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By Tony Attwood In the last episode of this series, I continued with the point that Bob was having trouble finding new ways and directions to take his music (as opposed to his lyrics) in the early 1970s.  Of course, … Continue reading →

This is part of a series of articles offering one Dylan concert for each year he has been touring.  Concerts selected by Tony Attwood.  A list of the songs performed and an index to the complete series of concerts included, … Continue reading →

Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? part 1: Look at Barry Run Index to current and recent series on this site by Jochen Markhorst II          The density and gravity of a Dylan song “Can You Please Crawl Out Your … Continue reading →

  There is an index to all our current series and some of our recent series of articles on the home page.    We also have a very active Facebook page.   An index to the songs previously covered in this series is … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood A little while back, I moved away from the regular series that are published here and wrote a little piece returning to one of the themes that occupied Bob in his writing for a while – that … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood In the last episode of this series No Nobel Prize for Music 1973: the music returns: but with considerable uncertainty, I explored what now seems to be the widely accepted view that Bob Dylan wrote part of “Wagon … Continue reading →

  This is part of a series of articles offering one Dylan concert for each year he has been touring.  Concerts selected by Tony Attwood.  A list of the songs performed and an index to the complete series of concerts … Continue reading →

Details of our most recent articles and series can be found on the home page. by Jochen Markhorst I           Look At Barry Run “I tried to write another Mr Tambourine Man. It’s the only song I tried to write ‘another … Continue reading →

There is an index to all our current series and some of our recent series of articles on the home page.    We also have a very active Facebook page: —————— By Tony Attwood This is part of a series of articles … Continue reading →

  Details of our most recent articles and series can be found on the home page. By Tony Attwood In an earlier post written about eight years ago I noted that 1973 was the year in which Bob moved into a … Continue reading →

    By Tony Attwood I was writing recently about Bob’s fascination with gambling in his early songs, and took time to have another listen – my first in quite a while – to Rambling Gambling Willie.  Which in turn … Continue reading →

This is part of a series of articles offering one Dylan concert for each year he has been touring.  Concerts selected by Tony Attwood. A list of the other articles in this series is given below the song list for … Continue reading →

  The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar by Jochen Markhorst  The song leads a rather obscure existence. Dylan himself hardly ever plays it (twice, both times in ’65), there aren’t too many covers, and the film world … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe & he’s eating a picture of jean paul belmondo (Bob Dylan: Tarantula) Jean-Paul Belmondo, a major French movie star acting in films like “Breathless” in which he plays a small-time, good-looking hood who shoots a policeman; his … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood In the last article in this series I commented on the most curious year of 1971 in which Bob wrote six songs, only two of which are remembered.  The original articles on this site reviewing them … Continue reading →

There is an index to all our current series and some of our recent series of articles on the home page.    We also have a very active Facebook page:. By Tony Attwood This is part of a series of articles … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Prelude: if you don’t know this recording, do give it a listen.  The quality is really something. We are nearing the end of this series which aims to provide one concert recording from each year from 1961 … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood There has long been a fascination with the way in which Bob Dyloan treated gambling in his early songs – and indeed the excitement and fascination Bob appeared to have in relation to gambling songs (of … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst   VIII       Carmen got a little six Buick Carmen got a little six Buick, big six Chevrolet car Carmen got a little six Buick, little six Chevrolet car (spoken: My God, what solid power!) And it … Continue reading →

This is part of a series of articles, each of which summarises Bob’s compositional work year by year, focusing on the music.  A list of the articles so far in this series is given at the end of the article. … Continue reading →