Author Archives: TonyAttwood

Part 1: Can Bob Be Saved? by Larry Fyffe Here’s an illustration of a Post-Modern ‘cut- up’ song that I created; as the ‘composer’ thereof, I get to make the final cut; Bob Dylan And Robert Hunter get co-credits; and … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood In this series we take a look at songs with the same title as works by Bob Dylan.  So far we have covered… One song to the tune of another 1: You’re a big … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood A list of all the episodes of “All directions at once” can be found here. In the last episode of All Directions at Once I pondered  Bob’s dilemmas in taking on the task of writing an album … Continue reading →

To Ramona (1964) part I by Jochen Markhorst I           Ramona are you betta, are you well? It is actually a rather innocent, charming scene in Dont Look Back, the ’67 Pennebaker documentary recording Dylan’s 1965 tour of the UK. It’s … Continue reading →

This is part of the ongoing series on the Never Ending Tour.  A full index to the articles can be found here. By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) In the previous three blogs for 1994, I considered Dylan’s loving and adventurous treatment … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe The writers of today have to deal with the Freudian School Of Thought, the Surrealist School, and that of the Symbolists, but most of all they have to deal with the Deconstructionists. The problem of uncovering an … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood The idea of this little series is to create an album of some of the more obscure Dylan works that really ought to be known better than they are.   I’m taking this approach liberally – as was … Continue reading →

by John Henry Let’s face it, “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts” seems to be completely out of place on Dylan’s famous “break-up” album, Blood on the Tracks. All the other tracks (including even the lightweight “Meet Me in … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst An index to the whole series of articles on Tombstone Blues is at the end of this piece XIII       I walk 47 miles of barbed wire  “I think I bought Highway 61 about a year after it came out. … Continue reading →

This article continues from All Directions 29: The greatest Dylan album ever?   A full index to the articles in this series which traces Dylan’s writing from 1959 onwards, can be found here. —————– By Tony Attwood In terms of songwriting, … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The fact that this is article number 2000 on this site is pure chance, but somehow I rather like the notion that article 2000 turned out to be a song called “I’m not there.” The idea of … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood We recently launched a new idea – finding songs with the same title as a Dylan song, not written by Bob. The first episode of the new series is available here covering “You’re a … Continue reading →

By Orlando Pascal ‘You know he keeps on saying everything twice to me.’ Doubling, doubles and the mirror in Rough and Rowdy Ways. In Pickpocket (1959) by Robert Bresson, the director likes to fill the screen with doubles.  If he … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood There is a complete index to All Directions at once, here. In the last episode: All directions 28: Seeing the world through a fractured glass I took a look at Idiot Wind.  Now, having look at that masterpiece … Continue reading →

Tombstone Blues (1965) part XII by Jochen Markhorst   XII        The malicious nightingale  “In general, the inhabitants of Göttingen are divided into students, professors, philistines and cattle, which classes are nothing less than strictly separated. The cattle class is the … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Let the Light shine on me Make me a pallet on the floor Deportees “Let the Light shine on me” is one of those traditional gospel / blues songs that has meandered through the traditions, and on … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst The story so far Tombstone Blues  part I: Daddy’s looking for the fragmentation bomb’s fuse Tombstone Blues II: Duck back down Tombstone Blues  III         Let’s Go Get Stoned Tombstone Blues part IV    Medicine Man Tombstone … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The first article in this series is at Dylan obscuranti: the new album  So, rather obviously, this is the second track from my invented album which Aaron is kindly creating on our YouTube channel It is an … Continue reading →

By Arron Galbraith and Tony Attwood It being the time of year for being jolly and silly (at least in the parts of the world where we are), Aaron has come up with a new series for Untold Dylan based … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This is part 28 of Bob Dylan: Moving All Directions at Once.  An index to the series  is available here. (The previous episode is at If you see her, you’ll be twisted by fate, moving in All … Continue reading →