Author Archives: TonyAttwood

By Jeff Symonds with additional material by Tony Attwood I’m releasing an EP of Dylan covers and Untold Dylan has kindly agreed to help me spread the word.   The album is called Tell Me, Momma and you can hear one … Continue reading →

  The forthcoming tour of Europe: The songs Dylan might play:  This series looks at 23 songs Dylan could be induced to play, and the reasons why, with musical examples. by mr tambourine Part 1 “When I first unto this country”, “Heaven … Continue reading →

  This series looks at 23 songs Dylan could be induced to play, and the reasons why, with musical examples. by mr tambourine Part 1 “When I first unto this country”, “Heaven help the devil”, “Ring them bells”. Part 2, Delia, Dark … Continue reading →

  By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood In this series Aaron looks at songs Dylan has sung but which he didn’t write, and Tony (across the Atlantic) adds some thoughts which spring to mind while reading Aaron’s commentary and listening … Continue reading →

    by Jochen Markhorst I Contain Multitudes (2020) part 1: Two Irish counties at odds II          To the buried that repose around us Gotta tell tale heart like Mr. Poe Got skeletons in the walls of people you know … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood Technical note: this article was first published on 1 June 2023, but for reasons totally beyond my grasp, did not appear on the indexes; hence its republication on 2 June. Somehow “Senor” has never been one … Continue reading →

  The forthcoming tour of Europe: The songs Dylan might play:  This series looks at 23 songs Dylan could be induced to play, and the reasons why, with musical examples. by mr tambourine Part 1 “When I first unto this country”, … Continue reading →

  By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) The Never Ending Tour index to 116 previous articles can be found here. The most recent articles covering 2012 are… NET 2012 part 1 The Ivory Revolution Begins NET 2012 part 2 The Ivory Revolution … Continue reading →

  By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: As we’ve come to the end of the series about Dylan’s favorite songs (the last episode being here, with an index to the full series) I put my thinking cap on to … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst I           Two Irish counties at odds Today and tomorrow and yesterday too The flowers are dying like all things do Follow me close – I’m going to Bally-Na-Lee I’ll lose my mind if you don’t come … Continue reading →

  by mr tambourine The forthcoming tour of Europe: The songs Dylan might play:  This series looks at 23 songs Dylan could be induced to play, and the reasons why, with musical examples.  Part 1 “When I first unto this country”, … Continue reading →

  by Michael Corrigan | My Bob Dylan epiphany came on November 22, 1963. President Kennedy had just been assassinated. School was closed and I sat with a fellow student, a young woman from the south who played some Renaissance music. … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood 1998: Restless Farewell   Now these selections of mine of what I consider the highlights from the never-ending tour are very much personal selections, and never has this fact been made clearer to me than in reading … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood In this series Aaron looks at songs Dylan has sung but which he didn’t write, and Tony (across the Atlantic) adds some thoughts which spring to mind while reading Aaron’s commentary.   Links to previous … Continue reading →

Happy birthday to Bob Dylan as he prepares for a new tour soon in Europe by mr tambourine Happy birthday to Bob Dylan as he prepares for a new tour soon in Europe, which covers Portugal, Spain, France and Italy. … Continue reading →

  Please note, a list of past articles in this series appears here.  The previous articles on 2012 are… NET 2012 part 1 The Ivory Revolution Begins NET 2012 part 2 The Ivory Revolution Continues   By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) Although … Continue reading →

    Previously in this series… Part 1: He must keep himself clean in speech Part 2: O where are you going? Part 3: A chance is gonna come Part 4: He let’s them synthasise into a coherent thing Part … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood, based on an article written with Dearbhla Egan About eight years ago Dearbhla and I concocted the idea of noting down some of our favourite opening lines from Dylan songs.  I think at the time the idea … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood “Sara” was played live by Dylan 33 times over a three month period in late 1975 and early 1976, and then set aside – as indeed many other Dylan compositions have been across the years.  And … Continue reading →

By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) Please note, a list of past articles in this series appears here. As we saw in the last post, the songs from Dylan’s new album, Tempest, hardly impacted Dylan’s setlists in 2012. Songs that would make … Continue reading →