Author Archives: Tony Attwood

  By Tony Attwood This series looks as the way Bob Dylan evolved from being a man who would arrange older folk songs, and on occasion, take existing melodies and write his lyrics around them, into an extraordinarily effective composer … Continue reading →

Previously:  Highlands (1997) part 1: Wild rose in the heather Highlands part 2: You can hear the air around it by Jochen Markhorst “Probably the last time I bought a record that was just brilliant all the way through was … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood This series looks as the way Bob Dylan evolved from being a man who would arrange older folk songs, and on occasion, take existing melodies and write his lyrics around them, into an extraordinarily effective composer … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This series looks as the way Bob Dylan evolved from being a man who would take existing melodies and write his lyrics songs around them, to an extraordinarily effective composer of both lyrics and music. Previously in … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This is a series of articles about Bob Dylan and the songs that he wrote which (at this stage) used other people’s music as he gradually built up the confidence (or maybe simply decided) to write some … Continue reading →

Details of our current and recent series can be found on the home page  —————— Highlands (1997) part 1:  Wild rose in the heather by Jochen Markhorst A boy saw a wild rose growing in the heather; it was so … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Previously in this series Dylan, 1963 from copying of other people’s music to the launch of the original composer Why does a simple, hardly known Dylan song, get recorded over and over again? How the most subtle … Continue reading →

Like A Rolling Stone (1965) part 19 (final) by Jochen Markhorst XIX       The generous ghost The turnaround is radical, though not unexpected; it has been announced. After two albums with which he establishes his name as a protest singer, very … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Previously in this series Why does a simple, hardly known Dylan song, get recorded over and over again? How the most subtle of musical changes gave “Bob Dylan’s Dream” a totally different meaning How Bob Dylan became … Continue reading →

The songs Bob wrote and then ignored.  Ballad for a Friend and the issue of originality Dirt Road Blues and Too Much of Nothing The utterly brilliant Angelina, plus Maybe Someday, Under you spell The album title songs Dylan wrote … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst XVIII    They wanted to check if the spirit of the lyrics was preserved Anton Voyl has the nagging, unpleasant feeling that something is missing from his life. “Il y avait un manquant. Il y avait un oubli, … Continue reading →

Publisher’s note: “It’s alright ma” is the third song to be considered in the “History in Performance” series.  A full index of the articles relating to “Mr Tambourine Man” and “Gates of Eden” appears at the end of the article.  … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Previously in this series Why does a simple, hardly known Dylan song, get recorded over and over again? How the most subtle of musical changes gave “Bob Dylan’s Dream” a totally different meaning How Bob Dylan became … Continue reading →

Dirt Road Blues and Too Much of Nothing The utterly brilliant Angelina, plus Maybe Someday, Under you spell The album title songs Dylan wrote and ignored: JWH, Nashville Skyline. The songs Bob has never performed: Temporary Like Achilles No time, time passes … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst XVII     Hits and misses One of the most apocalyptic concerts Dylan has performed in his long career takes place on 17 July 1994 in Krakow. All of Europe is watching one of the dullest Football World Cup … Continue reading →

by Wouter van Oorschot Translated by Brent Annable A list of the previous articles in this series is given at the end.  The most recent article before this appears here. (Publisher’s note: My sincere apologies for the delay in the … Continue reading →

Previously in this series Why does a simple, hardly known Dylan song, get recorded over and over again? How the most subtle of musical changes gave “Bob Dylan’s Dream” a totally different meaning How Bob Dylan became a poet first … Continue reading →

The utterly brilliant Angelina, plus Maybe Someday, Under you spell The album title songs Dylan wrote and ignored: JWH, Nashville Skyline. The songs Bob has never performed: Temporary Like Achilles No time, time passes and Dirge World Gone Wrong, She’s your lover, … Continue reading →

Like A Rolling Stone (1965) part 16 by Jochen Markhorst XVI      Beauty in Sound Between the two extremes of our Japanese Dylan friends on the one hand and the Received Pronunciation of the very English Barb Jungr on the other, … Continue reading →

  Previously in this series Why does a simple, hardly known Dylan song, get recorded over and over again? How the most subtle of musical changes gave “Bob Dylan’s Dream” a totally different meaning By Tony Attwood As noted above … Continue reading →