Author Archives: TonyAttwood

More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part IX – final by Jochen Markhorst More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part I More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This article follows on from All Directions at once: the first five directions which showed us that Bob exploded into the world of composition by writing not just many different songs, but songs for which the lyrics … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan And Subtle Irony by Larry Fyffe Contend a number of Christian theologians – The religion of Christianity holds that the bodies of the dead in the ‘afterlife’ get resurrected back to life, but without carnal desires; it’s a … Continue reading →

Jochen: More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part I More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part III: Do right man More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part IV: Exquisite … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The Beautiful Obscuriti series aims to find little known or even unknown reworkings of Bob Dylan’s music, and with this in mind I have been sent a copy of the album Pontifex by Acquaraggia from which I’m … Continue reading →

  Bob Dylan and Stephen Crane (part I) Bob Dylan And Stephen Crane (Part II) Bob Dylan And Stephen Crane (Part III)   by Larry Fyffe The Red Badge Of Courage” is an Existentialist/Naturalist  novel, the story of which takes … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood A new look at the best ever cover versions of Bob Dylan’s songs.  In the series this far… What makes a beautiful obscurity  “The 100 Greatest Cover Versions of Bob Dylan songs ever” Beautiful obscurity: revisiting … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst More Than Flesh And Blood part I: Lousy poetry More Than Flesh And Blood part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting More Than Flesh And Blood part III: Do right man More Than Flesh And Blood part IV: … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Bob Dylan and Stephen Crane (part I) Bob Dylan And Stephen Crane (Part II) There was a man Who lived a life of fire Even upon the fabric of time Where purple became orange And orange purple … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood A new Dylan Album This is an album made up of tracks either by Dylan himself or other artists covering his work, which I think might be unknown to many fans.   The songs are drawn from all … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst Previously in this series… More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part I: Lousy poetry More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part III: Do right man … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The most recent editions of the “All Directions at once” series are… 40: 100 twists before trying Christianity 41: the Slow Train to the end of the year In the on-going series, “All directions at once,” I’ve … Continue reading →

Previously published: Bob Dylan and Stephen Crane (part I)   by Larry Fyffe In the onomatopoeic lines below, though he be influenced by the neo-Romantic sentiments of Friedrich Nietzsche, and the dark tenets of anti-Romanic Naturalism of modernist writers, the poet … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The aim of this little series is to look at a few Dylan songs and find some cover versions that take different approaches, including maybe one or two that you might not know.  Or if not, at … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst Previously in this series… More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part I: Lousy poetry More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part III: Do right man … Continue reading →

  This is episode 32 of the series looking at the artwork on Bob Dylan albums, with as many illustrations of pictures used and unused on the album.  An index of the whole series can be found under the Album … Continue reading →

There is a full index to our series on the Never Ending Tour here. The 1995 episodes published so far are 1995, part 1: The Prague Revelation and other astonishments 1995, part 2: The Prague Revelation – Salt for Salt, … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Though it may be by mere coincidence, seems that singer/songwriter Bob Dylan not only borrows rhymes, often twisting the around a bit, from songs and poems by others. And he borrows them from his own works too, … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood There is an index to the complete “All Directions at once” series here. The series “All Directions at once” has now reached the final year before, for the first time ever, Bob devoted himself to writing songs … Continue reading →

More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part I: Lousy poetry More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part III: Do right man by Jochen Markhorst   IV         Exquisite corpse … Continue reading →