Author Archives: Tony Attwood

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 →

Like A Rolling Stone (1965) part 10 by Jochen Markhorst X          Just jump on it James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown (2024) does romanticise it a bit, of course, but by and large the film follows the actual, researched and confirmed … 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 1 But it’s not to stand naked … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood As a not particularly successful musician, but still nonetheless a musician through my early working life, I lived and worked with the firm belief that music itself carried a meaning.  Not always a meaning that could … Continue reading →

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 →