Author Archives: TonyAttwood

Bob Dylan’s Allusions to A Tale of Two Cities in “I Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You.” by John Radosta On the morning of March 27, 2020, with the world in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic, Bob … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood In this series of articles I’m picking out a few of the songs that Bob has played just once in a live show, and then never returned to the song at all.  They are not coming out … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst Stanley Kramer’s Inherit The Wind from 1960, with Spencer Tracy in a starring role, is a classic that owes its classic status mainly to the court duel between attorney Henry Drummond (Tracy) and prosecutor Brady (Frederic … Continue reading →

By Kevin Saylor Dylan’s Christian Anthropology: An exploration of Rough and Rowdy Ways. Part 1 – multitudes Dylan’s Christian Anthology part 2: False Prophet & My own version of you Dylan’s Christian anthology 3: Black rider and Made up my … Continue reading →

Play Lady Play is a collection of articles relating to interpretations of Bob Dylan’s songs by lady performers. Throughout the recordings are selected by Aaron Galbraith, based in the USA.  Aaron then sends his selection to Tony Attwood in England … Continue reading →

By Kevin Saylor Dylan’s Christian Anthropology: An exploration of Rough and Rowdy Ways. Part 1 – multitudes Dylan’s Christian Anthology part 2: False Prophet & My own version of you Dylan’s Christian anthology 3: Black rider and Made up my … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe In the Canadian version of the song “Red River Valley”, a soldier leaves behind his French/Indian “half-breed” maiden in Manitoba: Says she in the lyrics thereto: So come sit by my side if you love me Do … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood After writing and recording “Love and Theft” Bob Dylan entered another sparse period of song writing, and indeed much of the 21st century can be characterised in terms of a far less active periods of composition than … Continue reading →

By Kevin Saylor Dylan’s Christian Anthropology: An exploration of Rough and Rowdy Ways. Part 1 – multitudes Dylan’s Christian Anthology part 2: False Prophet & My own version of you “I’ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You”–in … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst  When Dylan butterflies around his gypsy gal in the early sixties, the toddler Suzanne Vega is playing on the streets in the same Spanish Harlem. She may have fleetingly noticed the shabby folk hero back then, but … Continue reading →

This article continues from Dylan’s Christian Anthropology: An exploration of Rough and Rowdy Ways. Part 1 – multitudes By Kevin Saylor Thematically, “False Prophet” shares some things in common with “Jokerman,” Dylan’s great song about messianism. The man who was … Continue reading →

When we find a Dylan song that has not had any music added, we put it on Untold and invite readers to submit their own musical performance of the song.  It is then listed on our index of songs, and … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe The previous article in this series appears here: Bob Dylan Obliquely: Rough And Rowdy Dylan’s “Rough And Rowdy Ways” compilation of songs takes its title from the lyrics below: But I can’t give up my good old rough … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst Mysterious musicians with hypnotic skills have been around since Orpheus, who is still the greatest of all; his divine arts on the lyra can already calm storm waves and ward off ferocious warriors, but his singing makes … Continue reading →

Publisher’s note: We are publishing a number of articles dealing sometimes with the individual songs from R&RW and sometimes with the whole album.  You will find an index to these articles and series in the Rough and Rowdy Ways page … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood In the “once only” file I am trying to find recordings of songs that Bob has played only once, but which absolutely stand out to me as amazing, set alongside other one-off performances that all have something … Continue reading →

  by Larry Fyffe Bob Dylan makes a number of rather oblique tributes to songs on his “Rough And Rowdy Ways” album: Re: Crossing The Rubicon – Since she went away, the days grow long And soon I’ll hear old … Continue reading →

By Patrick Roefflaer Released: June 15, 1978 Photographer: Howard Alk Photographer inner sleeve: Joel Bernstein Art-director: Tim Bryant and George Corsillo/Gribbitt   “How sexy he looks,” exclaimed my girlfriend, when she saw the cover of Street-Legal. That was probably exactly … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst Ich häng an dünnen Fäden Von der Unsichtbaren Hand So wie im Wind die Schwalbe Und wie jedes Körnchen Sand  (I’m hanging by a thread From the Invisible Hand As the swallow in the wind And like … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Performance selection by Aaron; commentary by Tony If you’ve got to go Aaron: Following on from the Angela Aki version of Knockin On Heaven’s Door, which we both loved, I thought I’d look for … Continue reading →