Author Archives: Tony Attwood

  By Tony Attwood In this series, at the moment, we are looking at the songs Bob Dylan wrote in 1965, specifically in the order that he wrote them, looking specifically at the way Bob composed the music songs.  The … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The aim of this series is to provide one Dylan concert to listen to with reasonable acoustics for each year since Bob started performing regularly.  However, there have of course, been some years when Bob hasn’t performed … Continue reading →

Previously… Detroit City Take Me from This Garden of Evil Pump it up There stands the glass Waist Deep in the Big Muddy My Generation and Desolation Row Dirty Life and Times “Old Violin” by Johnny Paycheck Cheaper to Keep … Continue reading →

My Own Version Of You (2020) part 14 by Jochen Markhorst   XIV      Carrying a noose on a silver tray You can bring it to St. Peter – you can bring it to Jerome You can move it on over … Continue reading →

    By Tony Attwood 1993 The last article in this series was Where the lyrics find new lands, keep the music simple and it made a point I should have spotted a long time ago.  What finally tipped me … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The aim of this series is to provide one Dylan concert to listen to with reasonable acoustics for each year since Bob started performing regularly.  However, there have of course, been some years when Bob hasn’t performed … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Prelude:  I tried at first to write a set of reviews of Dylan’s “Philosophy” book but I found I really couldn’t do it – so I then started to ask if anyone else would like to try, … Continue reading →

My Own Version Of You (2020) part 13   by Jochen Markhorst XIII       “One of the sweetest motherfuckers you could ever meet” You can bring it to St. Peter – you can bring it to Jerome You can move it … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood “Positively 4th Street” – the last song reviewed in this series – was composed within a sequence of songs of which the prime essence within the lyrics was that nothing made sense.  The series started with “Bob … Continue reading →

The aim of this series is to provide one Dylan concert to listen to with reasonable acoustics for each year since Bob started performing regularly. And of course I have picked the easy ones first, but now we come to … Continue reading →

  There’s an adrenaline shot that will pop players once “The Tambourine Man” enters a modern gaming craze. On the singing surface, sultry ballads, and poetic lyrical work of Dylan do not by any means place him in the front … Continue reading →

  Have you ever wondered why some Dylan recordings seem to sound so wonderful so that you hear them over and over again, while others fizzle out in the background noise? It’s not always to do with the undoubted writing … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Prelude:  I tried at first to write a set of reviews of Dylan’s book but I found I really couldn’t do it – so I have been asking regularly if anyone else would like to try.  But … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst XII        The dismalest tavern of them all I’ll see you baby on Judgement Day After midnight if you still want to meet I’ll be at the Black Horse Tavern on Armageddon Street Two doors down not … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood If ever Bob Dylan was giving us a message in consecutive songs it surely was in 1965 when he composed, one after the other, “Can you please crawl out your window” followed by “Positively Fourth Street” … Continue reading →

For details of some of our other series on this site please see the home page    The concerts for this series are selected by Tony Attwood, from those that are available on line in the UK.  If you have … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I made an attempt to write about Dylan’s “Philosophy” book but had to stop very early because I couldn’t find a way to comment on it that said anything meaningful or entertaining.  (But if you feel you … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst XI         Just extending the line Play every number that I can play I’ll see you baby on Judgement Day In 2020, Robert Johnson’s stepsister Annye Anderson publishes her memoirs, Brother Robert: Growing Up with Robert Johnson, written … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood What did Bob Dylan write after completing the utter and total masterpiece that is “Desolation Row?”  The answer is “From a Buick 6,” a song which expresses the opposite vision of life from “Desolation Row” in the … Continue reading →

  Other series currently running on this site The Philosophy of Modern Song: My Generation and Desolation Row My Own Version Of You 10: And then see if you can make it make sense Desolation Row: perhaps the most amazing … Continue reading →