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- It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry12: You don’t whistle in church
- Bob Dylan – Complete Concert – The Beacon Theatre NYC, 21 November 2o21
- If only there had been a Nobel Prize for Music 8: from Denise to Mama
- It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry part 11: “Dylan opted for the slower version”
- Bob Dylan: The Concert Series No 15. Largo, Maryland; 15 January 1974
- If only there had been a Nobel Prize for Music 7: Bending the form to its very limits
- It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry part 10: No one had any idea what to do
- Bob Dylan: The Concert Series. 15 January 1980, Seattle
- If only there had been a Nobel Prize for Music: Chimes of Freedom and Tambourine Man
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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