Author Archives: TonyAttwood

By Tony Attwood So here we are publishing a series of articles about the album Bob Dylan could have made, and having just published the latest episode, we find he actually is releasing a new album – just as has … Continue reading →

by Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Just recently we’ve been engaged in a project listening back to some of the outtakes from the 1986 and 1987 sessions that produced the majority of Bob Dylan’s “Down In The Groove” album, as … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Oh, you are so going to love this! If you have been to any of the “Showcase” articles before you will know that we offer the chance to readers to put on this site one or two … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Adonis is born of mortals and dies, but with the help of the gods, he comes back from the Underworld in the form of anemone flowers which spring up in summertime; Dionysus, whose mother is mortal, but … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Way way back, before the dawn the time, far beyond the outer limits of civilisation, while human beings were just a twinkle in the eye of the almighty (or 2018 as it is more … Continue reading →

by Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood In this series we try and find some songs that Dylan has performed which are largely forgotten. Return To Me – from the Sopranos : Peppers & Egg Soundtrack cd. It’s a wonderful performance … Continue reading →

Research by Aaron Galbraith, commentary by Tony Attwood You might recall that a while back we found some lyrics written by Bob Dylan which seemingly has no music.  So we asked if anyone would care to write the music to … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst “But I’m not going to make an album and lean on a marriage relationship. There’s no way I would do that, any more than I would write an album about some lawyers’ battles that I had. There … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Just recently we’ve been engaged in a project listening back to some of the outtakes from the 1986 and 1987 sessions that produced the majority of Bob Dylan’s “Down In The Groove” album, as … Continue reading →

Part I of this article appeared here. by Larry Fyffe God commands Abraham to sacrifice his son: And He said, “Take now thy son Thy only son Isaac, whom thou lovest … And offer him there for a burnt offering … Continue reading →

Editor’s note: There is an index to the previous articles in this series at the end of this piece. Blown out on the trail By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) In Part 1, 1989, we considered new songs from Oh Mercy, with … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood The track is called “Home” and is credited to Gary ‘Mudbone’ Cooper/Dave Stewart/Bob Dylan.  Aaron discovered it and the background.  Tony however is not impressed. It was released in 2006 On the Mudbone album … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood If asked, “what does Bob Dylan write about?” not many people would say “love” as their first choice for an answer, and yet as we study his compositions from the start of his active writing through to … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe The narrative of the last days of Jesus is at first rather literal, and linear. Having been betrayed by Judas, Jesus is crucified; He vanishes from the tomb, and pays a visit to a number of his … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst  Keep On Pushing (1964) by Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions is one of the half-hidden records (the bottom one) on the carefully constructed cover of Bringing It All Back Home. “When I first met Dylan,” Robbie Robertson … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Filip Łobodziński When is a Dylan credit not a Dylan credit? As Sherlock Holmes once said, “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact”. If you have done any research into the subject of Dylan’s … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe “Hearts Of Fire” is a dark-humoured, sometimes slapstick, sometimes shocking, post-modernist movie. The film deals with the trials and tribulations of a young creative artist (Molly McGuire played by Fiona Flanagan) who is determined to follow her … Continue reading →

by Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Just recently we’ve been engaged in a project listening back to some of the outtakes from the 1986 and 1987 sessions that produced the majority of Bob Dylan’s “Down In The Groove” album, as … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood “What are Dylan’s songs about?” That is a very good question, and not an easy one to answer – at least not without going through every song he has written or co-written (of which, as you will … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst The poet Dylan undoubtedly envisions the archetype bully, the neighborhood bully from The Little Rascals, Tommy ‘Butch’ Bond, who played the role twenty-seven times between 1931 and 1938. Our Gang, as the series was originally called, began … Continue reading →