Author Archives: Tony Attwood

The Never Ending Tour Extended: 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 … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Tombstone Blues struck me as one of those songs I was not going to have much luck with in looking for really interesting and different versions of the song.  The fast beat of the original tends to … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood There is something very curious about Dylan’s music in “Don’t think twice”, and that is that this is a very sad song – and indeed a very bitter song.  He’s leaving, and he is not even saying … 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 →

This series looks at Dylan recordings of songs not written by himself.  The songs and opening notes are created by Aaron Galbraith and the additional comments are subsequently added by Tony Attwood Aaron: Mutineer was written by Warren Zevon and … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood, looking back at recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour series of articles.   There is an index to that ongoing series here.  Links to previous articles in the “Extended” series are given at the … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Next on the list of Dylan songs (in alphabetical order) which have been covered more than once or twice, we come to “To Ramona”, and somehow I had it in my mind that this hadn’t been covered … Continue reading →

There is an index to this whole series of articles through this link.  And you might also be interested in The Never Ending Tour Extended: of which the most recent article is “The evolution of Don’t think twice it’s alright” ———- … 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 … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood To be alone with you was issued on Nashville Skyline and became a regular on the Never Ending Tour, being performed over 300 times, taking its final bow so far on 3 December 2023. Yet despite being … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood One of the very first articles I wrote for Untold Dylan (some 16 years ago ) was a review of “Dark Eyes”, in which I mentioned the Carrie Myers cover version, bemoaning the fact that I could … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood, looking back at recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour series of articles.   There is an index to that ongoing series here.  Links to previous articles in the “Extended” series are given at … 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 Tony Attwood Caroline Doctorow’s version of “Time Passes Slowly” is one of my all-time favourite Dylan covers – it has everything that I could possibly want from a cover version – an understanding of the song itself, some beautiful … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood If you want an example of Bob fully understanding the power of his lyrics and linking this with music that delivers the same force, all one has to do is listen to the first verse of “Idiot … Continue reading →

An index of all the articles in the Never Ending Tour series can be found here. NET 2019 part 1 The liberated republic By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) “Songs, to me, were more important than just light entertainment. They were my … Continue reading →

The Never Ending Tour Extended: Comparing recordings of Dylan performing his own compositions across the years.  Articles by Tony Attwood returning to recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour Series. In this series we look at the … Continue reading →

  High Water (for Charley Patton) (2001) part 6 by Jochen Markhorst VI         The Levee’s Gonna Break High water risin’, six inches ’bove my head Coffins droppin’ in the street Like balloons made out of lead Water pourin’ into Vicksburg, … Continue reading →

Publishers’ note: Apologies for non-publication for a few days – totally due to delays in my flights from Australia back to the UK, and then a day of adjusting to the 11 hours time difference.   But I’m back, and awake, … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood “‘Til I fell in love with you”, from Time out of Mind was played live by Dylan nearly 200 times in an 18-year period and yet the number of cover versions that I’ve been able to … Continue reading →