Author Archives: TonyAttwood

  by Jochen Markhorst   At the beginning of December ’67 it starts to itch, with The Band (which doesn’t have a name at that time – but in the village, in Woodstock, the boys are always called the band). … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: Bob was pretty busy as a sideman in the 80s and beyond but we have already covered several of these in other articles in the past. Bob’s session work for Stevie Nicks, Lone … Continue reading →

Previously in this series… The Heart of Darkness Part I  Bob Dylan And The Heart Of Darkness (Part II) by Larry Fyffe Mentioned previously be the following lyrics of a rather sardonic poem: About suffering they were never wrong The … Continue reading →

By John Henry “My Love is Like a Red Red Rose” is one of, if not the most iconic of Scottish songs. Written by Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns, in 1794, it is a moving statement of the singer’s love … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Previously 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 To the best … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst In June and July my “Mississippi” series was published here on Untold. That was my attempt to write an article about that song, which got out of hand, just as before with “Desolation Row” and “Where Are … Continue reading →

A list of the full set of articles in this series which traces the Never Ending Tour from its origins to the present day are given at the end of the article ————– By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) In the previous … Continue reading →

  This article continues from Don’t think twice, Part I: Time Passes by Jochen Markhorst In Holland, the annual election of the Top 2000 is quite a thing.  In the first week of December, millions of votes are cast by … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This article revised and updated 25 September 2020 In my article A song is like a painting, you can’t see it all if you’re standing too close I attempted to make the point that sometimes detailed analyses … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Writes Les Fyffe in reference to Bob Dylan’s song entitled “Tempest” – a song about the sinking of the Titanic: “I’ve heard a rumour that Dylan’s lyrics originally included the verse below but the song was already … Continue reading →

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 By Aaron Galbraith (opening comments for each video) and Tony Attwood (replies) … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood You might also enjoy, from this series: Bob Dylan: side man. Farina, von Schmidt and Bob Dylan with Belafonte, Hester and Big Joe Williams Dylan and Barry Goldberg Jack Elliott, Geoff Muldaur, Neill Young … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst It is a missed opportunity for IBM. They should of course have called their talking supercomputer HAL, the name of the talking computer from Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odessey (1968). Writer Arthur C. Clarke later stated, quite … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Though the lyrics of songs by Bob Dylan do not saddle the the human race with such doctrines as ‘original sin’ imposed by the officials of some organized religions, his lyrics express a cynical view of the … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood It was Dick Dale, “king of the surf guitar,” who said “every song is like a painting.”  It is not a massively famous quote any more than Dick Dale’s music is remembered worldwide, but it gives an … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood with track selections by Aaron Galbraith What makes Bob pick one of his own songs, perform it just the once and then move on?   Sadly that is a rhetorical question – I have no idea of the … 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. Aaron: For this episode I’d thought we’d continue on from … Continue reading →

  By Larry Fyffe A quick review. It’s a deep artistic well from which singer/songwriter/musician Bob Dylan draws, Jungian or deliberately, in a number of his song lyrics. From a Romantic poem, darkly hopeful: Column, tower, and dome, and spire … Continue reading →

Research by Aaron, caught out by surprise by Tony Tony: So there I was watching the clock and trying to finish off my piece, “The song is like a painting, you can’t see it all at once if you’re standing … Continue reading →

The story so far… Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part I: Look out kid Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part II: On a desert island Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part III: Words don’t interfere Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part IV: A smoke … Continue reading →