcast on December 6, 1975 and lasted almost 3 hours! Tributes were made to Hammond from all the many and varied artists whose careers he had … Continue reading →

If it were just the shouting it would be nothing, but the vocal harmonies, the slight intermissioins and the guitar solo make it. Of course we all know the lyrics so well, so an instrumental version is welcome – if … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe John Milton and John Bunyan be Puritans, and believe faith in God, not good works, is the key to salvation. In the poetic lyrics below, blindness is a burden that the writer  just has to learn to … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Moving on through the Dylan songs in alphabetical order I was not especially surprised to find the paucity of covers of Day of the Locusts, which is a very personal song, but I was interested and slightly … Continue reading →

Dirt Road Blues (1997) part 1: They going down 61 Highway by Jochen Markhorst II          The troublingest woman I ever seen Gon’ walk down that dirt road, ’til someone lets me ride Gon’ walk down that dirt road, ’til someone … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I have loved Dark Eyes from the first moment I heard it and am always sad about the fact Bob’s hardly ever played it on tour.  It is a delicate beautiful song of sadness and world weariness.  … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: I first came across Playing for Change a couple of years ago when I stumbled upon this version of The Bands’ The Weight on YouTube This is from their website https://playingforchange.com/ Playing For Change is … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Not a Dylan song I particularly care about, and when this ramble through Dylan songs (which rather obviously is being undertaken in alphabetical order) got to Country Pie I suspected this was going to be another song … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Said by some art historians that Leonardo da Vinci replaces the bad-boy Apostle John with Mary Magdalene in the painting “The Last Supper”. Christ’s bond with her is much stronger than the relationships He has with His … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The trouble with this song is that although it isn’t a 12 bar blues it feels as if it ought to be created as one, and that thought has obviously sunk into the minds of many of … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: For this episode, I thought we could take a look at some performances Bob made at a series of televised galas down the years. First from the Gershwin Gala in 1987 is Bob’s … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood “Down along the cove” is not one of my favourite Dylan compositions, simply because there isn’t much there.  The lyrics seem to me to be profoundly ordinary, the song doesn’t fit with the rest of the album, … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst I           They going down 61 Highway Mozart, Van Gogh, Garrincha, Charley Patton, Nick Drake, Baudelaire… our history is rich with exceptionally gifted artists who, for various reasons, do not manage to cash in on their otherworldly talent … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood OK this is where it gets a bit silly.  There are so many many many covers of Don’t think twice that it is impossible to say this is the best, or anything remotely like that.  Except that … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: Let’s take another meander through some various artists compilation albums in search of more one-off Dylan performances! First up from the Hank Williams tribute album Timeless (my pick for the all-time greatest tribute … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The next song in the alphabetical list is the lesser known “Dirty Lie” which has one superb cover version by The Secret Sisters.   But I’ve already raved about that here, so if you want to hear that … Continue reading →