Author Archives: Tony Attwood

“The Lyrics and the Music” is a series by Tony Attwood which tries to find out what happens when one reviews a Dylan song not primarily as a set of lyrics, but as a piece of music which includes lyrics.  … 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 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: an index to the current series appearing on this website. The Rough and Rowdy Way Tour: 2021. The Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour: part 2 Most likely you go your way and I’ll … Continue reading →

  Water’s gonna overflow “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 … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I started writing this series (A Dylan Cover A Day) two and a half years ago, and for quite a while it was something I put up each day, but then the pandemic ended, other events happened, … Continue reading →

  “The Lyrics and the Music” is a series by Tony Attwood which tries to find out what happens when one reviews a Dylan song not primarily as a set of lyrics, but as a piece of music which includes … 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 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: an index to the current series appearing on this website. The Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour The Rough and Rowdy Way Tour: 2021. The Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour: part 2 Most likely … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst XIX       Water’s gonna overflow It does show a circled “3” at the top, but the draft version photographed by the Rolling Stone journalist when he visited the Bob Dylan Centre archives in 2017 does seem to … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I have written before about how highly I rate “Well, well, well” and since then have discovered a few more covers which again I rate highly.  But I should add the caveat that there is at least … Continue reading →

“The Lyrics and the Music” is a series by Tony Attwood which tries to find out what happens when one reviews a Dylan song not primarily as a set of lyrics, but as a piece of music which includes lyrics.  … 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: Comparing recordings of Dylan performing his own compositions across the years. This series uses recordings selected by Mike Johnson … Continue reading →

I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. The Rough and Rowdy Way Tour: 2021. The Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour: part 2 Most likely you go your way and I’ll go … Continue reading →

High Water (for Charley Patton) (2001) part 18 by Jochen Markhorst “So-called hardcore fans of mine, whoever they might be — those folks out there who are obsessed with finding every scrap of paper I’ve ever written on, every single … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I can only find one cover version of Dylan’s “Whatcha gonna do?” which either emphasises a view that I have put forward before that there is a feeling among musicians generally that if you are going to … Continue reading →

    by Bob Jope False Prophet Part 1: ‘Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?’ Shadows are falling but it’s a day without end, dragging towards eternity, ships ‘going out’, their journeys unnamed, unremarked upon. Days wearily … Continue reading →

“The Lyrics and the Music” is a series by Tony Attwood which tries to find out what happens when one reviews a Dylan song not primarily as a set of lyrics, but as a piece of music which includes lyrics.  … 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: Comparing recordings of Dylan performing his own compositions across the years. This series uses recordings selected by Mike Johnson … Continue reading →

  I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. The Rough and Rowdy Way Tour: 2021. The Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour: Most likely you go your way and I’ll go … Continue reading →

  I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website. XVII     I’m drinking Bob Dylan Whiskey tonight by Jochen Markhorst I’m gettin’ up in the morning—I believe I’ll dust my broom Keeping … Continue reading →