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- Beyond the era of the genius composer – the utterly unexpected journey of one Dylan song
- Key west Part 13: She tears again my bleeding heart
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- Theme Time Radio Hour: The Devil”
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What Bob Dylan Fans Can Expect from the Ticket Sales and Re-Sales Space for the 2026 Leg of his Tour
Last year felt like a big one for consumer rights against the surge of ticket prices. Several headline events saw customers suffer at the hands of re-sellers and, more notably, the ticket-selling platforms themselves. While re-sellers putting tickets up … Continue reading
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No Nobel Prize for Music: On a night like this and Tough Mama
By Tony Attwood In the last episode in which I pondered the music of “You Angel You”, I edged to the conclusion that Bob was both musically and lyrically deliberately seeking to break away from his musical past, while … Continue reading
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20 years of Theme Time Radio part 2: Mother (selection A)
By Tony Attwood Previously in this series: Happy anniversary Theme Time Radio Hour. Still offering us fun In the first article in this series, we took a glimpse at the very first episode of Bob’s radio programme, which was on … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan, the concert series 1963: Waltham Massachusetts, plus Newport Folk Festival
Concert selection by Tony Attwood Type into Wiki asking a question about Dylan in 1963 and it is quite likely you will find a note saying something to the effect that the 1963 concerts are “crucial historical documents, showing … Continue reading
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Key West part 1: Andorra
by Jochen Markhorst I Andorra “Andorra – this does not, of course, refer to the actual microstate of that name, nor to the people in the Pyrenees whom I do not know, nor to any other small real country … Continue reading
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The philosophy of modern song: El Paso
By Tony Attwood This is song number 39 from Bob Dylan’s book “The Philosophy of Modern Song” published in 2022. There are 66 songs in the book, so we’re just over halfway through. And what I would say is that … Continue reading
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No Nobel Prize for Music: so Bob goes for love songs
Happy anniversary Theme Time Radio Hour. By Tony Attwood This series of articles (No Nobel Prize for Music) looks at Dylan’s compositions from the point of view of the music he wrote and the way he changed his … Continue reading
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Happy anniversary Theme Time Radio Hour. Still offering us fun
By Tony Attwood The very first Theme Time Radio Hour was broadcast on 3 May , 2006 on XM Satellite Radio. And seeing as that is almost twenty years ago I thought I would go back and have a listen, … Continue reading
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Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? part 4: “I’m sure that Bob Dylan would dig this version!”
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? part 4 1: Look at Barry Run 2: density and gravity 3: The amusing cruelty by Jochen Markhorst IV “I’m sure that Bob Dylan would dig this version!” So there are no successful … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan: the concert series. 1977. The preparation and the rehearsals
By Tony Attwood Some nine years ago, long before I thought of compiling a series which contained a recording of one Bob Dylan concert for each year I wrote and published here the article Bob Dylan in 1977: the preparation … Continue reading
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Looking back at Bob’s feelings about money
By Tony Attwood My recent articles on the issue of Bob Dylan’s songs about gambling raised a few questions about Bob and money, not least because this was a topic Bob covered in the “Theme Time Radio Hour” shows. … Continue reading
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The Philosophy of Modern Song: the Little White Cloud that Cried
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. Links to the previous songs from Dylan’s book, which we have … Continue reading
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No Nobel Prize for Music but Bob discovers sequences he’s never used before
This series of articles looks at Dylan’s compositions from the point of view of the music he wrote and the way he changed his musical style. A list of previous articles in the series is at the end. By Tony … Continue reading
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Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? part 3: The amusing cruelty
Previously: Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? part 1: Look at Barry Run Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? part 2: density and gravity by Jochen Markhorst III The amusing cruelty He sits in your room, his … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan: the concert series. Warsaw 19 July 1994
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 in this selected concert and an index to the … Continue reading
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The philosophy of Modern Song: If you don’t know me by now
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. Links to the previous songs from Dylan’s book which we have … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan takes Highway 61 – Seven mercurial songs
Well, I investigated all the books in the library Ninety percent of ’em gotta be burned away by Jochen Markhorst Once upon a time, I dressed so fine to revisit Highway 61. In October 2019, blissfully unaware of the … Continue reading
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The Dylan gambling song we forgot “Roving Gambler”
By Tony Attwood My recent series of articles looking back at Bob’s gambling songs has brought in a few emails about one particular song, which I didn’t mention: “Roving Gambler,” and has raised the issue as to why not only … Continue reading
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Influences on Dylan, part 4: from the Clancy Brothers to Gallo del Cielo
By Tony Attwood During the Christmas and New Year period, I spent a bit of time looking back over the songs Bob wrote concerning gambling – and I am going to wrap this up now, starting with a song … Continue reading
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No Nobel Prize for Music: but Bob finds his way through the musical wilderness
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
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