Author Archives: Tony Attwood

Part one of this series can be found here. Part two: from the 70s onwards By Jürg Lehmann Claus Hempler and Eric Bibb&Habib Koité stand out in this period with two completely different interpretations. Hempler, a Danish singer/songwriter was part … Continue reading →

DYLAN & US: BEYOND AMERICA by Wouter van Oorschot Translated by Brent Annable Previously in this series… Amuse bouche Who the book is (not) for – part 1 Who this book is (not) for – part 2 Anything but idolatry … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This article is part of a series of articles started out as a review of Clinton Heylin’s tome “The Double Life of Bob Dylan.”  It’s a massive piece of writing that I find uninformative and uninspiring, but … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst II          “It all just about got to be too much” Once upon a time you dressed so fine You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you? People’d call, say, “Beware doll, you’re bound to … Continue reading →

Three times and out: Songs that Dylan performed just three times and then left.  Previously we have looked at… Let it Be Me Dink’s Song When the Ship Comes In Fever Walls of Red Wing Precious Memories appeared on “Knocked out … Continue reading →

By Jürg Lehmann Part one of this series can be found here. The 70s and 80s offered another endless parade of minor and major artists, without anyone standing out with a particularly captivating performance. Perhaps Etta James (1983) can be … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood As you may have noticed we have been publishing recordings of a few of Bob’s concerts from across the years (a list of these is given below). And now the Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour which started … Continue reading →

DYLAN & US: BEYOND AMERICA by Wouter van Oorschot; Translated by Brent Annable Previously in this series… Amuse bouche Who the book is (not) for – part 1 Who this book is (not) for – part 2 Anything but idolatry – … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst I           The Rumpelstilskin tantrum Once upon a time you dressed so fine You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you? People’d call, say, “Beware doll, you’re bound to fall” You thought they were … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood Three times and out: Songs that Dylan performed just three times.  Previously we have looked at… Let it Be Me Dink’s Song When the Ship Comes In Fever According to the official site, Bob played “Walls” three … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood As you may know, if you drop into this site regularly, I have been plodding my way through Heylin’s two-volume critique of Bob Dylan (previous articles from volume 2 are listed below)   And although I’ve only reached … Continue reading →

  Previously in this series… 1: Your enemy’s corpse will soon float by 2: The situation comes first 3: If I had wings like Nora’s dove 4: Cocker Meadow 5: The rest is just the same isn’t it by Jochen … Continue reading →

By Ken Kaplan Tombstone Blues, because of its wild surrealism, feels incomprehensible to many people, filled with what are thought to be random, stream of consciousness images. I would like to suggest it is not. Rather it is consistent with … Continue reading →

DYLAN & US: BEYOND AMERICA by Wouter van Oorschot; Translated by Brent Annable Previously in this series… Amuse bouche 1: Who the book is (not) for – part 1 Who this book is (not) for – part 2 2: Anything … Continue reading →

The Gates of Eden – A History in Performance, Part 1: 1964 Ancestral voices prophesying war 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 … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Having looked at the songs Bob has sung once or twice I’ve now turned to the songs Bob has performed just three times.  As I noted last time there are only about 15 such songs, so this … Continue reading →

An index to the current series running on this site, and many of the past series is given on the home page: I don’t know what it means either, but it sounds good. The series looking at volume 1 of Clinton … Continue reading →

  Watching The River Flow (1971) part 5 by Jochen Markhorst V          The rest is just the same, isn’t it? People disagreeing on all just about everything, yeah Makes you stop and all wonder why Why only yesterday I saw … Continue reading →

  How to Create a Bob Dylan Fan Site from Scratch Bob Dylan is arguably one of the most talented musicians of all time. Even those who were not born in the 1960s or 1970s can appreciate what his lyrics … Continue reading →

by Wouter van Oorschot Translated by Brent Annable Previously in this series… Amuse bouche Who the book is (not) for – part 1 Who this book is (not) for – part 2 Anything but idolatry – part 1 Anything but … Continue reading →