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  By Larry Fyffe Embedded in the song verse below be a riddle that first must be decoded – hint, ‘Henry’ is the name of the main soldier in ‘The Red Badge Of Courage”: Now, I’m starting to drain My … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This is part of the “All Directions at Once” series which looks at the ebb and flow of Dylan’s writing across the years, rather focusing entirely on individual songs. There is an index to the whole series … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst This article is an addendum to a previous piece on the same song, The two autobiographical bookfs by Anatole Broyard, author, New York Times reviewer and columnist, were only published after his death in 1990. For Dylanologists, … Continue reading →

Previously in this series: The Mythology Of Bob Dylan The Mythology of Bob Dylan part II Bob Dylan And His Mythology (Part III): Emily Dickinson And The Door  by Larry Fyffe The mythology constructed in the lyrics of songs by … Continue reading →

Beautiful Obscurity  This series takes a new look at some of the more unusual cover versions of Bob Dylan’s music.  It started out from a previous series which was summarised in  “The 100 Greatest Cover Versions of Bob Dylan songs … Continue reading →

  Dylan’s Ways to Leave His Lovers by John Henry There must be 50 ways to leave your lover, sings Paul Simon, with the implicit suggestion that he means at least 50. But he sums them up as putting distance … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst  “The Wandering Kind” is an oddity in the rather disordered catalogue of Dylan/Springs songs; it is the only epic song, the only song that tells a story – with an (almost) linear narrative structure, too. Admittedly, … Continue reading →

There is an index to this series of articles on the Never Ending Tour here. This is episode 31. ‘It might look like I’m moving but I’m standing still’ By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) ‘It is not a year remembered with … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This is part of the series “All directions at once” which seeks to explore how Dylan’s writing evolved and developed over time. Recent episodes are 39: Beyond Street Legal: Bob and Helena unravelled (partly) 40: 100 twists … Continue reading →

Previously in this series: The Mythology Of Bob Dylan The Mythology of Bob Dylan part II   by Larry Fyffe The Puritan creed predestines individuals to be members of God’s Elect; Saint Peter holds the keys to the pearly gates … Continue reading →

Tonight is the night (or day if you are in parts of the world with different time zones) when our friend on Untold Dylan, Filip Łobodziński, and his fellow musicians are performing a live Dylan concert on line.   The starting … Continue reading →

Beautiful Obscurity  This series, compiled by Tony Attwood, takes a new look at the best ever – or at least some of the more unusual – cover versions of Bob Dylan’s music.  Previously we have had… Beautiful Obscurity: Acquaraggia play … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Dylan.pl the band of Untold Dylan contributor and chief Polish correspondent Filip Łobodziński, is playing live on the internet on Sunday (or Monday very early in the morning if you are in Australia). The concert lasts 50 … Continue reading →

More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part IX – final by Jochen Markhorst More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part I More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This article follows on from All Directions at once: the first five directions which showed us that Bob exploded into the world of composition by writing not just many different songs, but songs for which the lyrics … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan And Subtle Irony by Larry Fyffe Contend a number of Christian theologians – The religion of Christianity holds that the bodies of the dead in the ‘afterlife’ get resurrected back to life, but without carnal desires; it’s a … Continue reading →

Jochen: More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part I More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part III: Do right man More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part IV: Exquisite … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The Beautiful Obscuriti series aims to find little known or even unknown reworkings of Bob Dylan’s music, and with this in mind I have been sent a copy of the album Pontifex by Acquaraggia from which I’m … Continue reading →

  Bob Dylan and Stephen Crane (part I) Bob Dylan And Stephen Crane (Part II) Bob Dylan And Stephen Crane (Part III)   by Larry Fyffe The Red Badge Of Courage” is an Existentialist/Naturalist  novel, the story of which takes … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood A new look at the best ever cover versions of Bob Dylan’s songs.  In the series this far… What makes a beautiful obscurity  “The 100 Greatest Cover Versions of Bob Dylan songs ever” Beautiful obscurity: revisiting … Continue reading →