Author Archives: Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood   Bob Dylan is of course one of those people who works in multiple fields of the arts. Here, we primarily know him as a composer and writer of lyrics. And I guess those of who have … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood One of the great advantages that we have as a result of Mike Johnson’s astonishing work both on the Never Ending Tour and on Dylan the harmonica player (there’s an index to those articles at the end … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst XIV      What was I to say? Hurry up, asshole? “Che soddisfazione essere scelti da Bob Dylan, How satisfying it is to be chosen by Bob Dylan,” is the headline above a short news item in La Stampa, … Continue reading →

By Mike Johnson [I read somewhere once that if you wanted the very best, the acme of Dylan’s pre-electric work, you couldn’t do better than listen to side B of Bringing It All Back Home, 1964. Four songs, ‘Mr Tambourine Man,’ … Continue reading →

    Every month the Bob Dylan Book Club (jauntily known as “It’s alright ma I’m only reading”) has a book of the month.   And for February 2025, the book-of-the-month is “Blood on the Tracks: Dylan’s Masterpiece in Blue” by … Continue reading →

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 A consideration of “Maybe Someday”, “Under your spell,” “Farewell Angelina” and that most brilliant of Dylan … Continue reading →

by Jürg Lehmann A list of previous articles on other songs in the “Covers we Missed” series is given at the end.  The blue links in the article will also take you to recordings and further information. Boots of Spanish Leather … Continue reading →

Just published: Like A Rolling Stone b/w Gates Of Eden  – Bob Dylan kicks open the door By Jochen Markhorst Five years ago, I wanted to write an article on “Desolation Row” for Untold Dylan. After 1,500 words, I had … Continue reading →

Publisher’s note Phillip Gardener emailed me with his comments on the film “A Complete Unknown” having read recently, after reading my review, and I thought his comments were worth sharing.   Phillip has kindly given me permission to reprint his email … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst XIII       The songs find their way to me one way or another “I never use the word “cover”. No one ever thinks that Ella Fitzgerald “covered” Berlin or Porter. She sang their songs. The songs were re-arranged … Continue reading →

Details of a few articles that explore a similar theme are listed at the end By Tony Attwood “Things Have Changed” was performed just over 1000 times by Bob and his band between March 2000 and September 2024.  And what … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Previously…. The album title songs Dylan wrote and ignored: JWH, Nashville Skyline. The songs Bob has never performed: Temporary Like Achilles A rather beautiful song (to my mind if no one else’s) that falls into the “never … Continue reading →

Covers in Depth: Boots of Spanish Leather (part 1) by Jürg Lehmann A list of previous articles in the “Covers we Missed” series is given at the end.  The blue links in the article will also take you to recordings and … Continue reading →

DYLAN & US: BEYOND AMERICA by Wouter van Oorschot Translated by Brent Annable A list of the previous articles in this series is given at the end What you really don’t want – part 2  (continued) In the final track … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst XII        How Does It Feel?  The in itself rather generic question How does it feel has by now pretty much been hijacked by Dylan’s song – two, three generations can no longer hear the word combination without … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood A friend and I went to see “A Complete Unknown” – the movie – last night at our local cinema and it was indeed a pleasant evening out – at least until the very end.   The film, … Continue reading →

(Editor’s note, we’ve had to replace one video on this page, and the version added is set by the originator to play immediately this page is open.  To stop the soundtrack please scroll down to Liverpool 1965 and click on … Continue reading →

Covers of Boots of Spanish Leather by Jürg Lehmann A list of previous articles in the “Covers we Missed” series is given at the end.  The blue links in the article will also take you to recordings. There is a … Continue reading →

Like A Rolling Stone (1965) part 11 by Jochen Markhorst XI         I was transformed The Guinness Book of World Records states that Bing Crosby’s 1942 “White Christmas” is the best-selling single of all time with an estimated 50 million units. … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood As if putting a song on an album, and then never once, in a lifetime of touring and performing, actually play it, is not strange enough, it is surely even stranger to record a song, put it … Continue reading →