Author Archives: Tony Attwood

    By Tony Attwood This new series uses the recordings from beyond the Never Ending Tour, as prepared by Mr Tambourine.   You can hear the full set of recordings on this video with an index and links to all … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The song “Unbelievable” from Under the Red Sky only got 29 performances by Dylan across a 12 year period, and is I suspect largely forgotten, not least since the last public performance was 20 years ago. But … Continue reading →

High Water (for Charley Patton) (2001) part 14 by Jochen Markhorst High Water (for Charley Patton) part 1: London Bridge Is Falling Down High Water (for Charley Patton) part 2: A service with a real preacher High Water (for Charley … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood Tangled up in Blue from Blood on the Tracks is the fourth most played song by Bob Dylan on tour, having been played over 1600 times on stage between 1975 and 2018.  And I suspect most … Continue reading →

  Comparing recordings of Dylan performing his own compositions, across the years. In this series we look back at recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour series of articles (there is an index to that series here).  … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Recently Mr Tambourine wrote to Untold Dylan presenting his latest project: an audio of the Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour.   He kindly gave me free rein to present it in any way I wanted. I’ve consulted fellow … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I was surprised to see how many covers there have been of “Tryin’ to get to Heaven” as from simple recollection of the song I was unsure that there were going to be that many ways to … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst XIII       The sum of its parts The Cuckoo is a pretty bird, she warbles as she flies I’m preachin’ the word of God I’m puttin’ out your eyes I asked Fat Nancy for something to eat, … Continue reading →

  Comparing recordings of Dylan performing his own compositions, across the years. In this series we look back at recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour series of articles (there is an index to that series here).  … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The normal approach in this series is for me to find a number of cover versions of a particular song composed by Dylan and put up links to them with a few notes relating to my own … Continue reading →

  High Water (for Charley Patton) (2001) part 12 by Jochen Markhorst XII        You can never tell why someone’s gonna stick something in a song The Cuckoo is a pretty bird, she warbles as she flies I’m preachin’ the word … Continue reading →

Comparing recordings of Dylan performing his own compositions, across the years. In this series we look back at recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour series of articles (there is an index to that series here).  Links … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Dylan clearly did not rate the song himself – and for me the version on the Basement Tapes is one of the worst things, if not the worst, I have ever heard from Bob.   The attempt to … Continue reading →

High Water (for Charley Patton) (2001) part 11 by Jochen Markhorst XI         “De ballit I like bes’, though, is de one ’bout po’ Laz-us” Well, George Lewis told the Englishman, the Italian and the Jew “Don’t open up your mind, … Continue reading →

This is Episode 144 of the Never Ending Tour series by Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet). An index to the full series appears here. In Dante’s Divine Comedy, we have the Roman poet Virgil as our guide through the various levels of … Continue reading →

  The Never Ending Tour Extended: Summer Days Comparing recordings of Dylan performing his own compositions, across the years. In this series we look back at recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour series of articles (there … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood So here we have another of those Dylan songs that is so distinctive in so many ways it can be something that everyone wants to cover, but only a handful of artists and/or arrangers has the nerve, … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst High Water (for Charley Patton) part 1: London Bridge Is Falling Down High Water (for Charley Patton) part 2: A service with a real preacher High Water (for Charley Patton) part 3: You got a fast car … Continue reading →

By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) An index to all the episodes in this series can be found here. ‘You may buy the ticket because it has Dylan’s name on it; you will leave having seen one of the greatest bands you … Continue reading →

  By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood This series looks at Bob Dylan’s recordings of songs not written by himself.  The songs and opening notes are created by Aaron Galbraith (in the USA) and the additional comments are subsequently added … Continue reading →