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- 1971: When Bob said, “I’ll show you I’m more than 3 chords”: When I paint my masterpiece
- The Philosophy of Modern Song: You don’t know me
- Bob Dylan: the Concert Series. 18 November 2005
- From A Buick 6 part 7: The steam shovel and the dump truck
- No Nobel Prize for Music, but an honorary degree nevertheless. But why was Bob not pleased?
- When Bob clearly said, “Songs don’t have to mean anything:” The Whiffenpoof Song.
- Bob Dylan the concert series: 13 November 2008
- From A Buick 6 part 6: Boy, this is love
- No Nobel Prize for Music: Three Angels, an experiment that leads nowhere
Category Archives: Biograph
Abandoned Love: the abandoned Dylan masterpiece
Abandoned Love (1975) by Jochen Markhorst It is a beautiful story, even though it is a true story. On a Thursday evening in July 1975, Dylan visits a performance by his old Greenwich Village buddy Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, playing in … Continue reading
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You’re a big girl now: the meaning behind Dylan’s song
By Tony Attwood Updated 22 October 2017, with addition (at the end) of a link to the original version. According to Dylan’s notebooks, this was the third of the Blood on the Tracks songs written. The order of writing … Continue reading
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Lay down your weary tune: the meaning of the music and the lyrics
Lay Down Your Weary Tune” was written in 1963 – my evolving chronology has it within this sequence of writing The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll Lay Down your Weary Tune One too many mornings Restless Farewell Reports suggest that … Continue reading
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