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By Tony Attwood You might recall a series of articles Jochen Markhorst wrote about “More than Flesh and Blood” in 2021 – and if not there is an index to them at the end of this little piece. And I … Continue reading →

In relation to this song you might also enjoy Jochen’s review of the song.   An index to our most recent articles can be found on the home page. By Tony Attwood If ever there was a song of Dylan’s in … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood, based on research by Aaron Galbraith We are now at number 12 in the list of Dylan’s favourite songs and so far we have had two from Randy Newman: Sail Away and “Burn down the cornfield”.  The … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This recording from 1994 was one of two utterly different versions of Positively 4th Street from that year – you can hear the other version and indeed other performances from this era in the episode “1994 part … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst IV         He lets them synthesize into a coherent thing Black rider, black rider, you’ve seen it all You’ve seen the great world, and you’ve seen the small You fell into the fire, and you’re eating the flame … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood If you have been lurking around Untold Dylan for a few years you’ll perhaps remember that the notion of a Dylan Cover a Day came about when lockdown hit England, and I was shut up on my … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Cowboy Angel The Tarantula chapter entitled ‘Cowboy Angel Blues’ alludes not only to Gene Autry, the owner of the California Angels baseball team, and singer of ‘Home On The Range’, but also to the Tennessee Williams play … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: “Can’t Help Falling in Love” is a song recorded by Elvis Presley for the album Blue Hawaii. From Wikipedia: The melody is based on “Plaisir d’amour”, a popular French love song composed in … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Bob Dylan set himself quite a challenge in turning “Abandoned Love” into more than just an interesting song – for it consists of one of the standard pop motifs (lost love), is quite long (eight verses), and … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood from an idea by Aaron Galbraith This is the third Warren Zevon song in Bob Dylan’s list of his favourite songs.  We’ve already covered ‘Desperado Under the Eaves’, and ‘Lawyers, Guns, and Money’, and as ever there … Continue reading →

  Black Rider (2020) part 1: He must keep himself clean in speech Black Rider (2020) part 2: O where are you going? by Jochen Markhorst III         A Chance Is Gonna Come Black rider, black rider, you been living too … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Bob Dylan tried a dramatic re-write of Wicked Messager in 2001 (this recording from Seattle on 6 October that year) and made a few variations along the way.   It was a very similar approach to that used … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Nothing To It   & tolstoy – all right then – what my work is – is merely picking up where they left off – nothing more (Bob Dylan: Tarantula) Apparently, it’s really nothing to carry on, … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood The great problems with doing a cover version of “Ring Them Bells” are a) the song itself is highly distinctive, and b) the use of the word “bells” invites the uninventive performer / arranger / producer … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Aaron: This article in which we look at Bob Dylan singing songs he didn’t compose, marks the one-year anniversary since the first piece in this series!! Tony: That first episode can still be found … Continue reading →

  Black Rider (2020) part 1: He must keep himself clean in speech by Jochen Markhorst II          O where are you going? Black rider, black rider, you been living too hard Been up all night, have to stay on your … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood “It ain’t me babe” is a complicated song to write about from the musical point of view because Dylan himself has changed the chordal accompaniment to the song in various performances, and so have those who have … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Reverend Dylan simply would not be an ordained vicar were most of his music unaccompanied by words. He wouldn’t have been able to marry literature and popular music. There are still a number of analysts who promote … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood Prelude from Tony: I took on this series following a suggestion by Aaron (with whom I’ve written a number of earlier series, Aaron himself providing the research and background, myself filling in some detail … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood, based on the research by  Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) for the Never Ending Tour series on this site.  Links to previous articles in the “Absolute Highlights” series are given at the end. Dylan was trying out this new … Continue reading →