Author Archives: TonyAttwood

  The Never Ending Tour 2014 part 1: The Setlist, the first half. NET 2014 part 2 The Setlist: The second half The Never Ending Tour: the full index from 1987 onwards By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) You might recall how, … Continue reading →

  I contain Multitudes 1: Two Irish countries at odds I contain Multitudes 2: To the buried that repose around us I contain Multitudes 3: The thrill of rhyming something that’s never been rhymed before I contain Multitudes 4: Boogaloo … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood It appears that Dylan has never performed “Sign on the window” in any concert – at least according to the official site.  (My guess that could in part be because of the key change in the middle … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood As far as the official Dylan site shows, this song was played lived just once (1 October 1965) and appeared first as a single and then 20 years later on Biograph. It has always felt to … Continue reading →

   Article collaboration by Denise Konkal and “I’m first among equals” Youtube channel.  A set of nine recordings of Dylan’s covers of other people’s songs appears at the end of the article. PART 1  (November 2, 2021, to July 9, … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This series reconsiders the 1000+ recordings that Mike Johnson has given us through his magnificent series: The Never Ending Tour, and gives me the chance to pick out a few absolute personal favourites. There is a full … Continue reading →

    The Never Ending Tour 2014 part 1: The Setlist, the first half. By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) By the end of the last post we’d reached halfway through Dylan’s 2014 Setlist; he pretty much delivered the same concert at … Continue reading →

  I contain Multitudes 1: Two Irish countries at odds I contain Multitudes 2: To the buried that repose around us I contain Multitudes 3: The thrill of rhyming something that’s never been rhymed before I contain Multitudes 4: Boogaloo … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood In this series (of which there is a full index at the end) Aaron selects a song that Dylan has recorded but which he did not write, and looks at the Dylan version and … Continue reading →

Reintroduction by Tony Attwood Back around 2020, The Bob Dylan Showcase was introduced on this site as a place where readers of Untold Dylan could either add their own music to lyrics for which Bob Dylan  did not write any … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood A strange moment to be writing this: despite this being a mid-morning in July and thus the English summer, there is a huge storm raging and the rain is teaming down.  Rather appropriate in a way.  Thunder … Continue reading →

This is episode 122 of a comprehensive series of articles and recordings from the Never Ending Tour.    An index to the entire series can be found here. By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) Just as Dylan’s performances in 2013 were a distinct improvement … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst VII        Allen’s outer ear I sing the songs of experience like William Blake I have no apologies to make Everything’s flowin’ all at the same time I live on the boulevard of crime I drive fast cars … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood It seems appropriate at this point in the series of articles that considers the songs of Bob Dylan from a musical point of view to bring in Black Diamond Bay for which, according to such reports as … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Dylanesque (comparative more Dylanesque, superlative most Dylanesque) “In the style of, or reminiscent of the music or lyrics of Bob Dylan (born 1941).” Previously in this series Part 1: Desolation Row Part 2: There … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood “She belongs to me” is a simple 12 bar blues with a complex message about control and independence and… well I am not sure.  Is the subject of  the song the child of a divorced couple or … Continue reading →

‘I’ve paid my time and now I’m as good as new’ (The Levee’s Gonna Break) By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) This is the final post for 2013, a richly rewarding year to explore, and what I need to do here is … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood The choices in this series of “Absolute Highlights” are mine, made without reference to anyone else, and selected by looking at the notes I have made while publishing each episode of the Never Ending Tour series … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood In this series (of which there is a full index at the end) Aaron selects a song that Dylan has recorded but which he did not write, and looks at the Dylan version and … Continue reading →

  I contain multitudes 1: Two Irish countries at odds I contain multitudes 2: To the buried that repose around us I contain multitudes part 3: The thrill of rhyming something that’s never been rhymed before I contain Multitudes part … Continue reading →