Author Archives: Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood with recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour Series. In this series we look at the way Bob has transformed certain songs over time in his live performances, in particular looking for the progression in … Continue reading →

  By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground” is a song by Willie Nelson and released in 1980 on the Honeysuckle Rose soundtrack, and later as the soundtrack’s second single in January 1981. … Continue reading →

    Goodbye Jimmy Reed (2020) part 12 (final) by Jochen Markhorst XII        Once upon a time G-d be with you, brother dear If you don’t mind me asking, what brings you here? Oh, nothing much, I’m just looking for … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood Back in 2020 Jochen provided an article “Let’s Go Get Stoned” – part three of his series on “Tombstone Blues” in which he mentioned “Crapshooter Blues”.   I didn’t want to interfere with Jochen’s copy by adding a … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood There seems to be not only a growing number of covers of Things Have Changed but a growing number of really interesting cover versions.   So although we’ve already done an article on the covers of this song … Continue reading →

This episode of the Never Ending Tour series continues from NET 2018 part 1 which is available here.   An index to the series can be found here. By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) ‘When Bob’s playing the harmonica, I know the … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood, with recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour Series. In this series we look at the way Bob has transformed certain songs over time in his live performances, in particular looking for the progression in … Continue reading →

  By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: That Old Black Magic was written in 1942 and has become an often-recorded standard.  Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics with Judy Garland in mind; Harold Arlen wrote the music.  Garland recorded the … Continue reading →

Take a look at our list of the best, most iconic, gambling-themed songs in history and you can put together your own Spotify playlist for the next card game. Image source: depositphotos.com Music is the way to the soul, so … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst. XI         You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain G-d be with you, brother dear If you don’t mind me asking, what brings you here? Oh, nothing much, I’m just looking … Continue reading →

  I am most sorry that there have been no posts for a few days – we had an “event” as we call it now, and it took a fair amount of IT work to resolve it. We seem to … Continue reading →

Dean+Barb on Wiki Commons, under CC BY 2.0 License. You can’t talk about unique visionaries in music without mentioning the eclectic artist Bob Dylan. His anthems still ring true, transcending generations, as evidenced by his 10-date tour in the UK … Continue reading →