Author Archives: Tony Attwood

All the songs Bob has never sung The songs Bob has never performed: Temporary Like Achilles Motopsycho Nightmare “On the road again” is a 12 bar blues, and it is possible that Bob doesn’t play that many 12 bar blues … Continue reading →

  Like A Rolling Stone (1965) part 9 by Jochen Markhorst IX         I’m a bit of a textualist You used to be so amused At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used Go to him now, he calls … Continue reading →

Previously: All the songs Bob has never sung The songs Bob has never performed: Temporary Like Achilles A list of our current and some past series can be found on the home page. By Tony Attwood I did quite a … Continue reading →

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 want   I ain’t lookin’ for you to feel like me See like me … Continue reading →

  The Gates of Eden – A History in Performance  Part 1: 1964 Ancestral voices prophesying war Part 2: 1974 – 1991 A crashing but meaningless blow Part 3: 1991 – 2001. Where Babies Wail: A Spooky Grandeur By Mike … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst VIII       Just like some tragic beat Napoleon You used to be so amused At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used Go to him now, he calls you, you can’t refuse When you got … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood In my rambling piece “All the songs that Bob’s never sung (or at least not very often)” I reached the conclusion that sometimes why he has not performed a song live is obvious – the song … 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 If you have been extraordinarily patient or perhaps you have a particular interest in creativity as a subject, or maybe you just don’t like the work of Heylin, you might be pleased to note that I … Continue reading →

Like A Rolling Stone (1965) part 7 by Jochen Markhorst 1: The Rumpelstilskin tantrum 2: It’s all just about got to be too much 3: It was just a riff really 4: You’ll curse the day you started going down … Continue reading →

Meanderings on a very cold morning, by Tony Attwood Looking at the list of songs Bob played in his last concert to date (that of 14 November 2024) it struck me that all the songs in that gig were songs … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Previously in this series… Dink’s Song Eternal Circle Fever Let it Be Me Precious Memories Rocks and Gravel Walls of Red Wing When the Ship Comes In Will the circle be unbroken “It’s all good” appeared on … 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 →

Like A Rolling Stone (1965) part 6 by Jochen Markhorst VI         Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat Ain’t it … Continue reading →

By mr tambourine (video selection by Tony) Another year is completed. Dylan kept his promise about touring until 2024. But what happens next? The Rough and Rowdy Ways tour seemed more like an obligation than the true idea of what … Continue reading →

1: Far Away From Insight 2: “I looked into the bleak woods and said, ‘Something’s gotta change’.  3:  If this is a bunch of noise, then it is noise that I love 4: Far away from the music 5: How to ignore important details … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood According to the official site, this song, (which turned up on the the Bootleg Series volume 11), was played three times in concert between 1 May 1961 and 14 July 2019 – making this probably the biggest … Continue reading →

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

  By Tony Attwood Think of Dylan in the early days of his work and surely for most of us our minds will be drawn to “Don’t think twice, it’s all right” and “Blowin’ in the wind”. It is widely … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst You used to laugh about Everybody that was hangin’ out Now you don’t talk so loud Now you don’t seem so proud About having to be scrounging for your next meal Although we are graphically (on … Continue reading →