Author Archives: Tony Attwood

  Previously: Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? part 1: Look at Barry Run Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? part 2: density and gravity by Jochen Markhorst III         The amusing cruelty He sits in your room, his … Continue reading →

  This is part of a series of articles offering one Dylan concert for each year he has been touring.  Concerts selected by Tony Attwood.  A list of the songs performed in this selected concert and an index to the … Continue reading →

  There is an index to all our current series and some of our recent series of articles on the home page.    We also have a very active Facebook page.   Links to the previous songs from Dylan’s book which we have … Continue reading →

  Well, I investigated all the books in the library Ninety percent of ’em gotta be burned away by Jochen Markhorst Once upon a time, I dressed so fine to revisit Highway 61. In October 2019, blissfully unaware of the … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood My recent series of articles looking back at Bob’s gambling songs has brought in a few emails about one particular song, which I didn’t mention: “Roving Gambler,” and has raised the issue as to why not only … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood During the Christmas and New Year period, I spent a bit of time looking back over the songs Bob wrote concerning gambling – and I am going to wrap this up now, starting with a song … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood In the last episode of this series, I continued with the point that Bob was having trouble finding new ways and directions to take his music (as opposed to his lyrics) in the early 1970s.  Of course, … Continue reading →

This is part of a series of articles offering one Dylan concert for each year he has been touring.  Concerts selected by Tony Attwood.  A list of the songs performed and an index to the complete series of concerts included, … Continue reading →

Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? part 1: Look at Barry Run Index to current and recent series on this site by Jochen Markhorst II          The density and gravity of a Dylan song “Can You Please Crawl Out Your … Continue reading →

  There is an index to all our current series and some of our recent series of articles on the home page.    We also have a very active Facebook page.   An index to the songs previously covered in this series is … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood A little while back, I moved away from the regular series that are published here and wrote a little piece returning to one of the themes that occupied Bob in his writing for a while – that … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood In the last episode of this series No Nobel Prize for Music 1973: the music returns: but with considerable uncertainty, I explored what now seems to be the widely accepted view that Bob Dylan wrote part of “Wagon … Continue reading →

  This is part of a series of articles offering one Dylan concert for each year he has been touring.  Concerts selected by Tony Attwood.  A list of the songs performed and an index to the complete series of concerts … Continue reading →

Details of our most recent articles and series can be found on the home page. by Jochen Markhorst I           Look At Barry Run “I tried to write another Mr Tambourine Man. It’s the only song I tried to write ‘another … Continue reading →

There is an index to all our current series and some of our recent series of articles on the home page.    We also have a very active Facebook page: —————— By Tony Attwood This is part of a series of articles … Continue reading →

  Details of our most recent articles and series can be found on the home page. By Tony Attwood In an earlier post written about eight years ago I noted that 1973 was the year in which Bob moved into a … Continue reading →

    By Tony Attwood I was writing recently about Bob’s fascination with gambling in his early songs, and took time to have another listen – my first in quite a while – to Rambling Gambling Willie.  Which in turn … Continue reading →

This is part of a series of articles offering one Dylan concert for each year he has been touring.  Concerts selected by Tony Attwood. A list of the other articles in this series is given below the song list for … Continue reading →

  The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar by Jochen Markhorst  The song leads a rather obscure existence. Dylan himself hardly ever plays it (twice, both times in ’65), there aren’t too many covers, and the film world … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe & he’s eating a picture of jean paul belmondo (Bob Dylan: Tarantula) Jean-Paul Belmondo, a major French movie star acting in films like “Breathless” in which he plays a small-time, good-looking hood who shoots a policeman; his … Continue reading →