Author Archives: TonyAttwood

We first mentioned Tioga Pass in July 2020 with a plea for anyone who could complete this song. As we noted at the time Tioga Pass is a song that was seemingly recorded at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, on … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan and Bayard Taylor Part 1 Bob Dylan and Bayard Taylor Part II by Larry Fyffe Our rowboat journey across the wide and wavy Jungian Sea continues. Sentimental Bayard can be grouped in with the anti-Puritan Romantic Transcendentalist poets … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Part 1 of this series covering Bob’s 1969 nomination for Best Folk Performance appeared here: Bob’s Grammy Nominations and Wins And part 2: Bob’s Grammy Nominations and Wins 2: Best male rock vocal 1980! Aaron: … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst Love Minus Zero/No Limit (1965) part I: Rose of England II          A Song Of Ice And Fire At the end of July 2021 is finally the release of Welcome 2 America, the album that Prince recorded in … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan and Bayard Taylor Part 1 By Larry Fyffe With poets William Blake and Bayard Taylor, singer/songwriter/ musician Bob Dylan sails upon the misty sea in a shoe filled with rhymes. William Blake envisions a new dawn of love … Continue reading →

Love Minus Zero/No Limit (1965) part I by Jochen Markhorst [Publisher’s note: this article appeared on Untold Dylan recently, before Jochen’s series on Gates of Eden had finished.  That was entirely the editor’s fault, and he has been sent to … Continue reading →

Review  by Tony Attwood I’ve had “Bob Dylan’s Malibu” by Martin Newman on my desk and indeed my living room sofa for several  weeks now, pondering how to write this review.  Actually more than that.  Could even be a couple … Continue reading →

The story so far… Gates Of Eden part I: The Lady In The Water Gates Of Eden part II: As if he was just taking dictation Gates Of Eden part III: Hello lamppost, nice to see ya Gates Of Eden … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Part 1 of this series covering Bob’s 1969 nomination for Best Folk Performance appeared here: Bob’s Grammy Nominations and Wins We enjoyed doing that one so much we thought we’d inflict another on you.   This … Continue reading →

Selection by Aaron Galbraith, commentary by Tony Attwood This is our celebration of the best, and the more unusual, cover versions of Dylan’s music.  You can find our previous articles here. You might also enjoy: Over 200 of the greatest … Continue reading →

  By Larry Fyffe Bliss Carman was a pre-Modernist Canadian poet who in his day  makes references the poetry of the ancient Greeks (like Sappho) with their visions of the Fields of Elysium. Carman does this in terms of the … Continue reading →

We’ve now completed a review of 1997 – here are the details Never Ending Tour, 1997, part 1.  The Lonely Graveyards of the Mind Never Ending Tour 1997, part 2: Hanging onto a Shadow Never Ending Tour 1997, part 3: … Continue reading →

Gates Of Eden part I: The Lady In The Water Gates Of Eden part II: As if he was just taking dictation Gates Of Eden part III: Hello lamppost, nice to see ya Gates Of Eden part IV: Out of … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood “All directions at once” is a series which looks at Bob Dylan’s writing as it evolves over time, rather than focusing on individual songs or albums, or an individual theme through Bob’s career.   The index of all … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Poet and writer Bayard Taylor, if the overuse of the rhyme  ‘fire’/’desire’ be any indication, is at least aware of the poetry of pre-Romantic William Blake: An example thereof: Then to the savage race, who knew no … Continue reading →

by Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood This is a look at the Bob’s various Grammy nominations over the years, including the other nominees in the category and the winner (if not Bob).  And as with other series that the two … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe No, Bob Dylan did not convert to the Islamic religion, but he’s apparently been influenced by the albeit western translations (ie, Fitzgerald/Khayyam) of the mystic writings of Persian inner-looking poets who fear not death nor the metaphor: … Continue reading →

The story so far… Gates Of Eden part I: The Lady In The Water Gates Of Eden part II: As if he was just taking dictation Gates Of Eden part III: Hello lamppost, nice to see ya Gates Of Eden … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood In our earlier article “California Brown Eyed Baby” we revealed a set of lyrics from Dylan which seemed never to have been used.  I had a bash at writing some music (a “bash” being the apposite word here) … Continue reading →

Compiled by Tony Attwood from suggestions by readers of Untold Dylan, and cover versions used within articles. This is the third edition of the list of covers of Bob Dylan songs includes cover versions suggested by readers and cover versions … Continue reading →