Author Archives: TonyAttwood

By Tony Attwood “Dylan Obscuranti” is an imaginary album, that I have created to highlight just a handful of tracks that Dylan has composed, and specific performances that he (and occasionally others) have given, which I think are sublime in … Continue reading →

Previously in this series: The Mythology Of Bob Dylan The Mythology of Bob Dylan part II Bob Dylan And His Mythology (Part III): Emily Dickinson And The Door  The Mythology Of Bob Dylan (Part IV): Arthur Rimbaud   by Larry … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood While most of the Dylan catalogue has been highlighted over and over again, there are odd moments that haven’t had too much attention, so that’s what this “Dylan Obscuranti” collection brings together. In effect I had the … Continue reading →

Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word (1965): 1 – Anything goes by Jochen Markhorst Part II: Can ya dig this? Youth is blessed with perception, but still lacks reflection. Which is amply demonstrated by the infamous, embarrassing dialogue between young … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan And The Three Cranes Part 1 By Larry Fyffe Seriously though, the influence of stories by Washington Irving pops  up in a number of song lyrics by Bob Dylan: While riding on a train going west I fell … Continue reading →

There is an index to this series of articles on the Never Ending Tour here. This is episode 32; the first part of the series about Liverpool appeared as Never Ending Tour, 1996, part 1. Busy being born. With Al … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst   Part I: Anything Goes In February 1981, a touchingly young Elvis Costello performs on Tom Snyder’s Tomorrow Show, the second time Costello is on American television. He plays two songs (beautiful renditions of “New Lace Sleeves” … Continue reading →

  By Larry Fyffe Embedded in the song verse below be a riddle that first must be decoded – hint, ‘Henry’ is the name of the main soldier in ‘The Red Badge Of Courage”: Now, I’m starting to drain My … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This is part of the “All Directions at Once” series which looks at the ebb and flow of Dylan’s writing across the years, rather focusing entirely on individual songs. There is an index to the whole series … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst This article is an addendum to a previous piece on the same song, The two autobiographical bookfs by Anatole Broyard, author, New York Times reviewer and columnist, were only published after his death in 1990. For Dylanologists, … Continue reading →

Previously in this series: The Mythology Of Bob Dylan The Mythology of Bob Dylan part II Bob Dylan And His Mythology (Part III): Emily Dickinson And The Door  by Larry Fyffe The mythology constructed in the lyrics of songs by … Continue reading →

Beautiful Obscurity  This series takes a new look at some of the more unusual cover versions of Bob Dylan’s music.  It started out from a previous series which was summarised in  “The 100 Greatest Cover Versions of Bob Dylan songs … Continue reading →

  Dylan’s Ways to Leave His Lovers by John Henry There must be 50 ways to leave your lover, sings Paul Simon, with the implicit suggestion that he means at least 50. But he sums them up as putting distance … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst  “The Wandering Kind” is an oddity in the rather disordered catalogue of Dylan/Springs songs; it is the only epic song, the only song that tells a story – with an (almost) linear narrative structure, too. Admittedly, … Continue reading →

There is an index to this series of articles on the Never Ending Tour here. This is episode 31. ‘It might look like I’m moving but I’m standing still’ By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) ‘It is not a year remembered with … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This is part of the series “All directions at once” which seeks to explore how Dylan’s writing evolved and developed over time. Recent episodes are 39: Beyond Street Legal: Bob and Helena unravelled (partly) 40: 100 twists … Continue reading →

Previously in this series: The Mythology Of Bob Dylan The Mythology of Bob Dylan part II   by Larry Fyffe The Puritan creed predestines individuals to be members of God’s Elect; Saint Peter holds the keys to the pearly gates … Continue reading →

Tonight is the night (or day if you are in parts of the world with different time zones) when our friend on Untold Dylan, Filip Łobodziński, and his fellow musicians are performing a live Dylan concert on line.   The starting … Continue reading →

Beautiful Obscurity  This series, compiled by Tony Attwood, takes a new look at the best ever – or at least some of the more unusual – cover versions of Bob Dylan’s music.  Previously we have had… Beautiful Obscurity: Acquaraggia play … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Dylan.pl the band of Untold Dylan contributor and chief Polish correspondent Filip Łobodziński, is playing live on the internet on Sunday (or Monday very early in the morning if you are in Australia). The concert lasts 50 … Continue reading →