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By Tony Attwood It was Dick Dale, “king of the surf guitar,” who said “every song is like a painting.”  It is not a massively famous quote any more than Dick Dale’s music is remembered worldwide, but it gives an … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood with track selections by Aaron Galbraith What makes Bob pick one of his own songs, perform it just the once and then move on?   Sadly that is a rhetorical question – I have no idea of the … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Dylan’s promotional videos – the story so far An emotionally tight connection in the night. The deal, dreaming of you, beyond here lies nothing. Aaron: For this episode I’d thought we’d continue on from … Continue reading →

  By Larry Fyffe A quick review. It’s a deep artistic well from which singer/songwriter/musician Bob Dylan draws, Jungian or deliberately, in a number of his song lyrics. From a Romantic poem, darkly hopeful: Column, tower, and dome, and spire … Continue reading →

Research by Aaron, caught out by surprise by Tony Tony: So there I was watching the clock and trying to finish off my piece, “The song is like a painting, you can’t see it all at once if you’re standing … Continue reading →

The story so far… Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part I: Look out kid Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part II: On a desert island Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part III: Words don’t interfere Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part IV: A smoke … Continue reading →

Video and listing by mr tabourine Intro comments by Tony Attwood mr tabourine has prepared this amazing video sequence, which I have to admit I have been playing since the moment he made it go live. It is a sequence … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst The story so far… Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part I: Look out kid Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part II: On a desert island Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part III: Words don’t interfere 1          Open your ears; 9r”5j5& … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood As ever, Aaron chooses the music and writes the introductions, and then sends his notes across the Atlantic where Tony tries to respond – but sometimes goes way off message. Aaron: Just the two … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst In his highly entertaining autobiography 31 Songs, Nick Hornby devotes Chapter 7 to the favourite from his teens: Rod Stewart. Rod Stewart, he argues almost apologetically, is the equivalent of Oasis in the early 1970s – you … Continue reading →

by Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Just in case you’ve not encountered Play lady play before, it works like this.  Aaron in the USA selects recordings of Dylan songs by female performers, and sends them with a few notes to … Continue reading →

  By Larry Fyffe Singer/song writer Bob Dylan messes with the song lyrics taken from other artists, and the rhymes therein. In the traditional song lyrics below there’s the end rhyme ~ ‘man’/’can’ Oh, I don’t like a railroad man … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Since starting this series on the songs Bob has played only once, I have found that one of the sites I was using in finding these songs is, although very helpful indeed, not 100% accurate in terms … Continue reading →

Research by Aaron Galbraith; silly comments by Tony Attwood If you enjoy this piece you might also enjoy An emotionally tight connection in the night Prelude: If you’ve not come across articles by Aaron and myself before, I should explain.  … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part I: Look out kid Highway 61 Revisited (1965) part II: On a desert island 1          Captain Arab & Pirate Jenny Well Mack the Finger said to Louie the King I got forty … Continue reading →

By Peter McQuitty Joni Mitchell’s comments about Bob Dylan’s “plagiarism” have surfaced again in recent Untold Dylan postings. Mitchell told the LA Times in 2010  that Dylan “is not authentic at all. He’s a plagiarist, and his name and voice … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Singer/musician Bob Dylan writes the following humourous, albeit rather dark, song lyrics: What I want to know, Mr. Football Man, is What do you do about Willie Mays and Yul Brynner Charles De Gaulle and Robert Louis … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood In my article “Bob Dylan and the Blues: leaving town in all directions at once” I put forward the opinion that Bob “knew from the very start that he could take any form and make a success … Continue reading →

You might also enjoy, from this series: Bob Dylan: side man. Farina, von Schmidt and Bob Dylan with Belafonte, Hester and Big Joe Williams By Aaron Galbraith For this episode in  the series in which we look at Dylan supporting … Continue reading →

NET 1993 – Mr Guitar Man Steps into the Light: Part One – Tangled up in guitars There is an index to all the Never Ending Tour articles here. ——— By Mike Johnson (Kiwi poet) You won’t amount to much, … Continue reading →