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High Water part 9: I just thought that was the way he spelled his name

by Jochen Markhorst High Water (for Charley Patton) part 1: London Bridge Is Falling Down High Water (for Charley Patton) part 2: A service with a real preacher High Water (for Charley Patton) part 3: You got a fast car … Continue reading

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Other people’s songs: Mutineer, Warren Zevon and Jenna Mammina

This series looks at Dylan recordings of songs not written by himself.  The songs and opening notes are created by Aaron Galbraith and the additional comments are subsequently added by Tony Attwood Aaron: Mutineer was written by Warren Zevon and … Continue reading

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The Never Ending Tour Extended: Rainy day women, from push to stroke

By Tony Attwood, looking back at recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour series of articles.   There is an index to that ongoing series here.  Links to previous articles in the “Extended” series are given at the … Continue reading

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A Dylan Cover a Day – To Ramona: unexpectedly yes!

By Tony Attwood Next on the list of Dylan songs (in alphabetical order) which have been covered more than once or twice, we come to “To Ramona”, and somehow I had it in my mind that this hadn’t been covered … Continue reading

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NET 2019 part 2 We can either play or we can pose

There is an index to this whole series of articles through this link.  And you might also be interested in The Never Ending Tour Extended: of which the most recent article is “The evolution of Don’t think twice it’s alright” ———- … Continue reading

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High Water (for Charley Patton) part 8: The Portable Henry Rollins

  by Jochen Markhorst High Water (for Charley Patton) part 1: London Bridge Is Falling Down High Water (for Charley Patton) part 2: A service with a real preacher High Water (for Charley Patton) part 3: You got a fast … Continue reading

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A Dylan cover a day: “To Be Alone With You”

By Tony Attwood To be alone with you was issued on Nashville Skyline and became a regular on the Never Ending Tour, being performed over 300 times, taking its final bow so far on 3 December 2023. Yet despite being … Continue reading

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The lyrics and the music: Dark Eyes – how deep inside can we go?

By Tony Attwood One of the very first articles I wrote for Untold Dylan (some 16 years ago ) was a review of “Dark Eyes”, in which I mentioned the Carrie Myers cover version, bemoaning the fact that I could … Continue reading

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The Never Ending Tour Extended: the evolution of Don’t think twice it’s alright

  By Tony Attwood, looking back at recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour series of articles.   There is an index to that ongoing series here.  Links to previous articles in the “Extended” series are given at … Continue reading

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High Water (for Charley Patton) (2001) part 7: Greetings from Vicksburg

by Jochen Markhorst High Water (for Charley Patton) part 1: London Bridge Is Falling Down High Water (for Charley Patton) part 2: A service with a real preacher High Water (for Charley Patton) part 3: You got a fast car … Continue reading

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A Dylan Cover a Day. Time Passes Slowly – just sit down and close your eyes

By Tony Attwood Caroline Doctorow’s version of “Time Passes Slowly” is one of my all-time favourite Dylan covers – it has everything that I could possibly want from a cover version – an understanding of the song itself, some beautiful … Continue reading

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The lyrics and the music: Idiot Wind

by Tony Attwood If you want an example of Bob fully understanding the power of his lyrics and linking this with music that delivers the same force, all one has to do is listen to the first verse of “Idiot … Continue reading

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Never Ending Tour 2019 part 1 The liberated republic

An index of all the articles in the Never Ending Tour series can be found here. NET 2019 part 1 The liberated republic By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) “Songs, to me, were more important than just light entertainment. They were my … Continue reading

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The Never Ending Tour Extended: Highway 61 Revisited 1989-2003

The Never Ending Tour Extended: Comparing recordings of Dylan performing his own compositions across the years.  Articles by Tony Attwood returning to recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour Series. In this series we look at the … Continue reading

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High Water (for Charley Patton) (2001) part 6: The Levee’s Gonna Break

  High Water (for Charley Patton) (2001) part 6 by Jochen Markhorst VI         The Levee’s Gonna Break High water risin’, six inches ’bove my head Coffins droppin’ in the street Like balloons made out of lead Water pourin’ into Vicksburg, … Continue reading

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Other people’s songs: Repossession Blues, and Dylan on Roland Janes

Publishers’ note: Apologies for non-publication for a few days – totally due to delays in my flights from Australia back to the UK, and then a day of adjusting to the 11 hours time difference.   But I’m back, and awake, … Continue reading

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A Dylan cover a day: Till I fell in love with you in the north of Norway

  By Tony Attwood “‘Til I fell in love with you”, from Time out of Mind was played live by Dylan nearly 200 times in an 18-year period and yet the number of cover versions that I’ve been able to … Continue reading

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The Never Ending Tour Extended: Absolutely Sweet Marie

The Never Ending Tour Extended: Comparing recordings of Dylan performing his own compositions across the years.  By Tony Attwood returning to recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour Series. In this series we look at the way … Continue reading

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Dylan: the lyrics and the music. Caribbean Wind – Dylan’s musical exploration of evolving uncertainty

Details of earlier articles in the “lyrics and the music” series are given at the end. By Tony Attwood What most Dylan fans remember from Caribbean Wind is the chorus (because it is catchy and repeated) and the opening line… … Continue reading

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High Water (for Charley Patton) (2001) part 5: Maybe we should put that there

High Water (for Charley Patton) (2001) part 5 by Jochen Markhorst V          Maybe we should put that there I got a cravin’ love for blazing speed Got a hopped up Mustang Ford Jump into the wagon, love, throw your panties … Continue reading

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