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By Tony Attwood Bob Dylan Showcase: write the music to a Dylan song You might recall that a while back we introduced the Bob Dylan Showcase in which readers of Untold Dylan could send in a recording of themselves performing … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan And Robert Herrick Part I by Larry Fyffe Robert Herrick and Edward Taylor are church leaders, but as poets they have a Baroque bent; and, though devoted to their respective religions, express puzzlement at the way God treats … Continue reading →

by Patrick Roefflaer This is the 30th article in our unique series looking at the artwork on Bob Dylan’s albums.  A full list of the articles in the series is published here. The album: Dylan Released:  November 16, 1973 Illustration: … Continue reading →

This is episode 35 of All Directions at once, in which I am trying to explore Dylan’s songs in the order they were written, and seeing how they interlink, rather than treating each song as a separate entity. The most … Continue reading →

Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues  By Jochen Markhorst Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues  part I: Thin Air Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues II: The Thoughts Of Mary Jane Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues part III Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues … Continue reading →

  By Larry Fyffe   Robert Herrick generally writes simple musical poems, often containing a mixture of Greek/Roman mythology, folk lore, and Christian thought about the joys of youth, and the pleasures of sex – in spite of the spectre … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This is episode 34 of “All Directions at Once”.  Recent articles in the series are 32: Does Dylan really care about these people he writes about? 33: All Directions at Once: Going Beyond Joey An index to … Continue reading →

Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (1965) part I: Thin Air Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues II: The Thoughts Of Mary Jane Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (1965) part III Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues part IV: Charlie Rich… he’s a … Continue reading →

Can Bob Be Saved? Can Bob Be Saved? Can Bob Be Saved? (Part II) Can Bob Be Saved (Part III) Can Bob Be Saved (Part IV) Can Bob Be Saved (Part V): Door Is Not Just A Four Letter Word … Continue reading →

By Mike Johnson  (Kiwipoet) ‘Well, it’s sugar for sugar And salt for salt, If you go down in the flood, It’s gonna be your own fault.’ Part 1. The Prague Revelation: Sugar for Sugar ‘Dylan opens the year with one … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This is episode 33 of the series “All Directions at Once” which considers Bob’s compositions not as a series of isolated songs, but as a constant evolution of Dylan’s talent, with each song related to the world … Continue reading →

Can Bob Be Saved? Can Bob Be Saved? (Part II) Can Bob Be Saved (Part III) Can Bob Be Saved (Part IV) Can Bob Be Saved (Part V): Door Is Not Just A Four Letter Word Can Bob Be Saved … Continue reading →

By Jochen Markhorst Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (1965) part I: Thin Air Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues II: The Thoughts Of Mary Jane Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (1965) part III Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues part IV: Charlie … Continue reading →

by Filip Łobodziński Who is the most profound and insightful reader? An academic? A student, perhaps? A literary critic? Well, none of them. At least the way I see it; the greatest attention to the various levels of any text … Continue reading →

Text by Larry Fyffe, recordings selected by Tony (with a plea that you please listen to this cover of Duquesne while reading Larry’s commentary) * * * If one were inclined to do so, many of the rhymes for ‘door’ employed … Continue reading →

By Jochen Markhorst Up on Housing Project Hill It’s either fortune or fame You must pick up one or the other Though neither of them are to be what they claim If you’re lookin’ to get silly You better go … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Previously in this series Can Bob Be Saved? (Part I) Can Bob Be Saved? (Part II) Can Bob Be Saved (Part III) Can Bob Be Saved (Part IV) Can Bob Be Saved (Part V): Door Is Not Just … Continue reading →

This article continues from An Encounter with Bob and his band in Belfast. May 6th, 1966. By Geoffrey Morrow View from the crowd, ABC Ritz Cinema Belfast, May 6th 1966 (Note wrought iron railings and Compton Melotone organ under tarp … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Here are song lyrics by Bob Dylan that use ‘door’ as rhyme word. From behind the curtain, the boss crossed the floor He moved his feet, and he bolted the door Shadows hid the lines in his … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This is episode 32 of the series “All Directions at Once” which considers Bob’s compositions not as a series of isolated songs, but as a constant evolution of Dylan’s talent, with each song related to the world … Continue reading →