Author Archives: TonyAttwood

by Jochen Markhorst She belongs to me She Belongs To Me (1965): I – No colours anymore She Belongs To Me (1965) part II: Images which have got to come out She Belongs To Me (1965) part III: Walking in darkness … Continue reading →

All Directions at once: how Dylan chooses what to write 1: A song is like a painting, you can’t see it all if you’re standing too close 2: All directions at once: how Dylan’s lyrics empower those who wish to … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith; additional thoughts from Tony (sorry Aaron, couldn’t resist) “Doug had a hit record (“She’s About A Mover”) and I had a hit record (“Like A Rolling Stone”) at the same time (1965). So, we became buddies back … Continue reading →

This article continues from Stuck inside of Halifax with the Tombstone Blues Again Bob Dylan: The Titanic Tombstone Blues (Part II) Bob Dylan And The Tombstone Blues (Part III) Bob Dylan and the Tombstone Blues (Part IV) By Larry Fyffe … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Dylan’s promotional videos – the story so far An emotionally tight connection in the night. The deal, dreaming of you, beyond here lies nothing. Must be Santa, Drummer Boy, Duquesne, the noir Sweetheart, Clean … Continue reading →

Previously in this series She Belongs To Me (1965): I – No colours anymore She Belongs To Me (1965) part II: Images which have got to come out by Jochen Markhorst III         Walking in darkness   The third verse illustrates, almost … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe This article continues from Stuck inside of Halifax with the Tombstone Blues Again Bob Dylan: The Titanic Tombstone Blues (Part II) Bob Dylan And The Tombstone Blues (Part III) Buried be they in a Nova Scotian graveyard – … Continue reading →

A list of earlier episodes of this series appears at the end of the article. By Tony Attwood Bob Dylan ended 1962 by writing three highly exploratory songs.  Hero Blues puts forward the proposition that one should be wary when … Continue reading →

Previously in this series: She Belongs To Me (1965): I – No colours anymore by Jochen Markhorst II          Images which have got to come out Those liner notes on Bringing It All Back Home should be a goldmine for the key-seeking … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood There are over 40 previous articles in the “Why does Dylan like” series and they are indexed here. “Lady came from Baltimore” has been on my list of Dylan rarities to write about for some time, but … Continue reading →

This article continues from Stuck inside of Halifax with the Tombstone Blues Again Bob Dylan: The Titanic Tombstone Blues (Part II) By Larry Fyffe The Untold Office received a call back from Bob Dylan in which he apologizes for not … Continue reading →

So far in this series A song is like a painting, you can’t see it all if you’re standing too close All directions at once: how Dylan’s lyrics empower those who wish to be empowered All directions at once: The … Continue reading →

I:  No colours anymore Mick Jagger is a fan. In her memoirs (Faithfull; An Autobiography, 1994) Marianne Faithfull tells about her copy of The Basement Tapes: “I drove Mick crazy playing it over and over again,” but Jagger has been … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe This article follows on from Stuck inside of Halifax with the Tombstone Blues Again In an exclusive interview at the Untold Offices atop the St. James Hotel in New York City, singer/songwriter Bob Dylan talks about another one … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This series giving videos and recordings of songs Bob has only ever performed once or twice or maybe even three times on stage, now has its own index here.   The most recent articles are… Bob’s live rarities, from … Continue reading →

by Bob Jope ‘Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?’ With characteristically fastidious self-deprecation, TS Eliot’s Prufrock, in a poem alluded to – almost quoted from – by Dylan in ‘Desolation Row’, announces: I am no prophet … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst This article continues from Dylan pulling The Band into Nazareth: 1 – Lessons from the master craftsman The song indeed is in Robbie’s name, and in his autobiography Testimony he devotes more than five hundred words to … Continue reading →

So far in this series A song is like a painting, you can’t see it all if you’re standing too close All directions at once: how Dylan’s lyrics empower those who wish to be empowered All directions at once: The … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Bob performed Yea Heavy and a Bottle of Bread live twice. First in 2002 at Madison Square Garden, where it appeared as the second song in the set. Right at the end he says, … Continue reading →

by John Radosta When Dylan started singing the song that followed “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” at the City Coliseum in Austin, Texas, fans might have been forgiven for thinking that they were listening to an acoustic version of … Continue reading →