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High Water (for Charley Patton) (2001) part 1: London Bridge Is Falling Down
High Water (for Charley Patton) (2001) part 1 by Jochen Markhorst I London Bridge Is Falling Down High water risin’—risin’ night and day All the gold and silver are being stolen away Big Joe Turner lookin’ east and west From … Continue reading
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Never Ending Tour Extended: It’s all over now baby blue
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
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Other people’s songs No 77: Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground
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
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed (2020) part 12 (final). Once upon a time
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
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Dying Crapshooters Blues: Blind Willie McTell revisited
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
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A Dylan cover a Day: Things have changed
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
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NET 2018 part 2 The return of the Master Harpist
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
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The Never Ending Tour Extended: Masters of War live, 1978 to 2000
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
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Other People’s Songs 77: That Old Black Magic (and a lot of laughs)
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
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From Dylan to Sinatra: Here are the Best Gambling Songs of All Time
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
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed (2020) part 11
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
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A passing interruption
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
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A Dylan Cover A Day: The Wicked Messenger
By Tony Attwood Having spent a rather beumisng hour or so meandering around cover versions of Wicked Messenger, I found more than anything that I wanted to remind myself of what Dylan offered us in the original recording. I’ll … Continue reading
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed (2020) part 10: Anything that sounds promising
“So much beauty, so little time,” my grandmother used to sigh, standing in front of her record cabinet. And mind you, she only had one single Dylan record (Greatest Hits) – Rough And Rowdy Ways she did not live to … Continue reading
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The Never Ending Tour Extended: Like a Rolling Stone 1988 to 2002
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
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A Dylan Cover a Day: Times they are a-changin’
By Tony Attwood I suppose when I started this series of reviews of covers, two years ago tomorrow (15 November 2021 to put it in exact context) I guess I realised that one day I would get to Times they … Continue reading
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Other people’s songs: My Blue Eyed Jane
By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: A lesser-known Jimmie Rodgers song, My Blue-Eyed Jane is more of a swing tune than anything else. Jimmie’s recording of My Blue Eyed Jane is as atypical of a country song as … Continue reading
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed part 9: She’s going to play you for a fool
“So much beauty, so little time,” my grandmother used to sigh, standing in front of her record cabinet. And mind you, she only had one single Dylan record (Greatest Hits) – Rough And Rowdy Ways she did not live … Continue reading
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The Never Ending Tour Extended: The Drifters’ Escape. 1996-2005.
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
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The Never Ending Tour: 2018 part 1 Shuffle to the beat
By Mike Johnson An index to the series can be found here. In 2018 Dylan continued to radically re-configure his songs, altering lyrics and experimenting with different tempos and moods. The result was a series of stunning performances that must … Continue reading
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