Author Archives: Tony Attwood

A look into some of the songs Bob Dylan performed just once or twice but then set aside for ever more… By Tony Attwood It has often been noted that the song was a response to an open invite from … Continue reading →

False Prophet (2020) part 3 by Jochen Markhorst III         Right up there in the stratosphere Hello Mary Lou – Hello Miss Pearl My fleet footed guides from the underworld No stars in the sky shine brighter than you You girls … Continue reading →

 I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. The Double Life of Bob Dylan Part 1: Let’s ignore creativity.  Part 2: On the road to creativity Part 3: Getting Noticed Part 4: Creativity … Continue reading →

 I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website —————— Dylan on Tour:   Previously: What Dylan played on 7 July 2024, and how it sounded.   Notation and commentary by Tony Attwood. This time we … Continue reading →

  I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. ——————— Mr Tambourine Man – A History in Performance By Mike Johnson Part 1: A masterpiece is born Part 2: 1966 – Darker … Continue reading →

 I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. Part 1 of “False Prophet” is at“The beam that is in thine own eye” by Jochen Markhorst II          The Dead are from a different world … Continue reading →

   I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. The Double Life of Bob Dylan Part 1: Let’s ignore creativity.  Part 2: On the road to creativity Part 3: Getting Noticed Part 4: … Continue reading →

The Never Ending Tour Extended: This series primarily uses recordings selected by Mike Johnson in his inestimable masterpiece The Never Ending Tour, and looks at how those performances of individual songs change as time goes by.   The selection of songs from the series, … Continue reading →

  I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. This series on the lyrics and the music aims to look at both aspects of Dylan’s compositions, rather than focus entirely on the … Continue reading →

  I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. For more details on this new series on cover versions of Dylan songs that were not considered in the last series, please see … Continue reading →

False Prophet (2020) part 1 by Jochen Markhorst I           The beam that is in thine own eye  The symbolic power is actually recognised right away; in the first centuries of our era the Romans were already saying pelle sub agnina … Continue reading →

   I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. This series so far… Part 1: Let’s ignore creativity.  Part 2: On the road to creativity Part 3: Getting Noticed Part 4: Creativity is … Continue reading →

 I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. The Never Ending Tour Extended: This series primarily uses recordings selected by Mike Johnson in his inestimable masterpiece The Never Ending Tour, and looks at how those performances … Continue reading →

A look into some of the songs Bob Dylan performed just once or twice but then set aside for ever more… By Tony Attwood Bob Dylan performed Corrina Corrina just the once, on April 16 1962 in New York Now … Continue reading →

I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. For more details on this new series on cover versions of Dylan songs that were not considered in the last series, please see the … Continue reading →

     I don’t know what it means either is an index to the current series appearing on this website.   Older series from this site can be found here.    Previously in this series on Bob Dylan in 1971 we have Wallflower Part … Continue reading →

 I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. ——————— Mr Tambourine Man – A History in Performance, Part 2: 1966 – Darker hues. By Mike Johnson [I read somewhere once that if … Continue reading →

    The Double Life of Bob Dylan by Clinton Heylin is a big book. Over 500 pages in fact, and it is only the first part of Heylin’s latest offering on Dylan.   But despite Heylin’s eminence as a Dylan commentator, … Continue reading →

 I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. The Never Ending Tour Extended: This series primarily uses recordings selected by Mike Johnson in his inestimable masterpiece The Never Ending Tour, and looks at how those performances … Continue reading →

   I don’t know what it means either is an index to the current series appearing on this website.   Older series from this site can be found here.    Previously in this series on Bob Dylan in 1971 we have Wallflower … Continue reading →