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- No Nobel Prize for Music: Obviously Five Believers deserves one all by itself
- My Rough And Rowdy Ways part 2 (final)
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- Untold: the series we should never forget. I contain multitudes: the total story
- The Philosophy of Modern Song: Awop-bop-a-loo-mop, alop bom bom
- No Nobel Prize for Music: Everybody must get stoned
- My Rough And Rowdy Ways 1: But if you want to yodel, that’s ok too
- At last: The Never Ending Tour in print
Author Archives: Tony Attwood
When I Paint My Masterpiece (part 4: I love the sound of words, yeah
I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. ———– by Jochen Markhorst When I Paint My Masterpiece part 1: She’s delicate and seems like a Vermeer When I Paint My Masterpiece (1971) part … Continue reading
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed: The Rough and Rowdie Ways Tour, 16.
I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. ———— Commentary by Tony Attwood, audio kindly provided by Mr Tambourine. Goodbye Jimmy Reed starts at around 1hr, 23 min, 22 sec … Continue reading
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Once or twice: Songs that Bob has rarely performed. Only a hobo
I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. Once or twice is a review of songs that Bob has performed just once or twice on stage. The first article was The … Continue reading
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The lyrics and the music: Jokerman – a song of innovations then forgotten
I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. ———– “The Lyrics and the Music” is a series by Tony Attwood which sets out to find out what happens when one reviews a … Continue reading
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The Never Ending Tour Extended: Duquesne Whistle 2013-2018
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 uses recordings selected by Mike Johnson in his inestimable masterpiece The Never Ending Tour, and looks at how those … Continue reading
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A Dylan cover a day: When the deal goes down
I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. A list of the previous articles in the “Dylan cover a day” series is printed at the end. ———– By Tony Attwood As … Continue reading
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When I Paint My Masterpiece part 3. Blake did come up with some bold lines
I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. ———– by Jochen Markhorst When I Paint My Masterpiece part 1: She’s delicate and seems like a Vermeer When I Paint My Masterpiece (1971) part 2: … Continue reading
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The Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour 15: Mother of Muses
I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. ———— Commentary by Tony Attwood, audio kindly provided by Mr Tambourine. Mother of Muses starts at around 1 hour 15 minutes Bob starts with … Continue reading
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Once or twice: The girl on the Greenbriar Shore – complete with a video
I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. This article is the start of what might be a new series on songs Dylan only performed live once or twice. By Tony … Continue reading
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The Lyrics and the Music: “I Want You”. It was never meant to be like this.
I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. ———– “The Lyrics and the Music” is a series by Tony Attwood which sets out to find out what happens when one reviews … Continue reading
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When I Paint My Masterpiece (1971) part 2: Oh, the streets of SoHo
I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. by Jochen Markhorst When I Paint My Masterpiece part 1: She’s delicate and seems like a Vermeer II Oh, the streets of SoHo … Continue reading
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The Never Ending Tour Extended: Positively 4th Street, 1994-2006.
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 uses recordings selected by Mike Johnson in his inestimable masterpiece The Never Ending Tour, and looks at how those … Continue reading
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Melancholy Mood: Bob’s extraordinarily successful total reworking of a classic
I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. Commentary by Tony Attwood, audio kindly provided by Mr Tambourine. Melancholy Mood starts at 1′ 14′ 08″ and is an upbeat rendition of … Continue reading
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A Dylan Cover a Day: “When He Returns”
By Tony Attwood As you will be aware if you have followed any of this series, I am working through Dylan’s compositions in alphabetical order and writing about the songs where there are at least a couple of interesting commercial … Continue reading
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It’s all right ma: life really is ok despite everything. The lyrics and the music
I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. “The Lyrics and the Music” is a series by Tony Attwood which sets out to find out what happens when one reviews a Dylan … Continue reading
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When I Paint My Masterpiece part 1: She’s delicate and seems like a Vermeer
When I Paint My Masterpiece (1971) part 1 by Jochen Markhorst I She’s delicate and seems like a Vermeer The wonderful documentary Tim’s Vermeer (2013) does stir things up among the esteemed ladies and gentlemen of art critics and … Continue reading
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The Never Ending Tour Extended: Love Minus Zero / No Limit 1988-1996
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 uses recordings selected by Mike Johnson in his inestimable masterpiece The Never Ending Tour, and looks at how those performances … Continue reading
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The Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour 13: I made up my mind to give myself to you
I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. Commentary by Tony Attwood, audio kindly provided by Mr Tambourine. “I made up my mind to give myself to you” starts at 1.08′.09″ … Continue reading
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High Water (for Charley Patton) part 25: 653 10th Avenue, Hell’s Kitchen, Midtown Manhattan
“Maybe you noticed that most of my songs are traditionally rooted. I don’t do that on purpose. Charley Patton’s 30’s blues has made a deep impression on me and High Water (for Charley Patton) is, in my opinion, the best … Continue reading
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A Dylan Cover a Day: When the ship comes in
By Tony Attwood This is probably the most frustrating of all the episodes of Dylan Cover a Day, that I can remember, because I think this is a superb song, and thus it ought to be possible to generate a … Continue reading
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